MUST BE A COINCIDENCE: Or is it? Last week,
Opinion Journal noted an interesting omission on a map of the Middle East posted on the Mercedes-Benz website. The map detailed the locations of Mercedes dealerships in the Middle East and included the names of the countries in that region, including countries which don't have a Mercedes dealership. One country, however, wasn't labeled: Israel. When Opinion Journal pointed this out, Mercedes promptly responded; but rather than designating Israel as Israel, Mercedes deleted all the countries' names from the map.
Was Mercedes going out of its way to avoid mentioning Israel on its website? And, if so, why? Perhaps Mercedes was being careful not to offend Yasser Arafat who, the New York Post reports, is rumored to have used ill-gotten gains to purchase a major stock holding in Mercedes' parent company.
