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HR Prompts US News Tel Aviv Correction

It’s the error that the media keep repeating over and over again. And it’s the error that HonestReporting keeps getting corrected. In the latest case, US News, in a story concerning Russian reaction to Israeli…

Simon Plosker
March 23, 2017
12:00 am

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It’s the error that the media keep repeating over and over again. And it’s the error that HonestReporting keeps getting corrected.

In the latest case, US News, in a story concerning Russian reaction to Israeli airstrikes on Syria, falsely implied that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital:

We contacted US News, pointing out that Israel’s government, parliament, Supreme Court and most ministries are based in its capital Jerusalem.

Shortly afterwards, the story was updated and the following correction issued:

Palestinian efforts to delegitimize Israeli ties to the city, as well as the international community’s refusal to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, are a sensitive point for many Jews. While the world is free to not recognize Jerusalem, incorrectly designating or implying Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital is inaccurate.

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Tags: capital, distorted facts, Jerusalem, success, Tel Aviv, US News

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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