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HR Prompts Gaza Strip Crossing Correction

On September 1, The Independent reported on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ visit to Israel, including this paragraph, which sought to paraphrase his comments: We contacted The Independent, pointing out that the Rafah crossing…

Simon Plosker
September 5, 2017
12:00 am

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On September 1, The Independent reported on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ visit to Israel, including this paragraph, which sought to paraphrase his comments:

We contacted The Independent, pointing out that the Rafah crossing is the sole responsibility of Egypt and it was nigh impossible that Guterres had said anything about Israel opening it.

In fact, while Israel has allowed enormous amounts of goods and aid into the Gaza Strip and facilitated transfer of humanitarian and medical cases, Egypt’s border at Rafah has, in recent times, remained mostly shut.

Following our complaint, The Independent has replaced the paragraph:

Thank you to The Independent for taking the appropriate action.

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Tags: Antonio Guterres, Bethan McKernan, distorted facts, Egypt, Gaza, Rafah, success, The Independent, UN, United Nations

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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