Thursday, January 06, 2011

The UK: The Ugly Kingdom

How does this strike your sensitivities?

Welcome to Palestine, the cradle of civilization, where West meets East, North meets South, and where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam took form.

We welcome you in Palestine and hope that you enjoy our cultural richness, deeply compelling history, and legendary hospitality. Over the centuries millions of people have come to visit this beautiful Holy Land and we are glad to welcome you among them.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan

This appeared in the UK, where this ad appeared:


The UK, where the implication that Jerusalem is in Israel brought down on Israel's Tourism Authority the wrath and prohibition of the advertisement regulation board.

UK = The Ugly Kingdom.

(Kippah tip: UK ZF)


UPDATE

Here:-

Britain’s advertising regulator has launched an investigation following a barrage of complaints over a “Travel Palestine” advert in this month’s National Geographic magazine which appears to blot out the existence of the State of Israel.  The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media, told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that in the last few days it had received 60 complaints about the advert – published by the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, “the official website for tourism in Palestine” – which appeared in National Geographic’s Traveller magazine.

“I can confirm that the ASA has received 60 complaints about the Travel Palestine ad that appeared in the National Geographic magazine,” an ASA spokesman told the Post. “I can also confirm that the ASA has launched a formal investigation into the ad.”
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3 comments:

AKUS said...

"and Islam took form."??????

Its bad enough they try to change our history, but now they are even rewriting their own!!

Margie said...

Can you tell me where this appeared please so that I can to complain to the Advertising standards ássociation

YMedad said...

check the ZF link