Israel nowhere on map of Harper Collins' Middle East Atlas

Publishing giant Harper Collins, a subsidiary of NewsCorp, has been selling an atlas in Middle Eastern schools claiming to give an "in-depth coverage of the region and its issues" wherein the name Israel does not appear at all.

The atlas included Syria, Jordan and even Gaza but the word Israel was not mentioned even once, reported Fox News.

Haper Collins' Facebook page said on Wednesday that it regretted the omission of the name Israel from its Middle East atlas. The company also apologised on its page for any offense it caused to anyone.

One of the reviewers wrote that it was horrifying how Harper Collins could not recognise the existence of Israel. 

Harper Collins tweet on the issue:

.@HarperCollinsUK has issued a statement regarding the Collins Middle East Atlas. http://t.co/ySlxrWgT2u

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollins) December 31, 2014

"This product has now been removed from sale in all territories and all remaining stock will be pulped." http://t.co/ySlxrWgT2u

— HarperCollins (@HarperCollins) December 31, 2014