Daily Mail Places Netanya in the West Bank

Sometimes you have to wonder how such a fundamental factual error can appear in a media outlet.

The Daily Mail, in a report on an Israeli mother fined by a rabbinical court for failing to circumcise her son, includes the following:

The decision to force the woman to have her son circumcised was taken previously by a Rabbinical court, which upholds Jewish law, in her home town of Netanya on the West Bank.

Netanya, is, of course, located within the Green Line on Israel’s coast and not on the West Bank.

An email has been sent to the Daily Mail requesting a prompt correction.

UPDATE

Credit to the Daily Mail for making a swift correction.

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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.

Daily Mail Places Netanya in the West Bank

Simon Plosker

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