I’ve added Acharit HaYamim, Dash Riprock’s blog, to the list of “Blogs with an interest in BBC matters. ”
His latest post here compares what Barbara Plett says Hamas was formed to do and what Hamas says Hamas was formed to do. There’s also a paragraph or two about Orla Guerin’s report on the Palestinian child suicide bomber who changed his mind.
Ms Guerin has a point, I must say. Forcing the kid to pose for the cameras because “this is the picture Israel wants to see” is appalling behaviour. It quite puts all that fuss about trying to force him to blow himself to atoms into perspective.
Weekend 18th July 2026
Is it just me or are the BBC creaming their panties over the enthronement of their darling Andy Burnham? I…