Jerusalem Post reports Israel is accused of war crimes by… International CRICKET Council, in Twitter flub-up

An unfortunate social media goof has resulted in the Jerusalem Post mistakenly suggesting that a worldwide cricket body has charged Israel with war crimes. And eagle-eyed folks on Twitter just could not miss their chance.

While sharing its report on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's statement accusing Tel Aviv of alleged war crimes against the Palestinians, the paper inadvertently tagged the International Cricket Council –a very different ICC– on Twitter.

The Post issued a clarification about an hour later, reassuring its readers that it was in fact the International Criminal Court that had made the accusation, and not the cricket organization that shares the same acronym.

The mistake appears to have gone largely unnoticed until the correction was issued, which sparked a flurry of snarky responses on Twitter.

People were particularly eager to one-up each other with their best cricket-related puns.

"The Oxford [Dictionary] definition of being on a sticky wicket?" asked one inquiring netizen.

It doesn't appear that the ICC – the cricket one – responded to being dragged into the story. Some jokingly suggested that the organization might get bombarded with angry messages from Israel supporters.

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