Dubai seeks '11 Europeans' for Hamas killing

[Peter Presland]

I concur with pretty much all of David and Austin's comments in the last two posts, with the following caveats:

1. On the BBC I am less sanguine than David's post makes him appear (though erroneously I suspect). The Beeb really are quintessentially Establishment and as such will ALWAYS promote and defend the Establishment 'for public consumption' consensus, no matter how absurd it is. It is the increasingly vast absurdity of that consensus that led to this little peccadillo slipping through I suspect. After all, their editors positions are somewhat analogous to that of King Canute addressing the tide. There is just Sooooo much for them to be on guard for that the odd leakage is just bound to happen occasionally.

2. I certainly hold no brief for Gordon Thomas either; and I agree that his output, though necessarily somewhat compromised by his position of trust with those who by definition trust nobody, is informative - and even uniquely so if one is practised at reading between the lines.

The real point of my posting that Jerusalem Post piece was the demeanour - the faux outrage - of those eternal victims.

The AJC said in a statement that it was “dismayed that a guest on BBC Radio 4 was allowed to state unchallenged” that the Mossad relies on Jews for assassination plots.

“This baseless accusation crosses every red line between legitimate public discussion and bigoted fear-mongering,” said AJC executive director David Harris

The very idea that Mossad relies on scattered Zionists !!! - I wonder what the reaction would have been if he had alleged they relied on Christian, or Muslims?

As is so often the case it would be farcically funny if it weren't so damned tragic.