Probably unwittingly, ‘Times’ identifies West Bank settlement as part of Israel

In a March 29 on-line dialogue with foreign editor Susan Chira, the Times published a letter from Yisrael Medad complaining about coverage of the settlements, and gave his dateline as Shiloh, Israel. Shiloh is a settlement in the Occupied Territories. Medad, who moved to Palestine after immigrating to Israel from the U.S., calls himself the unofficial spokesman for the settlements. Chira largely ducked the Arab/Israeli coverage question, which she got from many readers, saying it was above her pay grade, her bosses had already made the authoritative statements about it.