(from Blithering Bunny)
From The Telegraph:
The BBC apologised yesterday for an item on a religious programme that angered the Jewish community by “demonising” Israel.
Dozens of complaints have been received about a story on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day during the Today programme that suggested a Muslim corporal in the Israeli army had been jailed for refusing to shoot Palestinian children.
The contributor, the Rev Dr John Bell, also apologised and admitted his story could have been interpreted as “furtive racism” at a time when “Jewish sensitivity in Britain is running high because of anti-Semitism”.
Weekend 7th June 2025
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