The BBC Worship of Arafat

The left's celebration of a terrorist's career continues.


The viciously anti-Israel BBC reporter Barbara Plett actually weeps at the loss.

Actual quote:

" I remember well when the Israelis re-conquered the West Bank more than two years ago, how they drove their tanks and bulldozers into Mr Arafat's headquarters, trapping him in a few rooms, and throwing a military curtain around Ramallah.
I remember how Palestinians admired his refusal to flee under fire.

They told me: "Our leader is sharing our pain, we are all under the same siege."

And so was I.

This paeon for the man who orchestrated hundreds of murders of civilians - but those civilians being Jews, they don't rate the sympathy of the BBC - and raped his own people to the tune of $300 million.

As Andrew Sullivan has it: "Notice also this BBC timeline for Arafat's life. The last two dates are his Nobel Peace Prize and the 2001 Israeli blockade in Ramallah. No mention of Camp David or Taba. The BBC has the historical objectivity of Stalin."