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Misrepresenting an Israeli Ambassador

In an interview, the Irish Examiner paraphrases Israel’s new ambassador to Dublin, Zeev Boker: Israel’s government, most ministries and the Knesset are located in its capital Jerusalem. It’s safe to assume that Ambassador Boker would…

Simon Plosker
October 10, 2016
12:00 am

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In an interview, the Irish Examiner paraphrases Israel’s new ambassador to Dublin, Zeev Boker:

Israel’s government, most ministries and the Knesset are located in its capital Jerusalem. It’s safe to assume that Ambassador Boker would not have referenced Tel Aviv when discussing potential Israeli government policies.

Therefore the Irish Examiner appears to have taken upon itself to imply that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital city, which is, of course, factually incorrect, as well as misrepresenting the ambassador’s words.

While this appears in an Irish media outlet, HonestReporting set an important precedent as far back as 2012 when we forced the UK’s Guardian to acknowledge that Tel Aviv was not Israel’s capital and this is something that we have pursued whenever we’ve seen this error appear in the media.

We’ve contacted the Irish Examiner to ask for a correction. Watch this space.

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Tags: capital, distorted facts, Irish Examiner, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Zeev Boker

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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