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TO:    David bar-Ilan, Eye on Media, Jlem Post
FROM:  Steve Amdur, Kibbutz Haon, Jordan Valley, 15170 Israel.
       Telephone:  972-6-757572; FAX:  972-6-757554
DATE:  October 9, 1994
RE:
REF:   BBC World Service Newshour Oct. 9, 1994 05:25 GMT
CC:   David Bedein, Israel Resource, Bet Agron; 02-247803; 257303 
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A woman reporter -- Lisa Seff??? -- speaking from the Syrian sideof the "shouting fence" and from "the Golan Heights" -- ieKunneitra, accompanied by a Syrian guide -- presents of a shortsimple piece of Syrian propoganda.

There is human interest in the families forcibly separated by theIsraeli occupation (an old Syrian woman sings a song of longing);references to the Israeli 'aggression' of 1967; a description ofhow Israel removed all the military equipment from the Kunneitrahospital in order to turn it into a firing post during the (1973?)war; and brought in 50 bulldozers to destroy Kunneitra when itleft it, including destroying a mosque -- including the interior. 

The BBC World Service presents the most incisive analysis -- eg ofHaiti, Iraq, Rowanda -- that I've found.  So if it shows bias inits coverage of Israel, that can't be excused as naivite.
