To Orla Guerin and the BBC
Joy Wolfe, Manchester UK 13 Jan 2002
In the wake of today's double homicide bombing in Tel Aviv which has
left at least 22 dead at the current time, the BBC has excelled in its
insensitivity.
For Orla Guerin to make the comment that Israel has been quiet since
November, but not the Palestinians who have had 55 dead, she has gone
beyond even her expected bad taste and clear bias.
Any complaints about her to the BBC get the usual response of how
objective she is. but clearly her family connections and her consistent
demonstration of her inability to be objective make her a most
unsuitable choice as a correspondent in such a sensitive area.
Just to remind her and the BBC just how many Israelis have been murdered
since the beginning of November, here is the list
As for Orla Guerin's 55 Palestinians, has she included the homicide
bombers and the armed te! rrorists who make up part of that number.
She would be left with very few, albeit too many innocent bystanders who
unfortunately have been caught up in this mess. Stop the terrorism and
there will be no more Palestinians killed.
I am shocked and horrified at her insensitivity and failure to report
without injecting her opinion and bias.
But I have long given up hope of expecting anything different
If the BBC wants to live up to its claim of lack of bias, it will need
to remove Orla Guerin to another posting. But that might not be so
convenient for her Palestinian husband.
Joy Wolfe, Manchester UK
Nov 4, 2002 - Security guard Julio Pedro Magram, 51, of Kfar Sava, and
Gaston Perpiסal, 15, of Ra'anana, both recent immigrants from Argentina,
were killed and about 70 people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a
shopping mall in Kfar Sava. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Nov! 6, 2002 - Assaf Tzfira, 18, of B'dolah and Amos Sa'ada, 52, of
Rafiah Yam were killed when when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire in
a hothouse and textile factory at Pe'at Sadeh in the southern Gaza
Strip. The terrorist was killed by a security officer. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Nov 9, 2002 - Sgt.-Maj. Madin Grifat, 23, of Beit Zarzir was killed when
a mine exploded during a routine patrol northeast of Netzarim in the
Gaza Strip. The Givati Brigade company commander was wounded. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 10, 2002 - Revital Ohayon, 34, and her two sons, Matan, 5, and Noam,
4, as well as Yitzhak Dori, 44 - all of Kibbutz Metzer - and Tirza
Damari, 42, of Elyachin, were killed when a terrorist infiltrated the
kibbutz, located east of Hadera near the Green Line, and opened fire.
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Nov 15, 2002 - Twelve people - 9 soldiers and three civilians from the
Kiryat Arba emergency response team - were killed and 15 others wounded
Friday night in Hebron when Palestinian terrorists opened fire and threw
grenades at a group of Jewish worshipers and their guards as they were
walking home from Sabbath prayers at the Cave of the Patriarchs. The
dead included civilian worshipers and soldiers, some of whom were caught
in an ambush as they pursued the attackers. Three terrorists were killed
in the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic Jihad.
The victims:
Col. Dror Weinberg, 38, of Jerusalem; Border Police officer Ch.-Supt.
Samih Sweidan, 31, of Arab al-Aramsha; Sgt. Tomer Nov, 19, of Ashdod;
Sgt. Gad Rahamim, 19, of Kiryat Malachi; St.-Sgt. Netanel Machluf, 19,
of Hadera; St.-Sgt. Yeshayahu Davidov, 20, of Netanya; Sgt. Igor
Drobitsky, 20, of Nahariya; Cpl. David Marcus, 20, of Ma'aleh Adumim;
and Lt. Dan Cohen, 22, of Jeru! salem.
The three civilian members of the Kiryat Arba emergency response team
killed were Yitzhak Buanish, 46; Alexander Zwitman, 26; and Alexander
Dohan, 33.
Nov 18, 2002 - Esther Galia, 48, of Kochav Hashahar, was killed in a
shooting attack near Rimonim, on the Allon Road, some 15 kilometers
northeast of Ramallah.
Nov 21, 2002 - Eleven people were killed and some 50 wounded by a
suicide bomber on a No. 20 Egged bus on Mexico Street in the Kiryat
Menahem neighborhood of Jerusalem. The bus was filled with passengers,
including schoolchildren, traveling toward the center of the city during
rush hour. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The victims: Hodaya Asraf, 13, of Jerusalem; Marina Bazarski, 46, of
Jerusalem; Hadassah (Yelena) Ben-David, 32, of Jerusalem; Sima Novak,
56, of Jerusalem; Kira Perlman, 67, and her grandson Ilan Perlman, 8, of
Jerusalem; Yafit Ravivo, 14 of Jerusalem; Ella Sharshevsky, 44! , and her
son Michael Sharshevsky, 16, of Jerusalem; Mircea Varga, 25, a tourist
from Romania; Dikla Zino, 22, of Jerusalem.
Nov 22, 2002 - IDF tracker Sgt.-Maj. Shigdaf (Shai) Garmai, 30, of Lod,
was killed when an Israel Defense Forces Givati Brigade patrol near Tel
Qateifa, in the Gaza Strip, came under Palestinian gunfire. Hamas
claimed responsibility.
Nov 28, 2002 - Noy and Dvir Anter, aged 12 and 14, of Ariel, and Albert
(Avraham) de Havila, 60, of Ra'anana were killed along with 10 Kenyans
when a car bomb exploded in the lobby of the Israeli-owned beachfront
Paradise Hotel, frequented almost exclusively by Israeli tourists, near
Mombasa in Kenya; 21 Israelis were among the 80 wounded. Osama bin
Laden's Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack
, as well as for the
simultaneous attempt to down an Arkia plane.
Nov 28, 2002 - Haim Amar, 56; Ehud (Yehuda! ) Avitan, 54; Mordechai
Avraham, 44; Ya'acov Lary, 35; and David Peretz, 48 - all of Beit
She'an; and Shaul Zilberstein, 36, of Upper Nazareth, were killed and
about 40 wounded when two terrorists opened fire and threw grenades at
the Likud polling station in Beit She'an, near the central bus station,
where party members were casting their votes in the Likud primary. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 12, 2002 - Cpl. Keren Ya'akobi, 19, of Hadera and Sgt. Maor Kalfon,
19, of Kiryat Yam were killed while on guard near the Tomb of the
Patriarchs in Hebron.
Dec 20, 2002 - Rabbi Yitzhak Arama, 40, of Netzer Hazani in Gush Katif,
in the Gaza Strip, was shot and killed on the Kissufim corridor road
while driving with his wife and six children to attend a pre-wedding
Sabbath celebration in Afula. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibilityfor the attack.
Dec 27, 2002 - Four yeshiva students - St.-Sgt. Noam Apter, 23, of
Shilo; Pvt. Yehuda Bamberger, 20, of Karnei Shomron; Gavriel Hoter, 17,
of Alonei Habashan; and Zvi Zieman, 18, of Reut - were killed in Otniel,
south of Hebron, while working in the yeshiva kitchen, serving the
Shabbat meal to some 100 students in the adjacent dining room. The two
terrorists from the Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for the
attack, were killed by IDF forces. Ten other, including six soldiers,
were wounded in the attack.
Jan 2, 2003 - The charred body of Massoud Makhluf Alon, 72, from
Menahemiya in the Lower Galilee, was found in the northern Jordan Valley
in his burned out car. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility
for the murder.
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