Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 21, 2010 22:42:25 GMT
Besides its own skewed and distorted reporting on any issue where the BBC has a particular agenda, an additional element that they use is to quote organisations that are largely 'respected' by an uninformed public, which adds to the angle they want to be accepted.
In the case of Israel, the UN and most of the various 'Human Rights' organisations ably serve this purpose. Simple maths will make this dynamic perfectly clear. There are around 80 Islamic or majority Islamic nations in the world, and only one Israel. So in a supposed 'democratic' body like the UN, which ideology will carry the most weight? For this reason there have been more UN resolutions issued against Israel than any other nation on Earth.
The pure hypocrisy of this corrupt organisation can easily be witnessed in any given year by looking at which nations comprise the UN Human Rights Council and see just how many are guilty of abuses within their own borders. Because of the never ending abuse of the 'powers' bestowed on them, none of their resolutions are binding unless also ratified by the UN Security Council, who are usually more just as far as Israel is concerned.
But rather than make you aware of all this, the BBC prefer to use these resolutions and reports as evidence of transgressions committed by the subject of their focus, especially where Israel is concerned.
On this particular one, the BBC is reporting on a report put out by the UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs that finds Israel needs to ease access restrictions for Palestinians living around the borders of Gaza. Because of security fears, Israel has a buffer zone of up to 1km that Palestinians are not allowed to encroach on.
Now consider that hardly a BBC article on Gaza goes by without reference to Operation Cast Lead in 2009 where Israel military retaliated against Gazan militants for numerous rocket attacks. With this the BBC then delight in giving you the death and injury statistics issued by the Palestinians for that conflict, as well as telling you how few Israelis were killed, as though this makes it unfair.
Only if you're an independent enough thinker will you consider that Israel retaliated following thousands of rockets launched from Gaza towards populated areas in Israel. The fact that these rockets were quite primitive and largely exploded in open areas causing few casualties is immaterial. It is UNFAIR of these Palestinians to continue to fire them and not expect their enemy to retaliate. but like I say, you won't find this reasoning on their site.
So here we have the report that tells of the 'Poor Palestinian' denied total access to their territory. What's missing is reference to those attacks that made it necessary for Israel to limit this access. No mention in the UN report - and no mention on the BBC article.
Evil Israel for trying to protect its citizens. Not evil UN and BBC for demonizing them - that's what most people will think.
In the case of Israel, the UN and most of the various 'Human Rights' organisations ably serve this purpose. Simple maths will make this dynamic perfectly clear. There are around 80 Islamic or majority Islamic nations in the world, and only one Israel. So in a supposed 'democratic' body like the UN, which ideology will carry the most weight? For this reason there have been more UN resolutions issued against Israel than any other nation on Earth.
The pure hypocrisy of this corrupt organisation can easily be witnessed in any given year by looking at which nations comprise the UN Human Rights Council and see just how many are guilty of abuses within their own borders. Because of the never ending abuse of the 'powers' bestowed on them, none of their resolutions are binding unless also ratified by the UN Security Council, who are usually more just as far as Israel is concerned.
But rather than make you aware of all this, the BBC prefer to use these resolutions and reports as evidence of transgressions committed by the subject of their focus, especially where Israel is concerned.
On this particular one, the BBC is reporting on a report put out by the UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs that finds Israel needs to ease access restrictions for Palestinians living around the borders of Gaza. Because of security fears, Israel has a buffer zone of up to 1km that Palestinians are not allowed to encroach on.
Now consider that hardly a BBC article on Gaza goes by without reference to Operation Cast Lead in 2009 where Israel military retaliated against Gazan militants for numerous rocket attacks. With this the BBC then delight in giving you the death and injury statistics issued by the Palestinians for that conflict, as well as telling you how few Israelis were killed, as though this makes it unfair.
Only if you're an independent enough thinker will you consider that Israel retaliated following thousands of rockets launched from Gaza towards populated areas in Israel. The fact that these rockets were quite primitive and largely exploded in open areas causing few casualties is immaterial. It is UNFAIR of these Palestinians to continue to fire them and not expect their enemy to retaliate. but like I say, you won't find this reasoning on their site.
So here we have the report that tells of the 'Poor Palestinian' denied total access to their territory. What's missing is reference to those attacks that made it necessary for Israel to limit this access. No mention in the UN report - and no mention on the BBC article.
Evil Israel for trying to protect its citizens. Not evil UN and BBC for demonizing them - that's what most people will think.
UN urges Israel to loosen Gaza restrictions
Palestinians are totally or partially prevented from accessing land up to 1.5km from the border A UN report says the Israeli military has increasingly restricted Palestinian access to farmland in the Gaza Strip and fishing zones along its shore.
The Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Gazans were never informed of the exact nature of such restrictions, and the Israeli army used live ammunition to enforce them.
The policy has led to tens of thousand of people losing their livelihoods.
Israel says the restrictions are necessary to prevent militant attacks.
"What is foremost in our minds is protection of our civilians who live within range of the border," Israeli military spokeswoman Lt Col Avital Leibovich told the New York Times.
