Where is Israel?!
On the map of North Africa and the Middle East (March 9th, p. 8), in the paper of record, the hallowed (or maybe now hollowed) New York Times, Israel does not appear. Oh the outline of the nation is there, but Israel's name is not there.
There was room for Morocco, Algeria andTunisia. Libya even has three cities labeled (Tripoli, Ras Lanuf & Damah). Egypt gets Cairo and then we see Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and even little Eritrea. But no Israel!
Now, this is the New York Times, so I'm thinking that this is not anti-Semitism or an editorial position erasing or delegitimizing Israel. This one might expect from an Arab paper. No, this may be worse: damn sloppy journalism.
©2011 Jonathan Dobrer
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It would be nice if they were openly embarrassed.
Up-Date: Well, no up-date is the up-date. I wrote to the NYTimes public editor. I wrote to publisher and sent link to this piece. I have heard nothing back and the map remains without Israel being named.
We (that's an editorial "we") are not happy! And we don't understand.