Post by Teddy Bear on Jun 6, 2012 19:35:42 GMT
The hypocritical and biased coverage the BBC shows here is quite evident as highlighted by the following thread.
There have been several protests and some acts of violence against illegal immigrants from Africa by Israelis in recent weeks. There is reckoned to be about 60,000 in the country who crossed illegally through Egypt into Israel from countries like Eritrea and Sudan. It is reckoned that many of these migrants are Muslims, and one has first to question why would they cross a Muslim country like Egypt to enter a predominantly Jewish one if their purpose wasn't suspect. Besides the demographic concerns imposed on Israel by their arrival there is also the financial cost of dealing with these people until their status or disposition can be determined. So it's understandable that some Israelis will be hostile to the presence of these people on their society.
It should also be clarified that it is not racism that causes this reaction by these Israelis, but suspicion. Since the 1970's Israel not only supported, but actively helped Jews from Ethiopia to immigrate there. There is now well over 120,000 living there as a fully integrated part of society.
There are several issues with the way the BBC have reported the attacks on these illegal immigrants however.
There have been several protests and some acts of violence against illegal immigrants from Africa by Israelis in recent weeks. There is reckoned to be about 60,000 in the country who crossed illegally through Egypt into Israel from countries like Eritrea and Sudan. It is reckoned that many of these migrants are Muslims, and one has first to question why would they cross a Muslim country like Egypt to enter a predominantly Jewish one if their purpose wasn't suspect. Besides the demographic concerns imposed on Israel by their arrival there is also the financial cost of dealing with these people until their status or disposition can be determined. So it's understandable that some Israelis will be hostile to the presence of these people on their society.
It should also be clarified that it is not racism that causes this reaction by these Israelis, but suspicion. Since the 1970's Israel not only supported, but actively helped Jews from Ethiopia to immigrate there. There is now well over 120,000 living there as a fully integrated part of society.
There are several issues with the way the BBC have reported the attacks on these illegal immigrants however.
- First is that they have reported them at all.
On this site we have posted hundreds of examples where Muslims have attacked Christians throughout the Islamic world yet the BBC have chosen not to cover it. Where they have, they invariably make it appear like it was a tit for tat conflict or incident, and certainly have never made the accusation that the Muslims concerned were racists. - In the beginning of this thread I provided some context to understand what was behind these attacks, and why strictly speaking it was not racism that motivated it.
Yet the BBC do their best in their articles to convey the 'racism of Israelis' responsible for these acts. Here's a few examples:
African migrants hurt in Jerusalem 'arson attack'
Israel 'denies migrants' rights'
Migrants fear Israeli border plan
(Remember that these people are not migrants - but people with no legal right to enter or stay in the country)
Israel to begin migrant deportation amid rising hostility
Israel denies African migrants' rights, says US - Unless one is really familiar with the elements involved in these incidents which I covered briefly above, it is unlikely one could discern them from the way the BBC has outlined them in any of their articles on the subject. Check any of them yourselves and see what impression you think they are trying to convey.
