I am puzzled that the world media has not reported the startling news that Hamas have left Gaza. That is certainly the impression the BBC conveys because in its latest reports on the cleansing of Gaza, it reports that 391 “Palestinians” have been killed so far. Yes, but apparently not one of these has been a Hamas terrorist. So, as in Lebanon in 2006, the BBC refuses to number how many of the dead are Islamic Jihadi militia and instead lumps them all into one big convenient number which is then used to portray Israel as the cruel oppressor of poor innocent Arabs. I also note the continued pro-Hamas testimony of Jeremy Bowen, a man who makes Orla Guerin seem objective on Middle Eastern affairs! It would a lot more honest if the BBC just came clean, admitted they loath Israel and are license payer funded shills for the so-called Palestinians. The pretence of neutrality is so risible as to beyond parody.
HAVE HAMAS LEFT HAMASTAN?
Bookmark the permalink.
Martin, yep it can. Kate Silverton is going to waddle down & donate the slipped disc she keeps in a jar to the starving Pali’s. Mmmm, tasty beeboid with a tiny brain.
(Meant to put the following in this thread, not the next one down.)
From today’s World Have Your Say with Hamas representative Osama Hamdan.
BBC presenter: First we have Bilal who is in Gaza. Bilal, What’s your question to Osama Hamdan?
Bilal: Thanks for letting me participate in this programme. I want to ask first of all Osama Hamdan, who is living in Beirut now and we are now under Israeli attack and they are hiding in their tunnels, the Hamas leaders, underground, and we are facing, become victims to Israeli airstrikes, awful airstrikes and aggressive airstrikes. My question is the following • where are you taking the Palestinian people now? Where are you taking? You are taking us as hostages, as hostages. You are a puppet within the Iranian’s hands. That’s my question.
Remember brave Bilal the next time a BBC journalist mouths off about how Israeli actions only increase support for Hamas.
Cause to celebrate!
BBC: Hamas leader killed in air strike
A top Hamas leader has died in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, the most senior figure to be killed for nearly five years.
In pictures: Gaza conflict
Obituary: Nizar Rayyan
Gaza aid worker diary
Diplomacy takes back seat
UN fails to make Gaza progress
Shock as rockets hit Beersheba
Map: Gaza and Israel conflict”
Its a bit like Wimbledon tennis commentary. Except they are on one side.
A couple of days ago, a British ISM activist based in Gaza was interviewed on R5L; she lied that Israel had bombed hospitals, and the BBC ran her claims uncontested for the rest of the day in its bulletins. What are the chances that the protestations made against Hamas by Bilal – an actual Gazan – will get any further airplay on the BBC? My guess • no chance at all.
DB had a scan at your Gaza and WHYS.
However i cannot find it on their web site.
http://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/your-questions-to-hamas-and-the-israeli-government/
Have you a link to it?
AndrewSouthLondon | 01.01.09 – 8:52 pm |
Obituary: Nizar Rayyan
I waiting for the ‘Nizar Rayyan: Your tributes’ on BBC HYS
TPO i’ve just read that is just so disgusting.
TPO & AndrewSouthLondon; I just popped by to post this but you both beat me to it!
“Obituary: Nizar Rayyan”
It really is gut wrenching to think that our national broadcaster can stoop so low.
The bBC, its coverage of Gaza and half the story.
I see the bBC haven’t bothered their arse to report this;
Egypt FM: Hamas must stop rockets in any truce
Associated Press Writer= CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister said Thursday that Hamas must ensure rocket fire stops in any truce deal to halt Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, criticizing the Palestinian militants for giving Israel an excuse to launch the bombardment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8178861
Must the tears in all those bBC reporters eyes which is preventing them from reporting the full facts.
Nizar who????
The bBC, its coverage of Gaza and half the story.
The bBC and the propaganda it pushes out as news to children on CbBC.
Leader killed in Gaza attacks
An important man in politics has been killed in the latest round of Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
Nizar Rayyan died when his home was hit by a bomb. He was a leading member of Hamas – the Palestinan group which controls Gaza.
….
Hamas said Mr Rayyan was a political leader in its group, rather than a military leader. It is more unusual for a political figure to be killed, than one who is seen to be active in the armed wings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7800000/newsid_7807300/7807313.stm
The bBC and the propaganda it pushes out as news to children on CbBC.
On the bbc news they were saying
the motive of Israel was something like…
Israel wants to display its military strength to make up for its inability to defeat Hamas the last time.
They are trying to attribute a revenge motive to Israel. No mention of self-defence.
The Palestinians are totally obsessed with military victory as they are living in the middle ages and they think it will bring them some kind of ‘honour’. Can’t they turn around and see millions of square miles of muslim lands to live in right behind them? Where do they expect the Jews to go?
