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One character can make all the difference in what some consider a Freudian tweet.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need for two states – one for the Palestinians, the other for Israelis – to bring peace to that war-torn region. But that is not the message announced by the U.N.’s official Twitter handle @UN.
“On Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 1-state solution,” U.N. Information Officer Nancy Groves tweeted at 2 p.m. EST Thursday.
The message appearing to endorse a controversial one-state solution reached the U.N.’s more than 1 million Twitter followers.
Some Israel supporters were concerned about what a one-state solution would mean for the continued existence of a Jewish state.
Groves said she went on a conference call following the erroneous tweet, leaving it live for more than half an hour.
The tweet was taken down, and a corrected tweet was posted, accurately capturing Ki-moon’s statements.
Groves took personal responsibility for the mishap and explained why it stayed up for so long with her personal Twitter handle, @Nancy_Groves.
“Sorry all,” she wrote, “terrible typo on my part and then went into a telephone conference call before catching it.”
The Daily Caller said that a U.N. spokeswoman initially blamed a hacker for the tweet.
“A nerd – they can do just about anything,” the spokeswoman allegedly told The Daily Caller.
Groves later allegedly got on the phone to say that the hacker story was not true.
“I did it,” Groves reportedly said. “It was my personal fault, and did not mean to suggest anything other than support for a two-state solution.”
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to upgrade Palestine’s status to a nonmember observer state a few hours after the tweet.
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