HR Prompts Haaretz Palestinian ‘Embassy’ Headline Correction

Haaretz reports: “The Trump administration has notified the Palestinian Authority that unless it enters serious peace negotiations with Israel, the U.S. could shut down the Palestinian diplomatic delegation in Washington, D.C. within the next few months.”

Also included in the story is a tweet from the Palestinians themselves:

On Israel’s demand to shut down the PLO General Delegation to the United States#PalestineInUSA @hzomlot pic.twitter.com/O4D7rcngCY

— Palestine in the US (@PalestineUSA) September 30, 2017

So if neither the story text nor an official Palestinian tweet referred to a Palestinian “embassy,” why did Haaretz’s headline?

The US does not recognize Palestinian statehood and therefore, the Palestinian diplomatic representation in Washington D.C. does not have the status of an embassy.

Shortly after HonestReporting contacted Haaretz to point this out, the headline was amended and the word “Embassy” changed to “Mission.”