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BBC’s selective scare quotes

From BBC coverage of Hezbollah’s drone-flying over northern Israel: Hezbollah did not give details about the capabilities of its unmanned reconnaissance plane, or say whether it had more than one. But the group said there…

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From BBC coverage of Hezbollah’s drone-flying over northern Israel:

Hezbollah did not give details about the capabilities of its unmanned reconnaissance plane, or say whether it had more than one. But the group said there would be more such over-flights, which it said was a legitimate way to confront the Zionist violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty.

Why is the Beeb so careful to use scare quotes around ‘terrorist’ and any Israeli statement, but here allow ‘Zionist violations’ to pass as is?

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