They have identified Israel as the origin of Judaism and Christianity and therefore they want it; to make themselves feel important.
Congratulations to David Vance for running the site, and maybe one day you could get a better name like biasbbc.co.uk or similar, on which you could include a link to this site.
Back on topic : I notice that when the BBC talks about Israeli casualities (when they ever so rarely mention them) we are treated to shots of sodiers and tanks. When they mention Pally injuries it’s always, always women and little kids.
Anonymous | 01.01.09 – 7:09 pm | #
Well spotted, Bruce. They so rarely mention Israeli casualties because up to now they have been almost miraculously low. Actually casualties in general have been low by the standards of modern warfare and relative to the amounts of explosive dropped.
Low casualties are a good thing. Also Israel hasn’t learnt the Hamas trick of exploiting casualties for PR or creating casualties from healthy people when real casualties are sparse.
The BBC has an internal cynical death rate consideration that is merely based on politics, we all know the cliche of the British person injuring their leg when on holiday in an area that has seen multiple foreign death, and this is disproportionatley reported.
The nightclub fire in Bangkok is an example I noticed. Clearly a one off example of stupidity where sparklers were allowed to be rampant, however at the end of the report I noticed the reporter editorialising as if this is something that must be wiped out like it was something that happens over and over and could be legislated for. It sums up the knee jerk holier than thou, post stable door, Beeb for me,
The thing that struck me more about this issue is, that later while reporting that a Hamas leader was killed and reminding us of the civilian deaths, was that the number of innocents in this Bangkok fire was far more than could be clearly accounted for by IDF fire, but politics will always outweigh even their own safety posturings and we here no more investigation of Hamas accountability.
BTW As i was writing this (11:15) I swear I heard the weather guy giving the summary of Euro weather saying “the Last of the anthropogenic snow has gone” WTF?
bill:
“Kate Silverton is going to waddle down & donate the slipped disc she keeps in a jar to the starving Pali’s.”
I always understood that Kate Silverton is Jewish. I know she spent some time on a kibbutz in Israel when she was younger.
Bill: Orla Guerin? God she’s awful. Is it true she once stood as a Labour party candidate? If so why am I not shocked? Bowen is the worst though. Has a man ever looked full of more one sided shit?
Bowen today reported that each injured child in Gaza would make more Gazans convinced that Hamas is defending them.
Yet when Israelis are killed, isn’t the usual response to say that Israel’s leaders will be obliged to make peace to avoid casualties?
Bizarre or biased, I think this blog’s readers know the answer.
DB had a scan at your Gaza and WHYS.
However i cannot find it on their web site.
Have you a link to it?
pounce | 01.01.09 – 9:01 pm
The latest programme can be heard here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/world_hys.shtml
Osama Hamdan comes on about a fifth of the way through (BBC favourite Azzam Tamimi stands in for him during the first section of the show). I’m guessing the show will only be available until today’s WHYS replaces it.
Talking of BBC favourites – terrorism apologist Alastair Crooke was on Today this morning, the latest of many appearances on the BBC this week. The way Crooke tells it Hamas is a humanitarian organisation devoted to democracy.
DB | 02.01.09 – 9:29 am
Re; Al Crooke.
They can have him on as much as they like, but they must introduce him as the Hamas spokesman that he is, and not as ‘expert on middle east affairs’
He said “All Hamas wants is for the Palestinian people to be able to get on with living a normal life .”
Al-Hayat last Wednesday reported Hamas’s new laws enforcing punishments of whipping for drinking, dismembering for theft, and executions for a host of ambiguous crimes. “Games of chance” are also to be punished with the whip.
Ron Prosor, yesterday’s Telegraph.
I wonder if Sarah Montague lives that kind of normal life? R4 Today staff should be whipped, dismembered and executed straight away.
Re; above. A Day of Wrath.
http://thetruth.hypermart.net/wrath/13_when_shall_it_be.htm
Biblical Prophecies and the End of Israel:
“This is what we hope will happen, but we do not declare it to be absolutely certain, but if the fundamentalists would like to bet with us, as Quraysh did with Abu Bakr concerning the Qur’anic prophecy concerning the Romans, then without doubt they will lose, although we cannot guarantee that it will be that exact year!”
Game of chance or what? A good whipping in store for these truth tellers and their normal lives.
“it reports that 391 “Palestinians” have been killed so far. Yes, but apparently not one of these has been a Hamas terrorist.”
“Palestinian medical officials say 391 Palestinians have died in the Israeli air strikes; the UN says 25% of these were civilians.”
If they’re not civilians then surely they’re people directly or indirectly involved in fighting Israel (i.e. terrorists if you like)?? So what’s the complaint?
