THE SF CHRONICLE'S "SETTLER" FROM WEST JERUSALEM

'Settler' from western Jerusalem (HonestReporting)
The Sunday San Francisco Chronicle had a profile of a Jerusalem resident from the Baka neighborhood whom the Chronicle describes in its headline as a 'settler': "A TIME OF CHANGE: Settler hopes for peace to take root."

Are Chronicle editors so ignorant regarding the region to believe that western/southern Jerusalem contain 'settlements'? Or is all of Israel a controversial 'settlement' in their eyes? The subject of the Chronicle profile, Brian Blum, said:

"I was very disturbed by the initial headline of the article. I was asked to be part of a series on 'normal life' in Israel, but I felt that the headline misrepresented me as a radical!"

At 4 PM Israel time the Chronicle changed the headline to: "A TIME OF CHANGE: Resident hopes for peace to take root." Later, the Chronicle changed the headline to: "A TIME OF CHANGE: Man from Berkeley hopes for peace to take root."

Here's a suggestion -- how about 'Israeli'?!

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