HonestReporting’s international headquarters is located in the heart of downtown Jerusalem. Many tourists will be familiar with the area in the west of the city, which includes Jaffa Street with its many offices, stores, cafes and the light rail running up and down the pedestrianized thoroughfare.
Given the amount of media to monitor, HonestReporting staff can be forgiven for needing the odd coffee or two (or three or more) to get them through the day. Thankfully there are plenty of coffee bars and restaurants only seconds from the office. Including the international franchise Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
Our local branch, however, according to the company’s global website, is located in…
Yes, you read that right.
“Jerusalem, West Bank.”
We walked out of our office (which isn’t in the West Bank) to take a look for ourselves.
HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker outside Coffee Bean on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem.
Definitely Jerusalem but definitely not the West Bank.
We’ve contacted Coffee Bean to alert them to what we hope is nothing more than an appallingly ignorant error.
You can also help by contacting Coffee Bean through its online Guest Relations page (keep it simple – no need to fill in all of the fields).
UPDATE
Shortly after the publication of this post and in response to complaints from HonestReporting and its readers, Coffee Bean updated its website and corrected the error.
The Coffee Bean’s downtown Jerusalem branch is located in Israel.
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