It is well remembered that, years ago, Bowen was one of the first media stars to inform us it looked as if the Americans were going to go after the Afghastlystanis after the World Trade Centre event. After informing us, he then looked us in the eye, knowingly wagging his head from side to side. The tape must exist somewhere. Any chance of campaigning to have it played back to us? Such a memorable moment in the history of impartial reporting.
The towel head that the Israelis took out the other day had apparently had one of his sons act as a suicide bomber. Many Palestinians and other Muslims happily send their kids off to kill Jews by strapping explosives to them so why are they so upset when they get killed now?
Perhaps if they loved their kids ab it more and hated the Jews a bit less they might think about the future for their children.
Muslims always seem to hide behind women and children when they fight. One word sums up Muslims. COWARDS.
This is a genuine site.
On behalf of the soldiers of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), we wish to thank the many, many people the world over who have sent Pizza, Burgers and a variety of other treats. A special thank you to those of you who recently sent Hannuka Donuts.
Our project started in 2002 during Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield, to rid our area of terrorists following the bombing of the Park Hotel in Netanya and the murder of thirty people, including many Holocaust survivors, sitting down to their Pesach Seder.
http://pizzaidf.org/
Cockney | 02.01.09 – 10:33 am | #
Further to Cockney’s point at the above post, it should be noted that there is no difference between a “Palestinian source” and a “UN source” as far as Gaza is concerned. See my post at 4:40 pm.
.
Muslims always seem to hide behind women and children when they fight. One word sums up Muslims. COWARDS.
Martin | 02.01.09 – 10:59 am
More on the Hamas hero slotted by the IAF:
Who invented the “Human Shields” method?
Hamas has released an official statement declaring that Dr. Nizar al-Rayyan who was killed in a pinpointed attack earlier today is the father of the “Human Shields” method:
“It was Dr. Rayyan, who took the initiative, two years ago, to protect homes against Israeli occupation air strikes by forming human shields which succeeded in stopping this practice by the Israeli occupation, where they used to phone the occupier of the home and warn him to evacuate it in ten minutes because the home is going to be bombed.”
[bold not in source]
Full statement can be read here.
curbishly | 02.01.09 – 11:24 am | #
Keep up the good work.
Ironies of War, Part 1:
Hamas deliberately target Israeli civilians, but kill very few.
Israel tries hard not to kill civilians – even to the extent of telephoning residents in the vicinity of its targets with a 30 min warning – yet ends up killing quite a lot of civilians ……..
It ain’t fair.
Not The BBC News:
In the midst of war’s horror, a terrible vengeance
By Taghreed el-Khodary and Ethan Bronner
Monday, December 29, 2008
GAZA: At Shifa Hospital on Monday, armed Hamas militants in civilian clothes roved the halls. Asked their function, they said they were providing security. But there was internal bloodletting under way.
In the fourth floor orthopedic section, a woman in her late twenties asked a militant to let her see Saleh Hajoj, her 32-year-old husband. She was turned away and left the hospital. Fifteen minutes later, Hajoj was carried out of his room by young men pretending to transfer him to another hospital section. As he lay on the stretcher, he was shot in the left side of the head. A bit of brain emerged on the other side of his skull.
Hajoj, like five others who were killed at the hospital in this way in the previous 24 hours, was accused of collaboration with Israel. He had been in the central prison awaiting trial by Hamas judges, and when Israel destroyed the prison on Sunday he and the others were transferred to the hospital. But their trials were short-circuited.
A crowd at the hospital showed no pity after the shooting, which was widely observed. A man in his thirties mocked a woman who expressed horror at the scene.
“This horrified you?” he shouted. “A collaborator that caused the death of many innocent and resistance fighters?”
Another man told her, “It was his brother who killed him to wipe away the shame from his family.”
Such nice people, they really deserve a state! :-/
This weekend the usual suspects – jihadists, Burka Blackshirts and friends of the SWP will be gathering to protest against the war against terrorists, ably supported by such intellectual heavyweights as Annie (no hits for 20 years) Lennox and Bianca Jagger.
The usual Jewish kapos will be there too. I wonder what they will feel when the Burka Blackshirts start calling for the “return of the ovens” as their Muslim bruvvers did in Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Will Alexei Sayle join in?
The BBC will, of course give their comrades enormous coverage and triple the numbers present.
The BBC prefers to portray Jews as either Holocaust victims or as Faginesque stereotypes.
Of course, there is nothing the BBC and their comrades hate more than an uppity Jew. You know, one that actually fights back and isn’t in a ghetto or a gulag.
The only reason the Israelis kill ‘a few civilians’ is because the cowardly Muslim scum hide behind women and children.
Why don’t they move their children out of Gaza? That’s what people did here during the bombing of London in WW2.
and anyway if Muslims love their scummy brats so much, why do they strap explosives to so many of them?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1446003.stm
Anyone else see the bunch of creepy leftists news conference wanking on about the poor Pali’s?
