Palestine Replaces Israel on Globes Sold at Target

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Palestine-Replaces-Israel-on-Globes-Sold-at-Target-82978522.html

A rally of Jewish leaders took aim at Target stores Thursday for selling a globe that omits the name Israel but instead labels the region Palestine.

"It is a very serious thing, its not just a little mistake, we're seeing companies kowtowing to people who live in tyrannical governments who are trying to dictate policy here and dictate how people think and feel," said Rabbi Gary Moskowitz, who led the rally at Zuccotti Park on Liberty Street and Trinity Place in downtown Manhattan.

 "We're fighting 'global war on terrorism,' and in this global war we have to 'target' the people who are coming against us," said Moskowitz. "I hope Target did this in error.. and they must have a recall of all these globes."

In a statement, a Target spokeswoman said: "It is never our intention to offend any of our guests and we apologize. We have removed the mini-globe from our shelves, and we are following up with our vendor."

Palestine (highlighted) replaces Israel on this...
They went on to say that, "The country is labeled on a key on the mini-globe; however, the important issue is that we are no longer selling this product in our stores and we are sorry for offending our guests."

First Published: Jan 28, 2010 6:25 PM EST

[Irish Zionist]

There is no Palestine.

[Rubystars]

I expect to see more and more of this stuff. It sounds like it was a vendor problem and Target is getting the heat for it though. I'd like to know who the vendor was.

[GoIsraelGo!]

I suspect the vendor is muslim....