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Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza

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523 points mhga | 4 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.941s | source
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rich_sasha ◴[08 Jul 25 06:21 UTC] No.44497577[source]▶
Offending or over-accusing sides of this conflict is a very asymmetric risk. Misrepresent Palestinians negatively and you may eventually get an angry, vague letter - with a quarter of signatories doing so anonymously. Misrepresent Israelis negatively and you get very powerful and well-organised protests. BBC is sadly doing the rational thing of staying clear of suggesting Israel may be doing some bad things. It is a Corporation after all and so acts in corporate ways.

But this is also the example coming to them from the top. On the occasions where Israel has clearly committed egregious violations, such as shooting at people massed at the aid dispensal locations or the medics who then got buried in shallow graves, Israel gets barely a whimper of criticism from European politicians - and apparently full-throated cheering and support from the US. The ICC arrest warrant is as forgotten as last year's snow.

So why are we surprised the BBC doesn't want to stick its head above the parapet?

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philipallstar ◴[08 Jul 25 07:50 UTC] No.44497983[source]▶
> Misrepresent Palestinians negatively and you may eventually get an angry, vague letter - with a quarter of signatories doing so anonymously

No, you get "fiery but mostly peaceful" campus protests and every BBC interviewer asking you in the perfectly aggrieved RP tones why you hate children so much.

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1. test098 ◴[08 Jul 25 16:41 UTC] No.44501689[source]▶
> you get "fiery but mostly peaceful" campus protests

oh no, not students checks notes exercising their rights.

> every BBC interviewer asking you in the perfectly aggrieved RP tones why you hate children so much

dude you're literally commenting in a thread about how the BBC is complicit in preventing coverage of Israeli crimes because of conflicts of interest.

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2. AnimalMuppet ◴[08 Jul 25 16:54 UTC] No.44501793[source]▶
> > you get "fiery but mostly peaceful" campus protests

> oh no, not students checks notes exercising their rights.

Check your notes again. At least part of the "fiery" was not within students' rights. The "not peaceful" was definitely not within students' rights. Harassing Jewish students is not within students' rights; not being harassed by other students is.

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3. jasonm23 ◴[10 Jul 25 02:45 UTC] No.44516704[source]▶
.... ..... ..... will you be trotting out the IDF did nothing wrong trope again?
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4. raxxorraxor ◴[10 Jul 25 09:56 UTC] No.44519239{3}[source]▶
Didn't know the IDF was active in UK universities.

Students can be stupid and this is a special demographic that thinks it was touched by Jews. And yes, if they use violence and intimidation, their hobby perhaps needs some examination.

For the unrelated conflict in the middle east it certainly isn't helpful in preventing any death. On the contrary, they often demand and justify "holy" wars, fueling even more hatred.

So f these guys, really.