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Mosby

(17,472 posts)
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 03:21 PM Feb 2021

BBC admits it was wrong to suggest Israel had responsibility to vaccinate Palestinians

The BBC has admitted it was wrong to suggest Israel has a responsibility to vaccinate Palestinians against Covid-19 under the terms of the Oslo Accords.

In an interview with journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti for the programme Dateline London, presenter Shaun Ley suggested the peace agreement meant Israel should vaccinate all Palestinians.

Mr Sacerdoti insisted that it was the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority, whose own health ministry said it would seek vaccine supplies through the World Health Organisation.

The BBC, following a complaint about the exchange from the public about the programme, which aired on the BBC News Channel on January 16, has since issued a correction and admitted it was wrong.

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/bbc-admits-it-was-wrong-to-suggest-israel-had-responsibility-to-vaccinate-palestinians-1.511873

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SWBTATTReg

(24,105 posts)
2. Why can't people put aside issues and deal with this life threatening disease, by working together?
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 03:33 PM
Feb 2021

Seems like some in Israel (from what I've seen on DU earlier) don't want to come to the aid of others in getting all vaccinated, a critical thing so this deadly disease can be stopped in its tracks. Maybe some on the other side feel this way too.

The disease doesn't know if someone is an Israelite, or a Palestinian...it sickens and kills equally.

Israeli

(4,300 posts)
9. The BBC doesnt know the half of it .....
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 06:38 AM
Feb 2021

Ref : https://www.972mag.com/covid-vaccine-palestinians-undocumented/

We are vaccinating everyone inside our borders including illegal workers as long as they are not Palestinians .





SWBTATTReg

(24,105 posts)
10. Thanks for the heads up/additional news. I grinned when you said that the BBC doesn't
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 02:19 PM
Feb 2021

know the 1/2 of it...I so agree w/ that remark, but I don't think it's due to a lack of knowledge, it's a deliberate stifling of news due to either their internal censors thinking this piece of information isn't worthy of reporting, or they had to cut the article down in size and / or scope to fit sizing issues, e.g., only 1 column available in newspaper, etc. (which w/ today's sizing of media shouldn't be a concern being that the Internet is basically unlimited.)

Take care and be safe!

Israeli

(4,300 posts)
12. All good reasons ....
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 07:12 AM
Mar 2021

but personally I believe its because they dont want to face charges of antisemitism again .

Read this : https://www.972mag.com/snl-michael-che-israel-covid/

That is why Israel’s denial of vaccines to Palestinians is neither a technical quibble over Oslo nor a debate around citizenship: it is the direct and inevitable result of Jewish supremacy across Israel-Palestine.

Given this context, it should be obvious that Che’s joke was not aimed at Jewish people, as figures like Mayer, Erdan, and Nitzan — whose job it is to shield Israel from criticism — would have us believe. It was directed at a regime that does very little to hide the immense privileges it affords its Jewish citizens at the expense of the rest of the “population” under its control.


Those who are now demanding that SNL apologize aren’t used to operating in an environment in which such observations can be tolerated on television. The last four years under the Trump administration have been a godsend to the pro-Israel industry, which has actively encouraged a chilling effect on free speech and public criticism of Israel through the clampdown on Palestine activism and the widespread adoption of the IHRA definition.

But with the Trump era at its decrescendo, many of us can now breathe, albeit momentarily. Michael Che’s brisk joke on Saturday night was a collective sigh of relief — air rushing back into the lungs after years of being in a stranglehold
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SWBTATTReg

(24,105 posts)
13. Very good points, which I agree w/. Thank you for providing me w/ this clip (and others on DU too)
Wed Mar 3, 2021, 02:48 PM
Mar 2021

Perhaps one day, these raw negative human emotions relating to race, to religion, etc. will abate and let in an overall consciousness of all in one, one for all, all for one. All hands on deck, after all, we are all on the same planet.

Take care!

Israeli

(4,300 posts)
14. That is exactly the ideology of
Fri Mar 5, 2021, 05:19 AM
Mar 2021

our movement post zionism ......equality for all no matter race , religion , creed or gender .

See :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Zionism

Political characteristics
Mainly after the Oslo Accords, a new movement started amongst a large section of left-wing Israelis who believe that the State of Israel should no longer declare itself to be a Jewish democratic state and should rather focus on its democratic aspects. This movement seeks to create social equality in Israel.

WHITT

(2,868 posts)
3. Actually
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 03:41 PM
Feb 2021

under the Geneva Convention, if you have a society under illegal military occupation, you are responsible for their care.


Mosby

(17,472 posts)
4. It's not an illegal military occupation.
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 04:04 PM
Feb 2021

It's an agreed upon arrangement per the Oslo accords.

Diraven

(1,045 posts)
6. When was the Israeli withdrawal?
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 04:45 PM
Feb 2021

The Oslo accords said that was supposed to happen, but 25 years later it still hasn't.

Mosby

(17,472 posts)
7. Because Arafat started the second intifada that killed 1000 Israelis.
Thu Feb 18, 2021, 05:48 PM
Feb 2021

The Oslo accords called for a negotiated settlement, that didn't happen. Suicide bombers happened.

Israeli

(4,300 posts)
8. and Yigal Amir backed by our religious right wing and Bibi on the balcony
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 05:46 AM
Feb 2021

had nothing to do with the end of the Oslo accords ......right Mosby ?

Israel hasn’t learned the lesson of Rabin’s assassination, slain PM’s son says

Quarter-century after his father was slain by Jewish extremist, Yuval Rabin worries about history repeating itself, but takes solace in growing anti-government demonstrations

By RAPHAEL AHREN
1 November 2020

Israeli society hasn’t learned the lessons of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination a quarter century ago, his son Yuval Rabin said Sunday, lamenting the level of public discourse and political leaders’ persistent attacks on their opponents and the legal establishment.

At the same time, he said he was heartened by a growing number of Israelis who are unwilling to accept the current state of affairs and have been taking to the streets to protest against it.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-hasnt-leared-the-lesson-of-rabins-assassination-slain-pms-son-says/

Without naming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he has criticized harshly, or the ruling Likud party, Rabin said today’s political leadership weakens the rule of law with incessant attacks on the courts and other law enforcement agencies.

“The basic premise of maintaining democracy is that the rule of law must be supreme. And where the leaders themselves on an ongoing basis challenge the validity and the legitimacy of the [justice system’s] decisions because they don’t like them, it totally breaks the structure,” he said.

But while there are many reasons to be concerned, Rabin also noted what he described as a positive change since the tense days of the early 1990s.

The Israeli public appears to show “increasing resistance” as a “wide range of constituencies are saying: ‘No more,’ and more and more people are protesting and demanding that the law applied to everyone equally,” he said, apparently referring to the weekly demonstrations against Netanyahu and his government.



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