More Capital Confusion at the Daily Mail

The Daily Mail erroneously refers to Tel Aviv as Israel's capital.

By November 11, 2014

It’s not the first time the UK media has made the error and it’s not even the first time that the Daily Mail has mistakenly referred to Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital. This appears in the Mail’s report on two terror knife attacks:

 

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An email has been sent to the Daily Mail requesting a correction. Watch this space.

UPDATE

Thank you to the Daily Mail for amending the article as soon as the error was brought to editors’ attention.

 

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Simon Plosker

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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