Some media mistakenly imply that Israel is building new settlements.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced the exemption from the West Bank settlement freeze of 112 housing units in Beitar Illit for safety and infrastructure reasons.
One can agree or disagree with this decision. What is patently clear, however, is that these housing units are located within the third-largest Jewish city in the West Bank, with a population of 36,000. These 112 housing units do not represent the construction of a new settlement.
So why then did the BBC produce the following caption on its headline news story?
US Vice-President Joe Biden leads the latest Mid-East peace drive, after Israel enrages Palestinians by approving new settlements.
And why did the Irish Times publish the story under this inaccurate and misleading headline?
What new settlement?
