October 18, 2015
The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has condemned the Telegraph newspaper in the U.K for denying that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. In an article titled “The world’s oldest 20 cities”, all cities featured are listed along with their countries. However, when Jerusalem is listed, the Telegraph names the Middle- East as the city’s location, rather than Israel.
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Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the ADC, issued the following statement:
“Once again Israel is treated differently by the international media. With this list, the Telegraph has clearly demonstrated the absurd bias and double standard Israel is constantly subjected to. By denying the reality that Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel, The Telegraph is not only denying Israel the respect it accords other nations whose capitals it recognises in the list, such as Lebanon, Greece and Syria, but through its shameful journalistic gymnastics and historical distortion, The Telegraph has created a new country: The Middle-East. Those who compiled the list and engaged in this disgraceful political and geographical sabotage, are not bringing peace one day closer, but are simply setting the cause of reconciliation back with this outrageous mischief. Why is Israel the only country that is forced, time and again, to deal with the denial of its sovereign right to decide where its capital city exists? The Jewish people have an ancient and unbreakable bond with the holy city, and just as Athens is the capital of Greece, Beirut is the capital of Lebanon and Damascus is the capital of Syria, so too is Jerusalem the capital of Israel. We call on The Telegraph to immediately rectify this regrettable and offensive misrepresentation of the facts and replace the Middle-East with Israel in the entry where Jerusalem is listed.”
For more information, please contact Dr Dvir Abramovich on (03) 9272-5677