Subscribe to Print Edition | Wed., June 10, 2009 Sivan 18, 5769 | | Israel Time: 19:03 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
Haaretz Toolbar
Diplomacy
Defense Jewish World Opinion National
Print Edition
Car Rental
Books Haaretz Magazine Business Real Estate Focus U.S.A. Travel Week's End Anglo File
Share |
Last update - 08:27 09/06/2009
Israel tells El Al: Call it a separation fence, not a wall
By Barak Ravid
Tags: Separation Fence, El Al 

El Al passengers have received maps of Israel marking out a "separation wall" along the West Bank, but the Foreign Ministry has asked the airline to change the classification to "security fence," Haaretz has learned. New maps are to be distributed soon.

The ministry learned of the maps from the consul general in Los Angeles, Yeki Dayan, who visited Israel several weeks ago.

When he boarded a flight, he received a map of Israel with his newspaper and found that the line along the West Bank had been termed "separation wall."
Advertisement
When he returned to the United States, Dayan approached El Al's offices in Los Angeles and told them the government preferred "security fence." In Israel, the Foreign Ministry had a similar discussion with the company's headquarters.

The naming of the barrier has been a bone of contention between Israel and its critics; the barrier is sometimes a fence, sometimes a wall.

Israel officially uses the term "security fence," saying it aims to prevent terror attacks in Israel. The Palestinian Authority, many European and Arab governments, and many left-wing organizations around the world use the term "separation wall." Some of them use the term "apartheid wall."

El Al said in a statement yesterday that the maps were prepared by a company under contract. "As soon as the Foreign Ministry approached us we withdrew those maps and ordered new ones," the company said.

Related articles:
  • Arab airlines vie to take over the skies
  • Pope: West Bank fence is a symbol of 'stalemate'
  • W. Bank sees two more cat-and-mouse evacuations
    • Bookmark to del.icio.us  
     
