JERUSALEM — The NBA has apologized and removed wording from its website referring to “Palestine-occupied territory” on Friday after complaints by an Israeli minister.
Israeli sports minister Miri Regev had sent a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver calling Palestine “an imaginary ‘state'” and asking for the reference to be removed from the league’s website.
“We do not produce the country listings for NBA.com, and as soon as we became aware of it, the site was updated,” said NBA president for social responsibility Kathy Behrens. “We apologize for this oversight and have corrected it.”
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