Old map with USSR nearly sends Zelensky meeting off course

By Lazar Berman 19 September 2023, 11:02 pm

Israel’s consulate in New York almost causes a major diplomatic incident after it grabs the wrong map for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Prime Minister’s Office wanted a world map for the meeting. So the consulate brought one over, according to Israel Hayom.

The problem? The map is from the 1960s and shows the Soviet Union, without an independent Ukraine.

It is quickly removed on a cart 10 minutes before the meeting.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/old-map-with-ussr-nearly-sends-zelensky-meeting-off-course/