Earlier today, we prompted a correction to an extremely misleading claim in the Evening Standard.
The article (‘This is my country’: Cambridge University bans Arabic students travelling to Palestine amid fear of deportation by Israeli security, Oct. 22), by Martin Coulter, contained several questionable claims that we’re currently investigating, and one clearly misleading passage which we noted in a tweet to the journalist.
Here’s the claim:
Now here’s the exchange, which began with a Tweet to Mr. Coulter under his original Tweet of the article:
Hi. Israel of course evacuated Gaza in 2005. The attached passage in your @EveningStandard article is misleading & hope it can be revised pic.twitter.com/jN7FDEir34
— Adam Levick (@adamlevick) October 23, 2017
Here’s his reply:
Hi. I believe, despite disengagement of 2005, most international actors/govs consider Gaza to remain under occupation. I appreciate this is a nuanced point, and can see the merit of an edit. What would you suggest it say?
— Martin Coulter (@MartinJBCoulter) October 23, 2017
In response to his question, we cited language about Gaza’s status used in a 2016 CAMERA prompted correction in the LA Times.
Many sites note Israel's 2005 withdrawal, even while using text reflecting the fact that, as u said, some consider it occupied. see LA Times pic.twitter.com/Y60cGkMgd9
— Adam Levick (@adamlevick) October 23, 2017
Mr. Coulter then revised the article, taking into account the wording in the LA Times correction we cited. Here’s the revised passage:
We commend the Evening Standard journalist for his openness and professionalism in responding positively to our complaint and making the necessary correction.
