A Times of London article by Miriam Berger (Bahrain’s King Al Khalifa seeks to end Arab boycott of Israel, Sept. 23) included the following claim:
The Arab boycott of Israel has been in effect since the 1967 Six Day War. Egypt and Jordan, key members of the Arab League, have since signed peace treaties with Israel.
However, as we pointed out to the journalist in a tweet yesterday morning, the Arab boycott began prior to statehood, in 1945, and was in effect the day Israel declared independence in 1948.
.@MiriamABerger. Contrary to claim @thetimes, Arab boycott of Israel was declared by Arab League in 1945, not 1967. https://t.co/kb10tMv1sK pic.twitter.com/dTk3OTzOUD
— CAMERA UK (formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) September 25, 2017
We contacted Times of London editors to point out the error, and they upheld our complaint, issuing the following correction in the print edition of today’s paper:
