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July 20, 2006

Restraining Laor

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Ha'aretz corrects: Dr. Eran Lerman didn't call for war on Syria

In an Op-Ed in Ha'aretz Tuesday, Yitzhak Laor argues that Israel's defense forces and supporters are simply warmongers. To support his thesis, Laor writes:

The director of the Middle East Department of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Eran Lerman, is already recommending going to war against Syria.

But Laor has erred on two counts.

First, Lerman is not director of any kind at AIPAC. Given Ha'aretz's record, it is shocking that the error was corrected yesterday in the print edition:

Eran Lerman ("It's not too late to say enough," July 18) is director of the American Jewish Committee's Israel/Middle East Office and not as published.

And, even more significant is the correction which ran today in the print edition:

Dr. Eran Lerman, director of the American Jewish Committee's Israel/Middle East Office in Jerusalem, does not recommend going to war with Syria ("It's not too late to say enough," July 18). Haaretz apologizes for the error.

How did that minor error come to pass? Perhaps by a desire to denigrate the IDF and Israeli society, nevermind the facts?

Posted by TS at July 20, 2006 06:54 AM

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