Visiting the UK at this difficult time is frustrating, to put it mildly. The newspapers almost universally present a one-sided picture and it is easy to understand why so many people are appalled at Israel's perceived bahaviour.
Clearly there is a great deal of latent anti-Semitism out there. It would be naive to think otherwise. However, I think the majority of Brits are decent folk and it the lack of honest reporting that is slanting their views so unfairly.
If for example they were to see this Australian TV broadcast, they would surely begin to think differently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=entzhLjVUZY
And if there were more like Con Coughlin, one of the very few to unequivocally spell out the truth in a British paper, The Telegraph, that too could help.
Let me give one small example of how subtly an opinion may be influenced.
On BBC Lancashire radio, I heard a news flash. There was no follow up, no further explanation (I suspect that if there had been, it would have followed the same line ... and even if it had qualified it, the seeds were already sown, the bias implanted).
Here is the flash:
Israel attacks Gaza as ceasefire is broken.
Israel attacks.
Who broke the ceasefire?
Wouldn't you assume it was ISRAEL as it is they who attacked ? I would!
11 year old Palestinian boy killed.
Any proof? Where is the word "alleged" which is always inserted when reporting on Israeli casualties?
Now let's present a news flash without the OMISSIONS!
Hamas breaks ceasefire, missiles hit Israeli kibbutz causing injuries and trauma. Israel retaliates, killing two terrorists and allegedly also killing an 11 year old boy.
Am I right in thinking you would have a totally different feeling about the incident?
Of course you would.
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