"If your choice is to operate terror, you have to bear the consequences."
'Dire situation'
The UN report found that over the past 10 years, the Israeli military had gradually unilaterally expanded restrictions on access to farmland on the Gaza side of the 1949 Green Line, and to fishing areas along the territory's coastline.
Since late 2008, Palestinians had been totally or partially prevented from accessing land located up to 1.5km (0.9 miles) from the border and the Mediterranean Sea beyond 5.5km (3 nautical miles) from Gaza's shore, the report said.
Overall, it was estimated by the UN that access to 17% of the total land mass of the Gaza Strip and 35% of its agricultural land was restricted.
Meanwhile, fishermen were totally prevented from accessing 85% of the maritime areas they were entitled to access according to the 1993 Oslo Accords.
An estimated 178,000 people - 12% of the population - were directly affected by the access regime implemented by the Israeli military, the report added.
The OCHA said this was primarily enforced by Israeli troops firing "warning shots" near people entering the restricted areas. However, since the end of the Israeli offensive of December 2008 and January 2009, troops had killed 22 civilians and injured 146 while doing so.
Fishermen are prevented from accessing 85% of the maritime areas off Gaza's coast, OCHA "Despite the potential for civilian casualties, the Israeli authorities have not informed the affected population about the precise boundaries of the restricted areas and the conditions under which access to these areas may be permitted or denied," OCHA said.
"Additional risks to the affected population stem from military activities of Palestinian armed factions in the restricted areas and their confrontations with the Israeli military."
The report said a complementary method used by the Israeli military to discourage access was the systematic levelling of farm land and the destruction of other private property located in restricted areas.
This, it added, had cost Gazans $308m (£197m) in the past five years and resulted in a yearly loss of approximately 75,000 tonnes of potential produce. Gaza's fishing industry was estimated to have lost $26.5m of income over the same period.
Such restrictions had also affected access to schools - seven of which are located within the restricted areas - and impeded the maintenance and upgrading of existing wastewater and electricity infrastructure, it found.
"To start addressing the dire situation of one of the most vulnerable segments of Gaza's population, the current restrictions on civilian access to Gaza's land and sea must be urgently lifted to the fullest extent possible," the OCHA urged.
Palestinians are totally or partially prevented from accessing land up to 1.5km from the border A UN report says the Israeli military has increasingly restricted Palestinian access to farmland in the Gaza Strip and fishing zones along its shore.
The Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Gazans were never informed of the exact nature of such restrictions, and the Israeli army used live ammunition to enforce them.
The policy has led to tens of thousand of people losing their livelihoods.
Israel says the restrictions are necessary to prevent militant attacks.
"What is foremost in our minds is protection of our civilians who live within range of the border," Israeli military spokeswoman Lt Col Avital Leibovich told the New York Times.
"If your choice is to operate terror, you have to bear the consequences."
'Dire situation'
The UN report found that over the past 10 years, the Israeli military had gradually unilaterally expanded restrictions on access to farmland on the Gaza side of the 1949 Green Line, and to fishing areas along the territory's coastline.
Since late 2008, Palestinians had been totally or partially prevented from accessing land located up to 1.5km (0.9 miles) from the border and the Mediterranean Sea beyond 5.5km (3 nautical miles) from Gaza's shore, the report said.
Overall, it was estimated by the UN that access to 17% of the total land mass of the Gaza Strip and 35% of its agricultural land was restricted.
Meanwhile, fishermen were totally prevented from accessing 85% of the maritime areas they were entitled to access according to the 1993 Oslo Accords.
An estimated 178,000 people - 12% of the population - were directly affected by the access regime implemented by the Israeli military, the report added.
The OCHA said this was primarily enforced by Israeli troops firing "warning shots" near people entering the restricted areas. However, since the end of the Israeli offensive of December 2008 and January 2009, troops had killed 22 civilians and injured 146 while doing so.
Fishermen are prevented from accessing 85% of the maritime areas off Gaza's coast, OCHA "Despite the potential for civilian casualties, the Israeli authorities have not informed the affected population about the precise boundaries of the restricted areas and the conditions under which access to these areas may be permitted or denied," OCHA said.
"Additional risks to the affected population stem from military activities of Palestinian armed factions in the restricted areas and their confrontations with the Israeli military."
The report said a complementary method used by the Israeli military to discourage access was the systematic levelling of farm land and the destruction of other private property located in restricted areas.
This, it added, had cost Gazans $308m (£197m) in the past five years and resulted in a yearly loss of approximately 75,000 tonnes of potential produce. Gaza's fishing industry was estimated to have lost $26.5m of income over the same period.
Such restrictions had also affected access to schools - seven of which are located within the restricted areas - and impeded the maintenance and upgrading of existing wastewater and electricity infrastructure, it found.
"To start addressing the dire situation of one of the most vulnerable segments of Gaza's population, the current restrictions on civilian access to Gaza's land and sea must be urgently lifted to the fullest extent possible," the OCHA urged.