On February 1, the Globe and Mail published a Reuters news article detailing how Syria was threatening retaliation over Israel’s alleged air strike on a convoy transporting surface-to-air missiles to Hezbollah.
The Globe appended the following Reuters photograph with a caption stating only: “A distance sign at an observation point on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights, which divides Israel and Syria.”
The problem with this photo was due to its incomplete photo caption. What readers probably concluded from looking at this photo was that active Israeli soldiers were on guard at an observation point that divides Israel and Syria, however, in reality, these are statues or a silhouette of fake soldiers.
We brought this matter to the attention of Globe and Mail editors who recognized their error and commendably issued the following clarification that appeared on February 2:
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But they are Israeli statues and therefore subject to the same negative biases addressed to REAL Israelis:, soldiers or civilians!!