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July 2, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30304558.htm

Israel Freezes Out BBC Over "Biased" Reporting

(Reuters) Gwen Ackerman - Israel said on Monday it had severed contacts with the BBC. One official described as the "last straw" a documentary called "Israel's Secret Weapon" on alleged nuclear and chemical arms programs. "In the guise of journalistic integrity [the BBC] lends support to evil portrayals of Israel and the Jewish people which has been done before in the gravest of circumstances," said GPO head Danny Seaman. Officials said the Government Press Office, Foreign Ministry, and Prime Minister's office would no longer grant BBC correspondents interviews or offer them services usually provided to foreign journalists.

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