This is a precise quote from the BBC TV News presenter headline at 10.30am:
"The lives of hundreds of sick Palestinian children are being put at risk because of the latest downturn in relations between their leaders and Israel last month. The Palestinian President said his government was giving up on past peace agreements because of Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank. That decision stopped co-operation on many security and civil matters including medical and travel permits."There followed a heart rending piece by BBC Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell featuring Palestinian children in Gaza dying of varous medical conditions and their distraught mothers. The entire piece very plainly blamed Palestinian officials for the situation.
The BBC did not blame Israel for placing a blockade illegally preventing pharmaceuticals and medical supplies from entering Gaza - the basic reason the children cannot be treated at home.
The BBC did not blame Israel for blockading in, illegally, the civilian population of Gaza, so that these children cannot freely leave for treatment in Europe without Israeli clearance.
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