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HarperCollins regrets the omission of the name Israel from their Collins Middle East Atlas. This product has now been removed from sale in all territories and all remaining stock will be pulped. HarperCollins sincerely apologises for this omission and for any offence caused.
David Codrea You only regret being exposed.
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Andrew Fox I am sure that you do regret the omission but do you regret in having been instrumental in potentially poisoning the minds of impressionable children who deserve to live in peace. Does the person or team responsible for this reprehensible business deci...See More
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Jon Enten I personally will advise those in my group to boycott all Harper Collins publications. The Harper Collins apology is insincere and to call it an "omission" is more insult to injury!
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Aimee Kunau What an amazingly weak apology. You ought to be ashamed of your blatant anti-semitism. What century are you living in? This "oversight" of Harper Collins will not be swept under the rug.
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Marsha Grant The "omission" of the name Israel? You know this was not a mistake, it was deliberate. Perhaps you bowed to pressure from the thousands of Moslems who now live in the UK. What happened to the UK that was a leader of the world. It's now a sad shadow of its former self.
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Douglas de la Brodoff unbelievable- apology not accepted - no excuse for such behavior - no Harper Collins books in my future
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David Caplan What an excuse! An omission? From an international publish house - rubbish. Such an apology merely adds insult to injury and does them no credit.
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Tania Dodd As a British Christian, I will no longer buy any HarperCollins products for myself or my book-loving daughter. You are anti-Semitic and you're only doing this u-turn because you've been caught out. Your company is a disgrace. Wiping the Jewish nation from the map makes you no better than Hitler.
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Erika Hall I'd like to hear the circumstances of how this happened in the first place and what will be done to ensure such a huge mistake will never happen again. An apology is a start but not enough. Esp as you are publishing material used to educate.
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Phillippa Hasenson It was probably in their edition that says the World is flat .....
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Dawn Rice So, middle easterns will get maps clearly defining the borders and labeling Israel, as they should?
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Sean Gardner Right, and you can bet this won't happen. They are sorry they were caught!!
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Einav Baadany What a shame! You gave up to Muslims' pressure and erase the name if the only democratic state in the Middle East.
WHAT A SHAME.
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Geoff Allen Just another company scared of the jihadi jokers I call you as you are racist anti Semites and you offer a cheap apology whoevers idea this was in the first place needs to be named and shamed and then sacked. You wouldn't of dared leave a Muslim country off the map to appease the Jewish but your quite happy to leave Israel out to appease Muslims shame on you!
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Nico Weyers You make it sound like you accidentally forgot to capitalise a City name or something. Instead, you PURPOSEFULLY made a DECISION to discriminate against an entire country. It's an outrage
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Peter Charles What will you be doing now to recall the stock that has already been sold - will you be publishing an apology for "the omission"to those who bought them in the countries where they were sold? If not, then it seems that you are perfectly happy for the miseducation to continue.
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Benjamin Barnard Whatever your motivations were for doing this, commercial or otherwise, you are in your actions enforcing prejudices and fuelling anti-Semitism, which is itself being increasingly fuelled by anti-Israel sentiments. Maps are a powerful tool for teaching...See More
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Jane Au Strauss Did you actually think you could get away with such revisionism and that nobody would notice? I am certain you only regret that your reprehensible actions were exposed for what they are.
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Mark GS Too late............, you guys knew exactly what you were doing, you have made your sales to the Middle East, took a bit of flack ,cowardly apologised on FB and walked off to the bank with the money.As said below you have helped educate and implant so...See More
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Harvey Garfield Major publishing house produces revisionist atlas under pressure from oil rich Arab states . An utter disgrace . Apology not accepted
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Jonathan Adcock WOW - what a stupid decision. Enjoy the backlash!
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Lisa Wooldridge Anti-Semitic and totally unforgivable !! I will not be purchasing any books from this disgusting company !!!!!!!
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Cindy Donaldson there is only one way that happened & that was for it to have been done on purpose. This is unacceptable. Israel will always be a nation. you only regret it because you got caught & we are all making a big stink about it. you deserve whatever backlash you get.
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Alexander Popivker But "West Bank" wasn't omitted... So strange! Bastardi!
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Alan Taylor i will not be buying your books again , you dhimmis
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Nico Weyers That's just pathetic. You had people in charge that made these decisions. How do we know other material you publish isn't "edited" for fear of offending others. You're only sorry because you were caught out. You disgust me Harper Collins!
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Nicola Sutton Oops!
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David Gordon Are you saying that there are two versions of your childrens' atlas, one with Israel and one without? Do you not do versions of your atlas which omit the Falklands (claimed by Argentina) or Girbraltar (claimed by Spain) or which omit Australia (out of respect for aboriginal sensibilities). Is it just Israel which is singled out for special treatment?
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Tania Dodd 'Special treatment'. Such an accurate phrase. Haven't we heard that term before in recent history.
