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More Temple Mount Confusion at The Independent

UPDATE In what is something of a lazy correction, The Independent has simply removed the entire paragraph from the article. * * * The slew of misleading terminology and inaccurate reporting relating to the…

Simon Plosker
October 27, 2015
12:00 am

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UPDATE

In what is something of a lazy correction, The Independent has simply removed the entire paragraph from the article.

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The slew of misleading terminology and inaccurate reporting relating to the status of the Temple Mount continues, this time in The Independent, which includes this paragraph in its latest article:

Of course, Jews have no intention of praying in the al-Aqsa mosque precisely because it is a mosque and not a synagogue. In addition, the al-Aqsa mosque is located on the Temple Mount and is not “known as” the Temple Mount.

That The Independent has stated that the site is Islam’s third holiest shrine while neglecting to also mention that the Temple Mount is Judaism’s holiest site is also an example of sub-standard reporting.

HonestReporting has requested a correction. Watch this space.

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Tags: Al-Aqsa Mosque, distorted facts, Misleading terminology, success, Temple Mount, The Independent, unbalanced reporting

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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