Balfour Declaration

BBC bias: as usual, this Balfour critique makes no mention of the Balfour promise that “nothing shall be done which may prejudice … the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country“ – broken by the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab countries
BBC bias: it includes, at 0:41:25 (without commentary), France 2’s notorious “Muhammad Al Durrah Incident” footage

yesterday evening (tuesday 31st), 9.00-10.00pm, on bbc 2
the balfour declaration: britain’s promise to the holy land (presented by bbc reporter jane corbin, a descendant of leo amery) (in the this world series)
including interviews with …
• yudit slotsky, 96, and ruth slotsky, 91
• amnon shashua, professor of computer science, and founder of mobileye
• yisrael meir lau, former askenazi chief rabbi of israel
• former palestinian prime minister abu ala
• yitzhak rabin
• yassir arafat
• oslo negotiator yossi beilin
• dr mahmoud al zahar, co-founder of hamas
• gila fenton, israeli living in nahal oz, half a mile from gaza
• lenny goldberg, follower of meir kahane
• journalist asma algoul of gaza

Kill the Christians

yesterday evening (thursday 16th), 11.20pm-12.20, on bbc 2
kill the christians (presented by jane corbin) (in the this world series)

jane corbin, presenting a programme about christians dying (or fleeing the threat of death), leads up to her visit to bethlehem and jerusalem, concluding that “in the Holy Land, … Christianity is in terminal decline.”

The war of the tunnels

CORRECTION – this programme will now be broadcast next tuesday, 23rd, at 10.35pm

this is the third time it has been postponed!!!

CORRECTION – this programme will now be broadcast next monday, 15th

this is the second time it has been postponed

this evening (monday 8th), 8.30-9.00pm, on bbc 1 (repeated early thursday morning, 4.30am, on bbc news tv, freeview channel 80 or 130)
the war of the tunnels (in the panorama series)

“For seven weeks Hamas rockets roared over the border into Israel while Israeli bombs pounded Gaza.
Panorama’s Jane Corbin goes deep into the underground tunnels where battles have been fought to investigate the war that has devastated Gaza.
What has each side really gained in this war and can there be a solution to the conflict which is fuelling hatred and fear all over the world?“

Panorama: War of the tunnels

early tomorrow morning (thursday 4th), 4.30-5.00am, on bbc news tv (freeview channel 80) (repeated 8.30pm next monday on bbc 1)
the war of the tunnels (in the panorama series)

“For seven weeks Hamas rockets roared over the border into Israel while Israeli bombs pounded Gaza.
Panorama’s Jane Corbin goes deep into the underground tunnels where battles have been fought to investigate the war that has devastated Gaza.
What has each side really gained in this war and can there be a solution to the conflict which is fuelling hatred and fear all over the world?“