Oh, dear... RT @ChallahHuAkbar: Major fail from the @UN twitter account moments ago. http://t.co/Er8Dxfa5
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Avi Mayer (@avimayer) November 29, 2012The U.N. is set today to formally recognize Palestine as an independent state, and it seems that the anticipatory trembles have started affecting the social media staff’s brains. The official U.N. account sent out this tweet for “Palestinian Solidarity Day”:
Hold the phone. One-state solution? Gee, wonder which one state the U.N. favors …
.@UN Freudian slip? Typo (since corrected) reveals true UN sentiment towards Israel. #un #israel #palestinians http://t.co/UeVdUFlF—
Phil (@philessing) November 29, 2012
Pro-Israel Twitterer Challah Hu Akbar was all over it:
Not sure what is more remarkable. That the typo was made or that tweet still not deleted.—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
Does the @un Twitter account get assigned a babysitter now as well? bit.ly/Wxj2sW—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
27 mins and counting LOL. Well done, @un—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
Anyone like to bet on how long it takes the UN to delete the tweet?—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
The @un really picked a great day for this one.—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
LOL. @UN finally deleted the tweet. Took approximately 35 minutes twitter.com/UN/status/2742…—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
For a while, the U.N. left the original tweet where it was and merely sent out a corrected version:
On Day of Solidarity w/ Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 2-state solution j.mp/Shm6tH (corrected tweet)—
United Nations (@UN) November 29, 2012
Here are the two tweets in the @un timeline. Enjoy! http://t.co/Y97jvkaS—
Challah Hu Akbar (@ChallahHuAkbar) November 29, 2012
As it turns out, U.N. staffer Nancy Groves was responsible for the botched tweet:
@acarvin @laurenist Sorry all — terrible typo on my part and then went into a telephone conference call before catching it.—
Nancy Groves (@Nancy_Groves) November 29, 2012
@HayesBrown Wish I had caught it sooner. Thanks for the heads up!—
Nancy Groves (@Nancy_Groves) November 29, 2012
But the mea culpa wasn’t about to stand in the way of well-deserved mockage:
Um, big typo RT @UN: On Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Ban Ki-moon stresses urgency of reaching 1-state solution j.mp/Shm6tH—
Elizabeth Dias. (@elizabethjdias) November 29, 2012
Seriously, this may be the biggest typo in the history of international relations: twitter.com/UN/status/2742… @BuzzFeedBen @dandrezner—
Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) November 29, 2012
HAHAHA! Oops RT @ChallahHuAkbar: Here are the two tweets in the @un timeline. Enjoy! http://t.co/o0BYKjrc—
Merav (@meravceren) November 29, 2012
*chuckle* RT"@KABOBfest: Sweetest typo this week. Thanks @UN"—
Fiona Zerbst (@FionaZerbst) November 29, 2012
Best. Typo. Ever. MT @Nancy_Groves: Sorry all — terrible typo on my part and then went into a telephone conference call before catching it.—
Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) November 29, 2012
That "1 state" tweet was possibly the biggest typo ever in Twitter history. But I feel so bad for the @UN social person. #happyhoursomewhere—
BK Chambers (@imavip) November 29, 2012
All ribbing aside, the U.N.’s social media savvy may be cloudy, but where it stands on the future of Israel is crystal clear.
I care less about the @un mistaken tweet for a 1 state solution on "Palestinian solidarity day" than their consistent anti-Israeli policy.—
AG (@AG_Conservative) November 29, 2012
(Hat tip: @einfal)