Israel Travel Profile Changed Following Protest

Jewish Week, The, January, 2004 by Lipman, Steve

Lipman, Steve The Jewish Week 01-30-2004 AOL this week changed its on-line destination guide for travelers, prepared by the Lonely Planet publishers, which had painted Israel in uncomplimentary terms. Descriptions of the Holy Land as "smelly, noisy ... capable of squeezing a tacky tourist buck" from visitors were removed. The revised entry for "Israel & the Palestinian territories" on the Lonely Planet Web site, which calls Israel "a bustling, noisy, modern country," appeared after Assemblyman Dov Hikind encouraged letters of protest be sent to AOL.

The Brooklyn Democrat said "hundreds and hundreds" of messages were posted. "I'm only surprised that it happened so fast," Hikind said. "It happened because we made an issue out of it. Any intelligent person...

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