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BBC’s Bowen: Palestinian Christians Threatened by “What the Israeli Government Might be Doing”

Jeremy Bowen Fresh from his kid glove interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, turns his attention to the plight of Christians in the Middle East. In a feature…

Simon Plosker
April 15, 2015
12:00 am

Reading time: 2 minutes

Fresh from his kid glove interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, turns his attention to the plight of Christians in the Middle East.

In a feature on BBC Radio 4 on April 14, Bowen discusses how the rise of radical Islamism, particularly in the form of Islamic State and similar organizations, has led to an exodus of Christians from the region.

At the very end of his analysis, which you can listen to by clicking below, Bowen includes the following:

Palestinian Christians as well feel threatened, not just of course from extreme Islam, but they also feel threatened by what the Israeli government might be doing.

What exactly might the Israeli government be doing? The program segment comes to an end before we can find out but Bowen has planted just enough of a seed of prejudice to leave the uninformed listener associating Israel with the persecution of Christians.

This could not be further from the truth but since when has that mattered to Jeremy Bowen when it comes to Israel?

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Tags: BBC, Christians, Jeremy Bowen, Lack of context, Radio 4

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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