The BBC has continued in its “unofficial” position as the media arm of the Israeli government by refusing to provide airtime to a humanitarian appeal for the people of Gaza. The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation of 13 humanitarian agencies that include Oxfam, Cafod and Islamic Relief and whenever there is a disaster DEC, on behalf of all 13 agencies, campaigns for that cause.  It is very common for TV adverts to appear on numerous TV channels to assist their campaign, however the Beeb felt this particular campaign was just too much for them.

Due to the BBC refusing airtime to the Gaza campaign, ITV and SKY have pulled out also.  This is what the BBC had to say about it:

“The decision was made because of question marks about the delivery of aid in a volatile situation and also to avoid any risk of compromising public confidence in the BBC’s impartiality in the context of [a] news story.”

This is the biggest load of nonsense I have heard today ( I have yet to listen to the latest lie by Mark Regev), The BBC have a problem about the delivery of aid in a volatile situation?  Blimey, that didn’t stop them from allowing airtime for The Congo and Burma recently and besides, that is NOT their decision – they have simply been requested to allow an advert to go up and not to play project manager in humanitarian aid distribution.

Moreover, they are not acting impartially by not allowing the appeal to be shown, they are actually showing their support for the murderous Israeli regime because that is exactly what Israel would have wanted.

We should not be surprised, they have a history of supporting Israel, the BBC refused the appeal in 2006 when Israel bombed Lebanon to smithereens and slaughtered over 1000 women and children.

The people at DEC are rightfully stunned at this, their spokesman said in a statement:

“We are totally apolitical … this appeal is a response to humanitarian principles. The BBC seems to be confusing impartiality with equal airtime.”

Sky and ITV have just no backbone either and we should all be absolutely appalled at their capitulation also.  However, I reserve the right to be more angry at the BBC because I pay the £140 tax each year and therefore deserve a much better service,.

People are dying, it is as simple as that, and the BBC refuse to assist them in their moment of need because of what?  A little Israeli word in their ear most likely.

The appeal needs to be spread via social media, here is Islamic Relief’s Gaza appeal

A short message to you from an Islamic Relief worker in Gaza

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