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I'm not confused by it at all Verix.
The decision has been made, and the reason clearly explained that the BBC is wary of being seen as in any way pro-Israel by broadcasting a charity appeal.
What next? No Red Nose Day, because there is no equivalent Blue or Orange Nose day, so the BBC will be seen as pro-Labour byt broadcasting the event?
The issue is clear - the appeal is humanitarian, based on alleviating the suffering of innocent people caught up in a war through no fault of their own. To try and second-guess some misconceived attack on its impartiality, and to attept to duck the issue in this way is inexcusable.
The BBC should be above such wheedling PC mollycoddling - broadcast the appeal, dare anyone to accuse them of political bias, and then laugh at the stupidity of such an idea, thus demolishing the detractors as fools looking for a political bias where clearky non exists.
It's not rocket science - but it is rocket damage.