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HonestReporting Prompts UPI to Correct Tel Aviv Error

United International Press corrects the error after calling Tel Aviv Israel's capital and describing Gaza as a "Palestinian-occupied area within Israel."

By Simon Plosker March 18, 2019
HonestReporting Prompts UPI to Correct Tel Aviv Error

Credit to United Press International (UPI) for a rapid response to HonestReporting’s request for a correction. Within twenty minutes, UPI made changes to this paragraph following our tweet:

The paragraph now reads:

While changing the description of Gaza to “a Palestinian territory within Israel” is still open to interpretation, there’s certainly no argument over the fact that Tel Aviv is not Israel’s capital.

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

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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