I cannot believe it: the BBC has posted my rather critical comment about their lack of impartiality towards Israel and the Middle East here on their editors web slot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/10/bias_at_the_bbc.html
Mine is number 108. I wonder if they answer my query and if I will ever find out (from them) the contact details of their Jerusalem Bureau. Really, sometimes they are harder to access than Fort Knox.
And no, I do not think Israel is perfect - far from it - but I would rather live here than in any other country in the Middle East and I suspect that secretly most of them would too. I mean, how long would they get away with liberal views in Israel's neighbouring countries?
Otherwise, it's thundering and lightening in Haifa now. I have never ever known weather like it, and changeable too. In this respect, it reminds me of England. Morning a glorious swim in Haifa Bay and evening, the apartment shaking from the hail-storm and me seriously considering taking out winter woollies. Don't remember Jerusalem ever being like this in October. My friend in nearby Zikhron Yaakov has not experienced rain this evening, for instance.
However, I would like to say to all those who think that the BBC is a total and utter disgrace, that there are one or two fine people who work there and I have met them, but I do wish more of them worked in Middle East reporting, that is all. And I do wish that some of the Jewish people who run the BBC gave a thought to their co-religionists, whether in Europe or in Israel, who are in danger of attack every time people like Orla Guerin or Barbara Plett open their mouths, simply because the BBC is held in such high regard and is respected in most parts of the world.
Truly, however, 'a great miracle happened here'. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%27A+great+miracle+happened+here%27&meta=
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