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U.K. advertising watchdog nixes 'misleading' Israel tourist ad
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Qumran 

A British advertising watchdog has ordered a tourist office affiliated with Israel to withdraw a magazine ad that implies that a West Bank landmark is actually in Israel.

The Advertising Standards Authority, an independent body set up by the advertising industry to police the rules laid down in the advertising codes, ordered Thinkisrael.com to remove the ad, which featured an image of Qumran on the Dead Sea, alongside a text which stated "you can travel the entire length of Israel in 6 hours; imagine what you can experience in 7 days."

The ASA also slammed the Thinkisrael.com for its persistent lack of response and "apparent disregard" of their obligation to provide prompt explanation under the regulations of the Committee of Advertising Practice.
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      1.   britain is the center of antizionism in europe 14:37  |  paulo2005 12/04/08
      2.   Qumran in Israel? 15:32  |  Palestinian Brit 12/04/08
      3.   #1 paulo2005 16:43  |  Boycott 12/04/08
      4.   re. Qumran in Israel? 16:44  |  Ron Jones 12/04/08
      5.   Yes britain is the center of antisemitism 17:10  |  Chris 12/04/08
      6.   #4 Ron Jones nice try 17:13  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/04/08
      7.   Re: Ron Jones 17:16  |  Stateless 12/04/08
      8.   What was that again about the Palestinian maps....... 17:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/04/08
      9.   Good point Ron Jones: There is political entity called West Bank 17:31  |  AA 12/04/08
      10.   Suspicious 17:41  |  guy 12/04/08
      11.   It`s simple really 17:58  |  Chris Linthwaite 12/04/08
      12.   Never any Hebrew stuff found in those silly Qumran caves 18:06  |  MR. SNURDLY 12/04/08
      13.   everywhere it`s the same 18:09  |  curious george 12/04/08
      14.   Should be a criminal offense 18:15  |  Jens 12/04/08
      15.   Outrageous 18:25  |  Gordon 12/04/08
      16.   #9 Not suspicious at all 18:44  |  Ben Alofs 12/04/08
      17.   #10: it`s more simple than that. 18:46  |  Fred Michaelsberg 12/04/08
      18.   UK and Colonialism 18:47  |  Garry 12/04/08
      19.   #1 and #5 Can one become more stupid? 18:48  |  Ben Alofs 12/04/08
      20.   Even if it didn`t make this mistake the ad is still misleading 19:01  |  ARAB BOYCOTT 12/04/08
      21.   Moral and Courageous move by the British 19:01  |  anti-racist 12/04/08
      22.   ASA 19:10  |  david 12/04/08
      23.   the high and mighty UK advertising board 19:11  |  don 12/04/08
      24.   If it said TA+Jer+Haifa was in PALESTINE-the ASA wouldnt complain 19:14  |  Alan 12/04/08
      25.   the watchdog sdshould study britains treaty obligations 19:17  |  v hardman 12/04/08
      26.   # 4 ron 19:28  |  Axel 12/04/08
      27.   at #9 19:43  |  Red Star 12/04/08
      28.   Anti-Racist: Moral and Courageous? 20:05  |  Tex 12/04/08
      29.   Stateless: Who Cares Where You`re From? 20:06  |  Tex 12/04/08
      30.   For Paulo2005 # 1 20:06  |  Clickfool 12/04/08
      31.   #1 - Paulo. There may be antisemitism in Britain. But what does 20:07  |  Philip 12/04/08
      32.   So AA Wants to Go Back to 1945 20:11  |  Tex 12/04/08
      33.   Snurdly #12 20:40  |  Randy 12/04/08
      34.   Caves were inhabited by Jews / our ancestors 21:11  |  Elly 12/04/08
      35.   Masada much more Impressive in pictures 21:13  |  Liliane 12/04/08
      36.   #30 A compliment that Britain is #1 most Antisemitic country in E 21:17  |  Liliane 12/04/08
      37.   to paulo2005 #1 - woe to us 21:21  |  zeev 12/04/08
      38.   #34 Elly. Celibate ancestors? 22:00  |  Boycott 12/04/08
      39.   #36 Liliane, who reads what she wants to read 22:04  |  Boycott 12/04/08
      40.   Can`t you read, Liliane? #36 22:05  |  Clickfool 12/04/08
      41.   Not Eternal, Tex # 32 22:09  |  Clickfool 12/04/08
      42.   Dead sea scrolls written in Hebrew 22:17  |  Leah 12/04/08
      43.   To # 7 Stateless 22:20  |  Leah 12/04/08
      44.   #21 anti-racist 22:25  |  Boycott 12/04/08
      45.   Oh dear won`t the big bad British watchdogs... 22:29  |  Deborah 12/04/08
      46.   Also shouldn`t the following.......... 22:31  |  Deborah 12/04/08
      47.   # 36 liliane 23:03  |  Axel 12/04/08
      48.   #13 curious george 23:04  |  czech man 12/04/08
      49.   # 34 elly 23:14  |  Axel 12/04/08
      50.   UK is finally realizing how huge was "Balfour`s"mistake 23:26  |  Moise 12/04/08
      51.   Canaanites, original inhabitants of Palestine, 23:33  |  Moise 12/04/08
      52.   Why the quotes around "misleading"; does Haaretz disagree 23:35  |  Chanalau, Tova 12/04/08
      53.   Creepfool the people who lived in Qumran 2100 years ago were Jews 00:12  |  Dan 13/04/08
      54.   # 48 czech man 00:25  |  Axel 13/04/08
      55.   Palestinian scrolls 00:25  |  ogilvy 13/04/08
      56.   # 53 dan 00:30  |  Axel 13/04/08
      57.   to Ron Jones #4 00:45  |  zeev 13/04/08
      58.   West Bank is Israel.... UK should stop referring to Palestinians 00:48  |  bf 13/04/08
      59.   Imagine what you can experience! Checkpoints, occupation etc. 00:57  |  Michael 13/04/08
      60.   Click (and other) fools: Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism 01:11  |  Joe 13/04/08
      61.   # 56 bf 01:17  |  Axel 13/04/08
      62.   #42 Leah 01:21  |  Boycott 13/04/08
      63.   Michael - easy to imagine 01:24  |  Joe 13/04/08
      64.   #1-dont generalise 01:43  |  sarah 13/04/08
      65.   Sorry guys, we`re still flocking to Israel in our thousands! 02:12  |  Hannah 13/04/08
      66.   to Leah #42 02:37  |  zeev 13/04/08
      67.   # 65 hannah 02:40  |  Axel 13/04/08
      68.   to Hannah #65 02:56  |  zeev 13/04/08
      69.   Idiots! Judea/Samaria (West Bank) IS IN ISRAEL 03:32  |  Linda Rivera 13/04/08
      70.   Mania Grandiosa 04:59  |  17 13/04/08
      71.   David star 05:24  |  Di 13/04/08
      72.   Brit Nit Pick Jealous Snit 04:02  |  PK 14/04/08
      73.   #18-Garry-QUITE RIGHT! 04:06  |  PK 14/04/08