The White House staff on Friday corrected what appears to have been a clerical “error”, based on its long-standing policy of not recognizing any part of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, when it released a transcript of President Barack Obama’s eulogy for Israel’s late former president, Shimon Peres.
The original location in which the eulogy was delivered, listed at the top of page one, was “Jerusalem, Israel.”
Mind you, Mount Herzl Cemetery is in the western part of the capital.
However, shortly after, the White House rushed to disseminate a corrected version with the country “Israel” crossed out with a single line through it. The correction was first noted by William Daroff, Senior Vice President for Public Policy & Director of the Washington office of The Jewish Federations of North America.
On the current version on the White House website Israel has been deleted.
Not cool. Email sent to White House press corps at 4:59 pm today. pic.twitter.com/MIdjbTfKqa
— William Daroff (@Daroff) September 30, 2016