The BBC’s security correspondent has decided to redraw the borders of the Middle East and hand over Israel to the Palestinians as their ‘homeland’….talking about refugees generally in the Middle East he stated that…. (12 mins 50 secs) ‘It would be quite wrong to talk about refugees in the Middle East without mentioning the Palestinians because, you know, there is a refugee problem for them going back to … Continue reading
BBC Trending seems to have a habit of picking ‘trends’ that are in some way damaging to Israel. The latest is this: #BBCtrending: Schoolboy’s Facebook photo divides Jewish South Africans A Jewish schoolboy from South Africa has posted a photo, and message of support, for Palestinians living in Gaza – highlighting a rift in the country’s Jewish community. Last week, Joshua Broomberg uploaded a picture of himself and … Continue reading
The BBC reports: Israel export licences warning from UK UK arms export licences to Israel will be suspended only if there is fresh violence in Gaza, ministers have said. The UK has identified 12 licences for components which could be used in equipment in Gaza by Israel. It said it would suspend them “in the event of a resumption of significant hostilities”. The Lib Dems had urged a suspension … Continue reading
Always of interest what catches the BBC eye and what doesn’t. Here they report that the Great barrier Reef is in trouble….mainly from climate change: Australia Great Barrier Reef outlook ‘poor and deteriorating’ The outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is poor despite conservation efforts, with further deterioration expected in coming years, a report says. The bleak forecast came in a five-yearly report released by the Great … Continue reading
Seen this? BBC bosses have refused to apologise after a tribute story to paedophile Jimmy Savile appeared second on a list of ‘most popular’ stories on its website – below coverage of the death of Robin Williams. Twitter users expressed outrage as the Savile story, filed hours after his death on October 29, 2011, suddenly appeared on the website and shot up the most read story list this morning. The BBC … Continue reading
Time for a new one of these so please detail the bias, keep it polite and don’t resort to any form of abuse. The haters want to see that, deny them.
We’ve had a few looks at the likes of Jon Donnison who have been disseminating endless pictures of dead and injured children from Gaza and using them to attack Israel but Dan Hodges in the Telegraph neatly encapsulates all that needs to be said about the use of casualties as propaganda…. ‘Atrocity porn’, and the online campaigners who use dead children to push political points If you want to … Continue reading
John Humphrys yesterday (08:10) blamed the invasion of Iraq in 2003 for the rise of ISIS, choosing a moment in time and a particular event that Humphrys’ world seems to revolve around, and making that the sole trigger for events that occurred subsequently. Humphrys is anti the Iraq War and so any chance he gets he tries to pin some blame for world calamities upon the … Continue reading
The BBC does not bother its audience with the complexities and horrors of the conflict between Palestinians and Israel but instead offers a vision not unlike Warsi’s and Clegg’s where Hamas are the heroes and Israel the villain. Sayeeda Warsi and Nick Clegg are both eager to disarm the Israeli Defence Forces. They don’t like the Israeli approach to self-defence as illustrated here…far too much disproportionate force….an unarmed little man … Continue reading
BBC journalist: #Gaza. Disagree strongly with #Netanyahu’s comments. In the 2 weeks I was there, Hamas never intimidated the #BBC: http://t.co/Z1v8QxtOJz — Kelvin Brown (@KelvinNews) August 8, 2014 The Foreign Press Association: Hamas is using threats and pressure to prevent journalists from providing objective reports, the Foreign Press Association in Israel and Palestine said in a statement Monday. The organization said it “protests in the strongest the blatant, incessant, forceful … Continue reading
