The Independent Tears Down the “High Wall”

An article in The Independent profiled Israel’s efforts to fortify its border with Jordan in response to ISIS and other Middle East turmoil. The story included this paragraph: HonestReporting contacted The Independent to…

Simon Plosker
July 8, 2015
12:00 am

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An article in The Independent profiled Israel’s efforts to fortify its border with Jordan in response to ISIS and other Middle East turmoil. The story included this paragraph:

HonestReporting contacted The Independent to point out that Israel’s security barrier is actually some 90% chain-link fence and certainly not a contiguous “high wall.” This is not the first time that The Independent has got its facts wrong with regard to the security barrier, referring to a “430 mile-long wall” in November 2014.

We got the correction that time and once again, The Independent has agreed to make a change. The text in this latest article now reads:

The West Bank, too, is almost entirely fenced off by chain-link fencing, aimed at protecting Israel from Palestinian attack.

Thank you to The Independent for correcting the error.

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Tags: distorted facts, security barrier, success, The Independent

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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