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Fred Shanks Let me be as peaceful and tolerant like the Muslim you tried to appease. Screw you and your product , and the person who made this decision needs to respectfully f**k off and die you anti-Semitic pig.
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Chris El Newton I called them freakin idiots and they took my post down..they seem to be very good at "omissions"..as in deleting countries...freakin idiots!
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Mark David Wow - a typical modern, politically correct non-apology.
"regrets the omission" - wasn't it deliberately omitted at the request of your customer?
"any offence caused" - how can you question whether "offence was caused?"...See More
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Marvin Crane Harper Collins is guilty of the most heinous crime. INTELECTUAL & EDUCATIONAL DISHONESTY. You are Cowards. SHAME.
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Clarence Conner So are you truly remorseful? Which executive was fired for this egregious error? If not one, then you cannot be honestly remorseful for the omission but only that you got exposed.
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Dom Hallett Damage is already done, you pathetic wimps!
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David Fishman You better regret it!
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Ellie Gaines Indeed, the very idea of deliberately removing Israel from a map does nothing to perpetuate the Peace championed by discerning closet bigots who will spend the rest of their lives floundering in mental poverty.
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Simone Greenwood I'm glad to hear the apology and the action taken regarding the atlases.
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Euphrosene Labon Better late than never but shameful anyway.
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Russell Vandermolen Then that would make you a little ignorant Liza Bahramired. I'd say that's more accurate.
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Marc Shleifman Damage done! If they had any integrity as a company they would have told their Arab clients to suck it up or find another company
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Nil Maleficent Williamson Disgraceful and racist in the most appalling manner
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Richard Shapiro Lying cowards
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Fraser Clann MhicLeòid You purposely did that you scums, you know Israel is a country in the middle east. What political party do you raise you hand to?
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Linda Shiels Some of you people need to take a pill and lighten up...I think it's a funny story... if it was done deliberately , they wouldn't be apologizing now would they?
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Sean Gardner This was no mistake and you know it. I won't buy a title published by you again and will urge everyone I know to do the same. I'll also push incredibly hard with policy makers in Texas to avoid purchase of your books that sets the stage for the nation. You don't deserve the right to publish for students in the US.
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Boaz Levin Will advise everyone i know not to purchase your books
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Boaz Levin Shame on you!!!
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Tommy Gordon You mean you regret getting caught trying to change history
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Kieran Crump what happened?
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Tim Unger You are only sorry that you have been called out over this. If you are really sorry the person or team that made this decision should be fired now.
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Miron Ophir #harpercollinssuck
The honest thing would be to recall all copies from all the retailers, and not continue to sell this via your retailers.
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Glauca Rossi This wasn't an omission. It was done deliberately. This is racism at his highest. I will never buy any books from you.
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Tomer Minuskin Shame on you HarperCollins.
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Franklin Hernandez Morons.
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David Yefet Erika Hall Spot on. Answers please. At least explain yourselves...
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Sarah Victoria N Disgusted that you omitted them in the first place! Rightly so that you have apologised #Israel
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Itzhak Waiss Omission?
Is Israel a new country?
? U can regret it, but u r not small company.......u should respect to be respected! But we know what it happens.........
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Liza Bahramirad Well considering Israel wasn't a country for so many years then the UN just decided that it would be (because we all know Israel uses money and lobbying to abuse its UN power) and to disregard Palestine I'd say it's pretty accurate and hilarious.
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Erika Hall Accurate for a publisher to ignore a whole country? would you have them go back and only publish historical maps? ?
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Geoff Allen Israel was a country long before many others and it is again now
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Harvey Garfield Patently clear the company is grovelling to oil rich Arab states . Israel is a nation state under the UN Charter . Get used to it !
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Sarah Victoria N Israel has been a country for thousands of years. Unfortunately, you've been fed a lie from the media and other inaccurate sources.
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Daniel Clayden " we all know Israel uses money and lobbying to abuse its UN power " Hahahaha. 1) This is a clear antisemitic trope in modern form (the Jews use their money, own the media, etc... substitute the word "Jews" for "Israel") 2) What UN power? do you know how many UN resolutions have been directed against Israel? Meanwhile the UN ignores pretty much everything that goes on in Arab countries. I think you'll find its the Arab countries who are using their petro-dollars to influence the UN, buy votes, etc.
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Nurit Brukarz The UN just decided it would be? Yep, sure.... That's exactly how it all went down...stick to poetry and taking care of your arab husband deary
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Daniel LaRusso Brainwashed by arab family much, dear?
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Mark David I respectfully suggest you go read a good history book about the Middle East - presumably one that wasn't published by HarperCollins - try Lawrence In Arabia, for example.......
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Lawrence in Arabia
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Ambrosine Yolanda Shitrit We wrote today that your actions were "a holocaust in Print .. Annihilating the Jewish people, my family and others from the world" Shameful #NeverAgain
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Aaron B-man I do not accept your apology.
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