tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post7329711701919146411..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Questions and answersCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42760060474074219172014-12-26T20:03:20.135+00:002014-12-26T20:03:20.135+00:00Leila Sansour sounds sour. Was she named for Leila...Leila Sansour sounds sour. Was she named for Leila Khaled the murdering PLO terrorist? <br /><br />It might just be me, but I think the rise of Islamic State has injected just a very small element of reality into views of what's going on in the Middle East. We seem to be getting fewer "quaint hospitable Arabs in their olive groves being displaced by hard faced Israelis at the point of a gun". <br /><br />Maybe people are coming to understand that with IS, Hamas and much of the PLO, you could prostrate yourself before them, praise them and give them half your worldly wealth...they will still come after you and get you, wherever you are on the planet, eventually. <br /><br />IS are doing us all a great service in that respect, in spreading knowledge about what the Sharia teaches. <br /><br />Dan Read <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-90421836705216870122014-12-26T18:25:59.920+00:002014-12-26T18:25:59.920+00:00I never liked that Bethlehem analogy. Why would Je...I never liked that Bethlehem analogy. Why would Jews get stopped at an Israeli checkpoint? If Joseph and Mary were trying to get into Bethlehem today, they'd most likely be murdered by Palestinians.David Preisernoreply@blogger.com