The Times Misplaces Judaism’s Holiest Site

UPDATE

The Times has amended the caption, which now reads:

Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall during a tour in Jerusalem’s old city

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It’s an all too common error that appears in far too many media outlets. The Times of London (subscription only) has published the following photo caption:

Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall, Judaism [sic] holiest site, during a tour in Jerusalem’s old city

The Western Wall is not the holiest site in Judaism. It is, in fact, the Temple Mount. The Western Wall is the closest site that Jews can pray to the site of the destroyed ancient temples and is a part of a retaining wall of the structure of the Second Temple.

Aside from the The Times’s caption being factually inaccurate, it is important to ensure that the correct and accurate information is out there particularly at a time when Israel’s enemies are attempting to delegitimize the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.

HonestReporting has contacted The Times to request a correction. Watch this space.