Comment: It's pretty galling that Israel has the temerity to include parts of Palestine in its travel brochures, while at the same time forcing Palestinians to live in impossible conditions and refusing to let them leave for either food or health care.
An Israeli tourism brochure depicting the Old City of Jerusalem has been banned by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for presenting a "misleading" image, which suggests the Palestinian enclave is Israeli.
The ASA banned the leaflet on Wednesday after consumers lodged complaints.
Its headline, "Israel: Land of Creation," showed a photograph of the walled Old City and Muslim Dome of the Rock against more modern buildings of West Jerusalem.
The caption read "Israel has it all," adding "everyone falls for the Old City, with its narrow (and car-free) alleys, teeming pilgrims and bazaar-like buzz," AFP reported.
The ASA issued a statement saying consumers had complained the advertising presented a "misleading" image of the Old City as a widely accepted part of Israel.
Comment: Sharpstown is not a real city, it is Sharpstown Civic Association and is more like a master-planned community. According to Texas Monthly, it never had a police force to begin with, but apparently did have a have a pretty high crime rate. Interesting that this bit of news is making its way around the alternative news sites. Considering Blackwater and what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, this may be a bad idea regardless. Time will tell.
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