Washington Post reporter moves from covering Israel to working for it
1 December 2020
Ruth Eglash’s new job should prompt review at her old place of work. Read more about Washington Post reporter moves from covering Israel to working for it
1 December 2020
Ruth Eglash’s new job should prompt review at her old place of work. Read more about Washington Post reporter moves from covering Israel to working for it
26 February 2019
New plans to forcibly displace a quarter of all Palestinian Bedouins in the south. Read more about Israel’s war on its Palestinian citizens
27 January 2017
D-list celebrities and expensive ads fail to draw visitors. Read more about Marketing blitz fails to stop slide in tourism to Israel
23 February 2016
Just 31 percent of US Jewish students view Israel as a democracy. Read more about Nazi genocide and "girls in bikinis" failing to sell Israel, experts say
10 February 2016
Israel hopes luxury trip for Hollywood stars will improve its blood-soaked image. Read more about Palestinians urge Oscar nominees to reject Israel junket
17 December 2015
Record of war crimes, occupation and apartheid makes Israel a tough sell as a carefree tourist destination. Read more about European tourists staying away from Israel in droves
12 October 2015
The club believes association with Israel would be harmful. Read more about Europa football champions Sevilla reject Israeli sponsorship millions
4 December 2011
Update: After “hundreds” of complaints, the Guardian has refused to publish subsequent ads from the Israeli tourism ministry. See full update below. An Israeli tourism map appearing in the Guardian last weekend rendered occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories as part of “Israel”. The map very much appears to be in breach of UK advertising regulations. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in 2009 upheld complaints against an Israeli tourism bilboard because it included a similar map, ruling the ad “must not appear again in its current form”. The three-page advertising spread from the Israeli tourism ministry in the Guardian Weekend is part of what increasingly looks like a major new advertising campaign in the UK. Read more about UPDATED: Israeli campaign to attract UK tourists wipes Palestine and Syria off the map
21 October 2011
A tourist brochure advertising Israel aboard British Airways flights falsely claims that occupied territories are part of “Israel.” It is in clear breach of a ruling by UK advertising regulators. Read more about Israel brochure on British Airways breaches UK ad rules, promotes apartheid