If one wished to search out an independent minded media analysis of what was happening in Palestine, Pakistan, or Kenya, then sadly the last place one would turn is to is the BBC. For these days the BBC is a craven instrument of British governmental policy, which itself is an adjacent to the Bush administrations foreign affairs strategy.
The governments of all three of the aforementioned countries are guilty of manipulating in their favor the outcomes of either their Nations Presidential or General Elections. In Palestine we saw the democratically elected Hamas administration being bureaucratically over-thrown on the orders of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, who was himself acting on the ‘advice’ of the US and Israeli governments as they believed Hamas would not be pliable enough when it came to any future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. No matter that the Palestinian people partially elected Hamas to office for that very reason.
Whilst Hamas was only able to hold on to power by its finger tips in the minute piece of land known as the Gaza strip, the BBC reported these events as if it were Hamas not President Abbas who had first initiated the political coup; and it placed the entire responsibility for the disorder and blood shed that occurred in the wake of Abbas’s dismissal of the Hamas administration, firmly at the feet that body, who in reality were the victims of Abbas/US/Israeli machinations.
The governments of all three of the aforementioned countries are guilty of manipulating in their favor the outcomes of either their Nations Presidential or General Elections. In Palestine we saw the democratically elected Hamas administration being bureaucratically over-thrown on the orders of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, who was himself acting on the ‘advice’ of the US and Israeli governments as they believed Hamas would not be pliable enough when it came to any future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. No matter that the Palestinian people partially elected Hamas to office for that very reason.
Whilst Hamas was only able to hold on to power by its finger tips in the minute piece of land known as the Gaza strip, the BBC reported these events as if it were Hamas not President Abbas who had first initiated the political coup; and it placed the entire responsibility for the disorder and blood shed that occurred in the wake of Abbas’s dismissal of the Hamas administration, firmly at the feet that body, who in reality were the victims of Abbas/US/Israeli machinations.
http://organizedrage.blogspot.com/2008/01/bbc-bollocks-and-bullshit-corporation.html or http://tinyurl.com/3bgeup
But talking of Hamas:
Hamas
by: Khalid Amayreh
January - March 2008
The Link - Volume 41, Issue 1
Page 1 of 10
by: Khalid Amayreh
January - March 2008
The Link - Volume 41, Issue 1
Page 1 of 10
Most Western media display a hostile attitude towards the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, known popularly as Hamas, describing it as a "terrorist group" devoted to the destruction of Israel. Especially in North America, Hamas is not only guilty until proven innocent, it is guilty even if proven innocent, while Israel is often treated not only as innocent until proven guilty, but as innocent even if proven guilty. This is the general perception among most Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East and beyond.
I have reported on Hamas and have interviewed most of its leaders since its appearance in Gaza in the closing weeks of 1987. My feeling is that it will continue, for the foreseeable future, to play a major role not only in Israel-Palestine, but throughout the Middle East, where concentrations of Palestinian refugees are scattered, and throughout the Muslim world, where the Palestinian cause elicits strong emotions. For that reason it deserves fair and objective scrutiny.
The Beginning: http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?iid=279&aid=592&pg=1 From the Americans for Middle East Understanding site.
But Ends:
"As a longtime reporter covering events here in
Palestine, it is my strong recommendation that the
West initiate as soon as possible a meaningful and
sincere dialogue with Hamas. This would encourage
the democratically elected organization to walk in
the path of moderation, which would eventually
serve the cause of peace in this troubled region, and
help mend the equally troubled relations between
the West and the Muslim world."
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