BBC Rachel Corrie coverage omits facts, lets lies go unchallenged ~ Amena Saleem, The Electronic Intifada.

BBC coverage cast doubt on the motives of activists protecting Palestinian homes from Israeli-operated bulldozers.

(Mohammed Abed / AFP/Newscom)

Tuesday 28 August was an extraordinary day for the BBC, even by its own low standards of reporting on Palestine.

This was the day an Israeli court absolved the State of Israel of any responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli armored bulldozer in Gaza in 2003.

BBC Radio 4’s World at One program ran a seven-minute segment on the court’s decision, including an interview with Israeli government spokesperson Mark Regev.

Partway through this interview, the BBC presenter, Martha Kearney, made this astonishing claim: “Clearly Rachel Corrie was one of the casualties of what happened…