Man making aliyah gets ‘Welcome to Palestine’ message from EE on landing

A British immigrant landing in Israel to make aliyah was left feeling “really hurt” after being sent a text message from phone operator EE welcoming him to the “State of Palestine”. 

Yosef Stanton received the message on Friday upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. 

The 24-year-old told the JC: “I was really hurt by this message and offended, it’s like they’re saying my country doesn’t exist. After all those have come before me did to build this country from the ground up and after everything I’ve done to be here.

“It could have been some kind of mistake, but I couldn’t feel convinced of that after all the businesses in the UK that are unfortunately bowing to pressure to oppose Israel in all sorts of ways. I was so far away from the green line, and no further correction message was sent.”