“1967 borders with Palestine”? Amazingly, there are three errors in that four-word phrase. - There were never any borders, but armistice lines. - The armistice lines were drawn in 1949, not 1967. - And the word “Palestine” is nonsensical in any context. The 1949 armistice lines were with Transjordan/Jordan. No one in 1967 or 1949 considered Judea and Samaria to be “Palestine.” The NYT has used the false phrase “1967 borders” or “pre-1967 borders” many times, referring to the 1949 armistice lines as “borders” even as early as June 1967 itself. But this is the first time they are implying that the land that had been illegally annexed by Jordan in 1949 was considered a separate “Palestine” in 1967. This sort of thing is not an accident. The New York Times has a style guide – the current edition is not available to the public, but you can preview the 2002 edition here - where the usage of words and phrases is meticulously defined and refined over the years. When the NYT decides to make up a nonsensical phrase like this one, it means that they are changing their style rules to subtly push the lie that every inch beyond the 1949 armistice lines belongs to an entity, that is at least 47 years old, called “Palestine.” Which means that the “newspaper of record” is willing to influence common usage of American English itself to push a specifically political agenda. Which just happens to be anti-Israel algemeiner/2015/01/23/the-new-york-times-anti-israel-style-guide-adds-a-new-phrase/
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:22:02 +0000
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