Much is being written in the Australian press concerning the centenary of the victory of the Australian Light Horse Brigade at the WW1 Battle of Beersheba including this on the ABC News site:
Granted, the battle took place in what was then Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1917. Today, however, this bugle would certainly not be “heading back to Palestine.”
We contacted ABC directly, pointing out that Beersheba is today part of the State of Israel, asking that the article be amended in the interest of clarity.
ABC agreed and made a change to the text, which now, in non-specific language, reads:
A bugle linked to the famous Beersheba cavalry charge will be heading back to the site of the battle.
It is, however, still odd that the word “Israel” does not appear even once in the entire story. Is ABC so afraid of acknowledging reality?
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