Sunday, December 19, 2010

A Beeb Boob

No, that's not being pornographic.

It translates as the BBC has erred.

Here:

The division of the former British mandate of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel in the years after the end of World War II have been at the heart of Middle Eastern conflicts for the past half century.

Actually, the Mandate was divided prior to World War II.

In 1923, when the Mandate was authorized at the League of Nations, this article was added on to enable the British to support Emir Abdallah in Transjordan:


Article 25.

In the territories lying between the Jordan and the eastern boundary of Palestine as ultimately determined, the Mandatory shall be entitled, with the consent of the Council of the League of Nations, to postpone or withhold application of such provisions of this mandate as he may consider inapplicable to the existing local conditions, and to make such provision for the administration of the territories as he may consider suitable to those conditions, provided that no action shall be taken which is inconsistent with the provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 18.



In 1937, another partition was proposed. That of the Peel Commission:


So, is the BBC dependable?

Is it biased?

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