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30.06.03, 16:21
Israel declared over the weekend that it is cutting off ties with the BBC to
protest a repeat broadcast of a documentary about non-conventional weapons
said to be in Israel. The program was broadcast for the first time in March
in Britain, and was rerun Saturday on a BBC channel that is aired all over
the world. The boycott decision was made by Israel's public relations forum,
made up of representatives from the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign
Ministry and the Government Press Office. It was decided that government
offices won't assist BBC producers and reporters, that Israeli officials will
not give interviews to the British network, and that the Government Press
Office will make it difficult for BBC employees to get press cards and work
visas in Israel. Before the broadcast Saturday, Israeli officials tried to
pressure the BBC to cancel the broadcast, saying that the program was biased
and presented Israel as an evil dictatorship.
Here is a complete transcript of the program.
news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/correspondent/transcripts/17_03_2003.txt