(JEWISH GROUP) After complaints, Encyclopaedia Britannica edits kids' entries that erased Israel

Encyclopaedia Britannica appears to have edited a number of entries on its children’s website after a British pro-Israel organization raised concerns last week about the erasure of Israel in maps and articles.

UK Lawyers for Israel issued a statement last Sunday flagging “repeated examples” of entries on the Britannica Kids website “in which Israel is effectively erased from history — both geographically and historically.”

A archived snapshot from September 2025 of the site’s “Palestine” entry designed for students in grades 6-8 has a lead image of a map that labels the area as Palestine with no mention of Israel, and no caption giving any date or context.

On the live version of the entry in question on Sunday, the map has been removed, and replaced with an image of olive groves. The photo itself still exists on the Britannica Kids site, with a caption reading: “The name Palestine refers to a region in the Middle East. The region lies between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”

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