The Beeb’s Occupied by Gaza
May 23, 2011 15:26 by Pesach BensonFact: Since the 2005 disengagement, there are no Israelis in Gaza — except for Gilad Shalit.
Fact: Egypt’s new government isn’t cooperating with Israel on the Gaza blockade.
Fact: Hamas, which rules Gaza, is an equal partner with Fatah in the running the Palestinian Authority.
Fact: There is a parallel world perversely called Planet BBC, which exists as a separate reality, a place where Gaza mysteriously remains under Israeli occupation. From what planet did the BBC produce this map?
The UN labels the Beeb relies on are no less outdated than this map of British occupied Gaza:
BBC News: Where time and space lose all meaning . . .
The Beeb’s Occupied by Gaza «ScrollPost.com
5:30 pm
May 23, 2011
[...] world perversely called Planet BBC, which exists as a [...]Original article can be viewed at The Beeb’s Occupied by Gaza on HonestReporting.Source: Europe & OECD BlogsPublished: 23 May 2011Site: [...]
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Bill
8:21 pm
May 23, 2011
What is wrong with the map? While Israel does not occupy Gaza in the sense of having people there, they partially control it by controlling its borders. I dont know what the right terminology for describing Gaza is…under siege, maybe? Is it Palestine, maybe? It has to be something. What do you think the proper description of Gaza should be?
Egypt is looking the other way as far as tunnels are concerned but dont have an open border with Gaza.
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Amit
3:50 am
May 24, 2011
In the same way you can say that Israel occupies Jordan, since it “partially controls” its borders. Israel has no control over the border between Gaza and Egypt, regardless of it being open or not. This is their problem, not Israel’s.
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NotaSheep
6:49 pm
May 24, 2011
Surely all countries partially control their borders, in concert with the country on the other side of the border. Thus the USA partially control their border with Mexico, South Korea partially control their border with North Korea etc. etc. etc. Israel have no control over Egypt’s border with Gaza and to claim otherwise is disingenuous.
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8:06 pm
May 26, 2011
[...] addition, the BBC continues to use a map of Israel’s borders, which falsely shows Gaza as being “occupied”, a situation that has not been the case since Israel’s 2005 [...]
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