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| August | 22 |
| 2006 |
Ask bombed-out residents in LebanonAl-Khiyam is one of many towns and villages in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed in Israel's military campaign against the Hezbollah militant movement.
Residents start rebuilding their lives in al-KhiyamIn pictures
It was virtually deserted as the bombing reached a crescendo, but since last week's ceasefire residents have been returning home to pick up the pieces.The BBC News website is inviting readers around the world to put their questions to some of the town's residents.
Discussions will range from war and politics to everyday life, and there will be a similar event on the other side of the border in Israel soon.
They will be answering your questions throughout the day on Wednesday 23 August via a LIVE laptop link-up.
Well, I've been looking for the 'bombed out by Hezbollah' feature, live from Haifa, and, guess what - there isn't one.
The BBC. This is what they do.
MessageSpace
Nothing new here (see below). And it's not just the BBC. Scratch a British gentile and nine times out of time you'll find someone who is utterly indifferent to the fate of the Jewish people. Britain deserves the loyalty of her Jewish citizens about as much as Paris Hilton deserves $1 million for showing up at a party.
John Reith blocks Churchill
'Winston Churchill's access to the radio broadcasting state monopoly in the 1930s was blocked by John Reith, the BBC director, who was an admirer of both Hitler and Mussolini. Radio broadcasting was then the only way Churchill could reach the masses and inform Britons about the growing Nazi threat. But Reith was an appeaser, like Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain. Reith wrote in his diary that the Nazis "would clean things up," and about Churchill: "I absolutely hate him." '
http://www.courts.fsnet.co.uk/winston_churchill.htm
The BBC attempts to prevent news reaching public about the Holocaust even after Allied troops have entered Belsen
'...after the German surrender in 1945, Richard Dimbleby threatened to quit if the BBC did not put out his report on the horrors of Belsen. As it was, the Corporation delayed the broadcast for a day while it considered the impact that such stark revelations about the Holocaust would have at home and abroad..'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/ww2/censor_prop.shtml
I have only recently started to visit your site. The biased reporting of the BBC figures frequenly in your logs. Whislt I am in agreement with your views on the BBC and its reporting of the Arab/Israeli conflict, what I really want to know is what can be done about it? Just commenting does not feel satisfying.
"Discussions will range from war and politics to everyday life, and there will be a similar event on the other side of the border in Israel soon."
Pull the other one springs to mind. Joshua's sweeping assertion about British gentiles aside, dhimmi's comment is valid. You, Stephen, are certainly bringing the issue of the BBC to the attention of a fair slice of the British readership [and marginalizing yourself in the process] but where does it go next?
Thought provoking piece by Norm [see Stephen's sidebar for link]:
"Did Hamas and Hezbollah provoke an Israeli invasion because it suits their strategic interests? Do they secretly desire the very Israeli occupation that they claim to resist?"
Intriguing argument follows.