Octogenarian Jimmy Carter was given a lovely long spot on Today, with James Naughtie questioning him deferentially about his particular version of the Israeli Palestinian situation and his support for the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN security Council. They still don’t get the Arab Spring. They think toppling Gaddafi and Mubarak is the end, not the beginning. Even after Iraq, they still think this. Even after witnessing the chaos and the antisemitic frenzy in Egypt they think it. Even with the rise of Islamism they think it. Even with the new liberated Libya calling for sharia law they think it. Judging by the euphoric drivel I heard this morning, Zubeida Malik is going to tell us about theBritish Arabs’ participation in this glorious event, as though once the despots and tyrants are sent off everyone lives happily ever after.
>> FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
They both forgot to mention the Palestinians’ continual refusal to recognise Israel or to renounce violence, and Jimmy Carter made, at length, a number of factually incorrect statements about settlements and various other things.
His prediction that a bid would succeed at the General Assembly, if not at the UN Security Council, was announced as if it was a great insight on his behalf. Perhaps he didn’t hear Jeremy Bowen stating something which we all know, namely that there’s “a built-in pro Palestinian majority, and no veto, at the General Assembly.”
Some of his remarks indicate that he thinks Palestine is already an independent state, so why does the BBC bother to broadcast his bonkers views on the forthcoming Palestinian bid for statehood?
Update. Melanie Phillips is wondering if the British government is about to vote for a Palestinian state.Once Upon A Time
Friday, 16 September 2011
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