Israel’s Ambassador to Britain, Daniel Taub
Israel's justification for latest assault on Gaza goes unchallengedRecent scandals calling into question the news-handling skills of Britain's national broadcaster don't seem to have improved matters.
After being treated last night to footage of the slaying of Ahmed Jabari, the military leader of Hamas, by an Israeli assassin flying a drone from his armchair and violating Palestinian airspace, I woke this morning to the kind of crass reporting that has sadly become all too common at the BBC.
BBC Gives Israel's Ambassador free reinIt's flagship news programme
Today ran a particularly idiotic item about Israel's unleashing of its latest offensive on Gaza and featured an 'interview' by John Humphrys with the Israeli ambassador to Britain, Daniel Taub. This latest escalation of violence, called Operation Pillar of Defence, had resulted in the killing of 12 Palestinians, including 5 civilians - 3 children, a pregnant woman and a 16 year old boy - and the wounding of dozens more, while 3 Israelis were killed.
Taub, the representative of a brutal occupying power, spoke of 800 missiles fired from Gaza since the beginning of the year
but was not questioned about the number of rockets, bombs and tank shells delivered by Israel's high-tech military into the packed humanity of Gaza in the same period.Taub wanted Israeli citizens to live in peace and quiet
but wasn't asked why Palestinian citizens are not allowed to do the same.
Comment: With the emergence of child sex crimes at the highest levels in the UK, this weird relationship the country has with Jersey Island is beginning to make sense.
The BBC: Protecting Pedophiles and War Criminals Since 2004