BBC Ignores Tourist Stoning and Gaza Rockets

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Looking at the BBC Mid-East webpage, I look for stories related to Israel and Palestinians and the only event I can find is this one:
Palestinian hunger strike goes on

This concerns the arrest by Israel of a leader of a Palestinian terrorist group, who subsequently went on a hunger strike. This story has been running for quite a few days now, and clearly the BBC think it deserves to be held on the main page, which fits it's usual agenda.

In keeping with it's agenda is it decided to ignore completely that a mob of some 50 Palestinian Muslims stoned a group of Christian tourists atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Sunday morning. Three of the Israeli police officers who acted to protect the Christian group were wounded by the stone-throwers.

Apparently also the attack is believed to have been instigated by the former Muslim mufti of Jerusalem, Ekrama Sabri, who told Palestinian media over the weekend that Jewish groups were planning to break into the mosques that occupy the holy compound and desecrate them. Sabri urged all local Muslims to protect the mosques from "the Israeli conspiracy against the city and its holy places."

Of course it's understandable that a group of Christian tourists could be mistaken for ultra religious Jews. Funny how the last time the BBC covered an almost identical story which happened in October 2009, the Palestinian stone throwers were acting under similar instructions from their 'holy men'.

Also ignored by the BBC is that Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip fired a Grad-type missile at the southern Israel city of Beersheva on Saturday. The projectile landed in an open area just outside Beersheva and did not cause any injuries or damage. Two more short-range rockets hit nearby Israeli towns.

Obviously they're waiting for Israel to carry out a counter offensive before they decide to report about it. The only difference is then the headline can be Israel bombs Gaza

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By way of contrast - this weekend there were more stonings by Palestinians, in Ramallah and Jerusalem, but this time the BBC report it. Why? Because this time one of the Pali's were reportedly shot by Israel.

Palestinian 'shot dead' in W Bank

A Palestinian man has died after being injured in clashes with the Israeli army in the West Bank, Palestinian medical sources say.

The man, believed to have been in his 20s, was wounded in violence between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers at an Israeli checkpoint near Ramallah.

Palestinian witnesses say he was shot. The man was taken to hospital but died several hours later.

There were also clashes in Hebron and outside al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

Hundreds of Palestinians threw rocks after Friday prayers.

Israeli police said they opened fire in the incident near Ramallah after being attacked with rocks, firebombs and fireworks.

The protests came on the anniversary of a massacre at a mosque in Hebron 1994 by the Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein, who killed 29 Palestinians.

I wonder what the excuse for a stoning will be next week. We can be sure the BBC will dignify whatever the Pali's come up with, but of course they won't report it unless one of them is hit.