AP Photo Caption Errs on Roads “For Jews”
Rehashing an old canard (see here and here) that there are “Jews only” West Bank roads, an AP photo caption from yesterday reads:
FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 4, 2008 file photo, Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops, bottom, during a demonstration on Highway 443 near the West Bank village of Beit Horon outside Jerusalem. Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the military on Tuesday Dec. 29, 2009 to allow Palestinians to travel on the part of Highway 443 that runs through the West Bank, handing Palestinians their biggest victory yet against Israel’s practice of reserving some roads for Jews. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
As documented earlier by CAMERA, while there are some West Bank roads prohibited to Palestinian traffic, there are no roads either in Israel or the West Bank reserved only for Jews, as this caption claims. The difference is significant — while most Palestinians may not travel on Highway 443 (this will change in the next five months) and certain other West Bank roads, Israeli Arabs — Christians and Muslims — most certainly may.
AP’s Amy Teibel accurately described the restriction in her article yesterday, saying that “Israel has created a system of roads in the West Bank restricted to Israeli use.” Moreover, AP corrected this very same error last year.
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