Fixing the narrative, one letter at a time

In the last week or so, I wrote a letter to the AP complaining about their one-sided version of the history of Hebron, which had a thriving Jewish community until the massacre of 1929, after which the British allowed Muslims to drive out Hebron’s Jews.

This week, in the AP story about a demonstration in Hebron today:

Hebron is one of the most volatile places in the West Bank. About 165,000 Palestinians live in the city, but Israeli soldiers control parts of the center, where about 400 Israeli settlers live in buildings that belonged to Jews before they were driven out of Hebron more than 70 years ago.

If you think that your letters to Reuters, AP, and other media centers don’t matter, think again. I don’t recall ever seeing a reference to the Jewish history of Hebron in an AP story before today. Hebron is one of the world’s oldest Jewish cities. It is wonderful to see its history finally acknowledged by the AP.

Thank you, AP editors.