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Confusion Over Temple Mount Visits in The Scotsman

In a report in The Scotsman, “Palestinian killer’s home demolished by Israel,” the final paragraph states: Putting aside issues concerning appropriate descriptions and terminology for the Temple Mount, it is a factual error…

Simon Plosker
November 20, 2014
12:00 am

Reading time: 2 minutes

In a report in The Scotsman, “Palestinian killer’s home demolished by Israel,” the final paragraph states:

Putting aside issues concerning appropriate descriptions and terminology for the Temple Mount, it is a factual error to state that Israeli visits to the site break agreed arrangements. The arrangements that have existed for many years are that Israelis / Jews are allowed to visit the Temple Mount but are expressly prohibited from praying there.

The Palestinians may see visits by Israeli politicians as a provocation but they certainly do not break agreed arrangements.

The Associated Press, whose journalist is credited with the story, has confirmed to HonestReporting that this language does not appear in the AP’s original but has been inserted into The Scotsman’s article by that newspaper’s editors.

A request for a correction has been sent to The Scotsman. Watch this space.

UPDATE

The Scotsman has removed the words “as it breaks agreed arrangements” following HonestReporting’s request.

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Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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