Galloway, Livingdead, Annie Lennox (fuck she’s ugly) Bianca Jagger (fuck she’s ugly).
Why are leftists just so vile looking?
BBC news consists almost entirely of reports about conditions and causalities in Gaza, and BBC opinion consists of condemnation of Israel for ignoring calls to stop the violence. This news and this opinion are reversible and interchangeable.
“Tell me Annie Lennox, respected intellectual and philosopher, you have watched enough BBC news by now to have become a great expert on the situation in Gaza, should the violence continue? Should Israel kill some more Palestinian children right in the middle of this humanitarian crisis?”
Galloway, Livingdead, Annie Lennox (f5ck she’s ugly) Bianca Jagger (f8ck she’s ugly).
Why are leftists just so vile looking?
Martin (as Jack Hawkins c. 1954 ) | 02.01.09 – 1:33 pm
Why do you only single out the lady lefties for your appearance-based comments?
Galloway and Livingdead are not exactly Adonises. Or should that be Adonii?
Martin:
Anyone else see the bunch of creepy leftists news conference wanking on about the poor Pali’s?
Galloway, Livingdead, Annie Lennox (fuck she’s ugly) Bianca Jagger (fuck she’s ugly).
So I presume Talksquawk will be firing Gallowayste like they did for Whale and Gaunt?
I mean, Gaunty simple called a Tory a “nazi” because he wanted to prevent “smokers” from adopting kids.
While Galloway actually shares a stage with Jew hating Islamo-Nazi, and actually spouts their nazi-shite.
But at least I don’t have to pay for the awful “Talksport” unlike the BBC.
Galloway and Livingdead are not exactly Adonises. Or should that be Adonii?
Sue | 02.01.09 – 1:58 pm | #
Sue, you try saying that to Galloway.
.
Sue | 02.01.09 – 1:58 pm
They call him Gorgeous George.
Our project started in 2002 during Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield, to rid our area of terrorists following the bombing of the Park Hotel in Netanya and the murder of thirty people, including many Holocaust survivors, sitting down to their Pesach Seder.
http://pizzaidf.org
curbishly | 02.01.09 – 11:24 am | #
Great link Curbishly – I just bought pizza for an IDF platoon and was able to sit through tem minutes of BBC News 24 with almost stable blood pressure. Great BBC bias therapy!
It’s time for Celebrity Big Brother – when has beens, D listers and losers parade on TV in the vain hope of licking milk out of a woman’s hand or resurrecting a failed career.
It’s also time for Celebrity Protest – when has beens, D Listers and losers parade on TV in the vain hope of resurrecting a failed career.
Step up:
Elderly Rock Hen Lennox
Bianca ” I’ve forgotten to complain about Hugo Chavez” Jagger
Milk licking George
Red Ken Livinghell
Fat forgotten comedian “Not in Our Name”
The Burqua Blackshirts – a group of streetwise yobs
Assorted E listers from the Socialist Workers Party, Stop The War Against Terrorists and Disrespect – all one hit wonders hoping for a revolutionary breakthrough
All proof that the dead still walk the earth
Jack Bauer: I used to like Talksport years ago. They had some good night time presenters (Charlie Wolf, James Whale, Mike Dickin etc.)
Now they have a load of nobodys and a complete cunt like George Galloway.
Why has a station like this gone down the toilet pan?
Oh hang on they’ve got and ex beeboid (Moz Dee) running it.
Sue: Very sorry. I have abused Gallowaner and Livingdead before but if it makes you happy, Galloway is just an ugly fat tosspot and Livingdead looks like a pigs arse.
Biodegradable: You say slotted. I prefer popped it sounds nicer :). Are there any others? Topped I guess is one. Nailed? Vapourised (hopefully)?
Nachman | 01.01.09 – 3:54 pm,
I listened to as much of that particular WHYS as I could stand. They had Hamas apologist Azzam Tamimi on and a couple of Israelis to oppose him. Unfortunately they were no match for the slick Tamimi. He pounced on the fact of the Hamas leader’s death along with his family as “proof” that Hamas stands by the people, gliding past the fact that the rest of the leaders are hiding like rats in a hole.
Tamimi was interviewed a few years ago on Hardtalk by Tim Sebastian – about the only BBC journalist worthy of the term – and Sebastian got him into a corner, got him to admit that he approved of suicide bombing of Israelis and then asked him whether, since he approved of it, why he himself didn’t go to Israel and blow himself up. Tamimi wriggled out of it by claiming that he couldn’t get into Palestine, but that if he could, he would be there like a shot.
They call him Gorgeous George
Only idiots see anything ‘gorgeous’ in this vile sewer of Nazi propaganda.