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| Complain to BBC now!! MPAC ALERT |
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| Aafreen |
| 12/08/03 at 15:45:30 |
| As-salaam Alaykum, Dear all, MPAC’ers were stunned yesterday after watching perhaps the most biased, unfair and unbalanced documentary ever to air on the BBC! We promptly called up the BBC and complained, we urge you all to do the same. The documentary in question ‘Terror Tourists’ was broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm on Sunday 7 December. Please make the following points: · This was a completely one-sided documentary, there were no Arab voices, barely a mention of the other side of the story. · Zionist settlers and Christian Zionists were shown in the best possible light while Palestinians were demonised/described as inherently violent, liars, untrustworthy and ‘disgusting’. · The Occupied Territories were constantly and incorrectly referred to as ‘disputed’, the word ‘Palestine’ was not even mentioned once. Hebron and other areas in the Occupied Territories were constantly referred to as Israel, the journalist made no attempt to correct or question this. · The ‘Occupation’ was mentioned once! There were no other references to the living conditions of the Palestinians. No explanation of why any of them were taking up arms. · The Zionist settlers were shown in a very sympathetic light, they were portrayed as the sole victims of unprovoked (Arab) terror. It was not mentioned that they live on settlements built on land confiscated from Palestinians and deemed illegal by international law. · Their ‘struggle for peace’ and noble endeavours to defend themselves and teach others to do so was glorified, the fact that the majority of them are racist, violent Messianic Zionists who routinely attack Palestinians, seize their land, destroy their harvests, advocate ethnic cleansing and oppose an independent Palestine was also not mentioned. · More sympathy is invoked for settlers who have had children killed, however again no mention of the hundreds of Palestinian children killed in this conflict. · Similarly the Christian Zionist terror tourists are shown as caring family people, who of course sympathise with the settlers, and feel equally threatened by violent Arabs despite being surrounded by Zionist soldiers most the time. One woman, who views every Arab as a potential suicide bomber, says although she would like to speak to Arabs, she would not believe everything they say. · No doubt is left in the viewer’s mind that Palestinians are the only aggressors and enemies of peace, one training exercise has pretend Arab terrorists attacking a peace demonstration! The Zionist pretending to be an Arab, describes Palestinians as ‘disgusting’. The reporter seems to condone such racist comments. · The IDF were also shown in a sympathetic light as young soldiers who defend these beleaguered settlers. · Even Palestinian women and children tendering their sheep were dehumanised and branded ‘intelligence gatherers’ who deserve to be treated suspiciously and shot at. · The Zionists are portrayed as the only possible victims of terror, however what about Muslims, are we not under threat from Jewish Zionists who have plotted to blow up our mosques and schools and machine-gunned us down in prayer? Is this not terror? Perhaps we should under go similar training to protect and defend ourselves, in Afghanistan perhaps? · Most importantly please make the point that this documentary was a prime example of the most biased and shoddy journalism ever seen! · The reporter is complicit in the racist attitudes and lies of the Zionists. He never disagrees with them, no probing questions are asked, no attempt is made to shown the Palestinians, he reinforces the view that perhaps they are to dangerous, too violent to be shown or given a platform to air their views. · Every effort has been made by the producers of the programme to glorify Zionists, excuse/ignore the occupation and vilify, dehumanise and ignore the Palestinians. Please take a moment to complain about this injustice. The Zionists have asked people to call in and congratulate the BBC on this ‘excellent and truthful’ portrayal of the plight of Israelis! Please call and make sure your get a call log number: 08700 100222 and/or email: info@bbc.co.uk A news report related the programme can be read at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3295067.stm |
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