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An archived version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica's children's site which includes a map labeling the entirety of Israel as 'Palestine.' (Screenshot/WaybackMachine)
February 1, 2026, 5:28 pm
After complaints, Encyclopaedia Britannica edits kids’ entries that erased Israel
After being flagged by UK Lawyers for Israel, site appears to remove map, change wording that asserted ‘Palestine’ extended from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea
By ToI Staff
Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s Old Testament. (The Wren Library, The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, CC BY-SA)
November 30, 2025, 6:56 am
How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders
Chart from 500 years ago reflected European ignorance of Holy Land, with later iterations improving; division into territories of 12 Israelite tribes set stage for international boundaries
By Nathan MacDonald
de Jode Land of Israel 1593, one of the Golden Map Collection maps donated to the National Library of Israel. (Courtesy: National Library of Israel)
August 15, 2023, 7:44 pm
National Library expands cartographic holdings with 400 rare maps
Collector Howard Golden donates to world’s largest collection of antique maps of Jerusalem and the Holy Land
By Jessica Steinberg
The enhanced Greek undertext uncovered hidden in a Syriac text of John Climacus’ “Ladder of Divine Ascent" from 600 CE appears in red below the Syriac overtext in black. (Courtesy Museum of the Bible Collection)
November 14, 2022, 10:04 am
Researchers find first-known map of the stars, hidden under old Syriac manuscript
Scholars at DC’s Museum of the Bible uncover part of Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost map of the stars, attesting to accuracy of his measurements from over 2,000 years ago
By ToI Staff
Screenshot of the The Doing Good Map section for Israel, showing good deeds being carried out all over the country.
April 13, 2020, 1:43 pm
COVID-19 maps spur enterprising teenagers to launch map of good deeds
200 constructive efforts marked on interactive map in first week, as word of initiative spreads globally
By Sue Surkes
US President Barack Obama (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 9, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 23, 2018, 5:19 am
Obama’s peace envoy: Israel is carrying out ‘reversed Oslo’ in West Bank
Instead of gradually transferring power to PA, Jewish state is handing it to settlers, says former US State Department representative for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
By Jacob Magid
A map of Israel without the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza Strip, as it appeared in a since-deleted video posted on Spotify's Israeli Facebook page on May 20, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
May 21, 2018, 12:26 pm
Spotify faces criticism in Israel after map omits West Bank, Golan
Music streaming giant removes post from its Hebrew-language Facebook page after receiving complaints
By Michael Bachner
The Foundation for Jewish Heritage has published a map that allows users to scroll through all of Europe’s 3,318 remaining synagogues. (Screenshot from Foundation for Jewish Heritage via JTA)
March 18, 2018, 11:03 am
Interactive map shows all Europe’s remaining synagogues
Map also includes historical synagogues used today for everything from shops to swimming pools
By Cnaan Liphshiz
An Emirati man next to the Bather, also called Venus, statue by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, 1710-1795, at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
January 23, 2018, 2:41 am
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre leaves Qatar off the map
UAE museum says it has replaced exhibit of Arabian Peninsula that omitted neighbor embroiled in a months-long diplomatic dispute with other Gulf nations
By AFP
ABC News Australia graphic with Palestine and no Israel (ABC screenshot)
August 22, 2017, 1:10 am
Australian broadcaster explains why it left Israel off the map
ABC says its graphic illustrated a story, unrelated to Israel, on laws regarding rape victims in 11 Muslim-majority countries and the Palestinian territories
By JTA
Illustrative: Israeli security forces in the al-Ram village of the West Bank during the closure of offices allegedly used by the PA to track East Jerusalem residents' land sales to Jews on March 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
March 21, 2017, 5:09 pm
Mapping error led to closure of Palestinian cartography center
Israeli authorities believed the office was within Jerusalem boundaries, when al-Ram is in fact a West Bank village
By Jacob Magid
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka arrives for a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin (unseen), at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 22, 2014 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2016, 7:52 am
Czech textbooks drop Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Decision to replace the holy city with Tel Aviv comes following Palestinian complaints
By Sue Surkes
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at a United Nations school in Gaza City on June 28, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
June 28, 2016, 4:20 pm
UNRWA school in Gaza hides map of ‘historic Palestine’ as Ban visits
UN chief tours Strip, calls Israeli blockade on Hamas-run enclave ‘collective punishment’ that ‘suffocates its people’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
CNN map with "Palestina" highlighted by HonestReporting, November 26, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)
November 27, 2015, 1:53 am
CNN omits Israel from Middle East map
Graphic later replaced with a photo of the aftermath of a Syrian airstrike in Aleppo
By JTA
Screenshot of maps labled "Palestine" displayed during MSNBC coverage of ongoing unrest in Israel, October 15, 2015 (YouTube)
October 20, 2015, 5:49 pm
MSNBC apologizes for ‘completely wrong’ maps of Israel
US network says it regrets mistake showing ‘Palestinian loss of land,’ noticed error after live segment aired
By Raoul Wootliff
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