The New York Times now admits that in reporting the Obama-Netnayahu summit, it misquoted the Israeli prime minister when it falsely asserted that he conditioned resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians on recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.As I previously pointed out to the Times, Netanyahu offered immediate resumption of peace talks "without pre-conditions" of any kind.Thus, it helps that the Times  restored  a bit of credibility by running an appropriate correction that it "paraphrased incorrectly" Netanyahu's position on this matter (page 2, Corrections column, May 21 edtion) and by acknowledging that "he did not say that Israel was prepared to resume negotiations only if the Palestinians recognized Israel as a Jewish state."So, bully for the Times.But unfortunately, a single correction of a single error still leaves readers of the Times' May 21 edition astray on two other...(Read Full Post)