HR Prompts Business Insider Gaza Settlement Correction

Business Insider erroneously writes that Israel will be moving forward with settlement building in Gaza, even though it left the area in 2005. HonestReporting gets the correction.

By January 30, 2017

Someone at Business Insider evidently forgot that Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005, evacuating all of its settlements:

 

 

Whether Israel will be “barreling ahead” with settlements as Business Insider suggests, it certainly won’t be happening in Gaza.

We contacted Business Insider and the reference to Gaza has now been removed.

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Simon Plosker

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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