    See no evil
    Prosecution drops all charges against settler filmed shooting Palestinians in Hebron.
    The downside of greed
    T.A. court convicts former finance minister Abraham Hirchson of multimillion shekel fraud.
      1.   "SECURITY FENCE," 03:10  |  Ed 09/06/09
      2.   Call it what you want 03:12  |  Harold 09/06/09
      3.   The barrier is 97% fence 03:13  |  Gili 09/06/09
      4.   Security fence 03:26  |  Jeff 09/06/09
      5.   confused of walls? 03:38  |  ephraim 09/06/09
      6.   "fence" sounds so much more innocuous... 03:50  |  jesus 09/06/09
      7.   Fence or Wall 03:59  |  John 09/06/09
      8.   Call it what it is 04:28  |  Iain 09/06/09
      9.   Words flow from Lieberman like sweet syrope 04:29  |  jim the mechanic 09/06/09
      10.   Separation wall or fence 04:47  |  John Stein 09/06/09
      11.   Fences or Walls... 04:48  |  Jasper 09/06/09
      12.   The seperation wall 04:48  |  Natallie Durson 09/06/09
      13.   Security Barrier 05:17  |  Robert 09/06/09
      14.   I am one of the "some" - it is an Apartheid Wall... 05:52  |  BBSNews 09/06/09
      15.   Apartheid wall by any other name smells as sweet 06:13  |  Ivar 09/06/09
      16.   It should be called a "lifeSaver Fence" 06:19  |  Sheldon 09/06/09
      17.   Its a fence and a wall but mostly a fence 06:29  |  Baruch Gold 09/06/09
      18.   Sheldon, the Wall is not complete... 06:30  |  BBSNews 09/06/09
      19.   Keep it 07:47  |  Michael 09/06/09
      20.   Actually, it is both 07:55  |  Tzfonit 09/06/09
      21.   Israel or Zion has been attacked 07:59  |  MMM 09/06/09
      22.   There`s a fence by my house, too. 08:01  |  Tzfonit 09/06/09
      23.   Jihad6, what part of no terror attacks no wall don`t you undertan 08:02  |  Dan 09/06/09
      24.   #17 Baruch Gold intresting comment 08:02  |  SJ 09/06/09
      25.   call it what u want -it works 08:06  |  d 09/06/09
      26.   Pointless mind games 08:09  |  Kern M 09/06/09
      27.   Relevance to a map 08:09  |  Amy 09/06/09
      28.   It`s made out of concrete 08:12  |  Suspcious 09/06/09
      29.   Tzfonit FYI 08:27  |  Mark Penn 09/06/09
      30.   A Rose by any other name- 08:31  |  yonit 09/06/09
      31.   Wall part is for stopping snipers 08:45  |  Baruch Gold 09/06/09
      32.   Whatever it is it was built by the left in Israel 08:46  |  Zev 09/06/09
      33.   It is 90% a fence 08:53  |  Raoul 09/06/09
      34.   Amy, just to point out... 08:57  |  Tzfonit 09/06/09
      35.   I`v seen it , its a wall 09:20  |  GaileeHero 09/06/09
      36.   Tzfonit does not get it 09:20  |  x-ray 09/06/09
      37.   X ray, please explain to me 10:13  |  Tzfonit 09/06/09
      38.   Mark Penn, if you read my posts... 10:20  |  Tzfonit 09/06/09
      39.   It`s a fence, a wall or a duck 11:26  |  Michael 09/06/09
      40.   Why does Israel loose in PR. 11:42  |  Bandar Michaels 09/06/09
      41.   security fence 11:45  |  j10 09/06/09
      42.   Durson and BBS: what do you know about geometry? 11:52  |  Israeli citizen 09/06/09
      43.   The Great Wall, revisited. 12:26  |  Stephen. 09/06/09
      44.   I would have expected ELAL to get it right from the start 12:31  |  zionist forever 09/06/09
      45.   a duck is a duck 13:04  |  mazen 09/06/09
      46.   A concrete monstrosity, many meters taller than a man... 14:06  |  Esther 09/06/09
      47.   It is an Arpatheid wall 14:10  |  Chris Linthwaite 09/06/09
      48.   Zev #32... nothing benign about the right-wing... 14:12  |  Esther 09/06/09
      49.   Mark Penn #29 16:41  |  Yariv 09/06/09
      50.   fence? wall? barrier? limes? 17:53  |  phil 09/06/09
      51.   The Barrier 21:54  |  Chayim 09/06/09
      52.   How about landmines instead? 21:55  |  Dan 09/06/09
      53.   it doesnt matter what its called..it works 21:57  |  johnny 09/06/09
      54.   The foreign ministry PR terminology 22:31  |  Bahaa 09/06/09
      55.   Dan Lindmines vs the fence/wall 00:31  |  binny 10/06/09
      56.   Call it misconceived 00:52  |  sh 10/06/09
      57.   I prefer the " apartheid wall"... 01:20  |  maoriboy 10/06/09
      58.   Chris Linthwaite....Apartheid Wall 01:50  |  Maria 10/06/09
      59.   Why doesn`t this article`s writer mention that it`s 95% fence? 01:52  |  Steve Randolph 10/06/09
      60.   People who yell `apartheid` are just upset-fence saves Jew lives 01:55  |  Steve Randolph 10/06/09
      61.   Israel will never win in PR 01:58  |  MMM 10/06/09
      62.   Tourism Ministry promoted this in 2006 02:39  |  Collins 10/06/09
      63.   I missed that; was is it? 03:19  |  WHG 10/06/09
      64.   #1 Ed 03:24  |  E 10/06/09
      65.   A rose by any other name 04:26  |  Marlene N. 10/06/09
      66.   Separation Wall 05:06  |  Stephanie Varnado 10/06/09
      67.   Call it what you might, Esther... 07:44  |  Linichka 10/06/09
      68.   Stephanie Vanado, wrong! 07:55  |  sh 10/06/09
      69.   Yariv 08:25  |  Mark Penn 10/06/09
      70.   It`s a Suicide Bomber Barrier 09:39  |  Yakir 10/06/09
      71.   #10 BSnews 09:50  |  The Masked Ranger 10/06/09
      72.   settlers live on both sides of the wall whats protecting them ? 18:20  |  muslim-- 10/06/09
    Special Offers
    Advertisement
    hotel Jerusalem
    David Citadel Hotel, come stay at the finest of Jerusalem hotels.
    ISRAEL ARMY SURPLUS STORE
    IDF insignia,Uniforms, Paladium Boots Watches, Israel Army T-shirts & Collectibles
    Dead Sea Skin Care
    Quality cosmetics from the Dead Sea. Coupon code HAARETZ for 12% off!
    Eldan Rent a Car
    Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on online reservations
    Junkyard
    Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt
    More Headlines
    16:50 Cabinet to IDF: Respond to any attack from Gaza
    17:47 'U.S. won't abandon legitimate Palestinian aspirations'
    12:50 A.B. Yehoshua / Why do we insist on a 'Jewish' state?
    17:22 Iran President Ahmadinejad calls rival candidates 'Hitler'
    18:53 Supreme Court chief: Why won't state demolish illegal outposts?
    10:28 Netanyahu failed to build bond of trust with Obama
    14:45 Poland offers psychological treatment to Gaza children
    16:18 Woman mistakenly junks $1 million mattress
    20:58 WATCH: Daily news round-up from Israel
    11:11 Lieberman's extremist image prompts Netanyahu to attend UN meet
    16:17 Egypt minister who urged burning Hebrew books stumbles in bid for UN post
    11:44 The Writers' Haaretz: Israel's best authors report the news
    06:26 Yossi Sucary / U.S. wrecking ball crushed Israel leaders' aspirations
    13:05 Report: Iran nuclear plant being delayed by Russian banks
    14:47 Netanyahu to make first trip to Europe as premier
    Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Site rules |
    | Israel 2009 election results | Makom: Engaging on Israel
    | Search engine marketing
    Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
    © Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved