That’s the question raised by a remarkable change in a Jersualem Post story posted Tuesday. The story originally reported that the United States has supplied a million medical masks to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), along with a photo of a palette of masks.
Ali Abunimah picks up the story at Electronic Intifada.
Yet a few hours later, The Jerusalem Post made significant changes to the story. The headline now reads, “Israel brings 1 million masks from China for IDF soldiers.” There is no longer any mention in the story of the US Department of Defense, except for in a photo caption that still states, “The US Department of Defense delivers one million surgical masks to be used by the IDF.” The story is vague about where exactly the masks were flown in from, but it claims they were “procured” in China.
Source: Did the US just supply a million face masks to the Israeli army? | The Electronic Intifada
The change in the story is baffling. It is not a correction or retraction. It is a statement of “alternative facts.” Perhaps the the IDF did not get masks that could have gone to Americans. The IDF and the Jerusalem Post have some explaining to do.
