BBC backtracks on claim Israel required to vaccinate PA Arabs

[Chris]

BBC backtracks on claim Israel required to vaccinate PA Arabs
BBC issues correction following complaint over segment in which presenter falsely stated Israel responsible for PA health under Oslo Accords
Arutz Sheva Staff , Feb 18 , 2021
BBC building.

The BBC has retracted a claim that Israel is obligated to provide coronavirus vaccines to the residents of the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords the Jewish Chronicle reported. On January 16, presenter Shaun Ley said that "the Oslo Accords are very clear that in a crisis, healthcare is ultimately the responsibility of the Israeli government," implying that the responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinian Arabs against the coronavirus rested with Israel alone. Following a complaint over the segment, the BBC released a statement this week admitting that Ley was incorrect in his assessment. The statement read: “We suggested that under the Oslo Accords, Palestinian healthcare is ultimately the responsibility of the Israeli government."

more.......... https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/297083

 

[SafReb]

BBC backtracks on claim Israel required to vaccinate PA Arabs
BBC issues correction following complaint over segment in which presenter falsely stated Israel responsible for PA health under Oslo Accords
Arutz Sheva Staff , Feb 18 , 2021
BBC building.

The BBC has retracted a claim that Israel is obligated to provide coronavirus vaccines to the residents of the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords the Jewish Chronicle reported. On January 16, presenter Shaun Ley said that "the Oslo Accords are very clear that in a crisis, healthcare is ultimately the responsibility of the Israeli government," implying that the responsibility for vaccinating the Palestinian Arabs against the coronavirus rested with Israel alone. Following a complaint over the segment, the BBC released a statement this week admitting that Ley was incorrect in his assessment. The statement read: “We suggested that under the Oslo Accords, Palestinian healthcare is ultimately the responsibility of the Israeli government."

more.......... https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/297083

BBC is notorious for false reporting on Israel. They never stop and their use taxpayers money to broadcast from Iran acting as their mouth piece.

 

[athenasius]

BBC is notorious for false reporting on Israel. They never stop and their use taxpayers money to broadcast from Iran acting as their mouth piece.

Just like the CBC in Canada.