The Beeb’s Occupied by Gaza

Fact: Since the 2005 disengagement, there are no Israelis in Gaza -- except for Gilad Shalit. Fact: Egypt's new government isn't…

By May 23, 2011

Fact: 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The UN labels the Beeb relies on are no less outdated than this map of British occupied Gaza: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 . . .

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

Pesach Benson

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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