London's best-kept secret...

Last Sunday (29 June 2008) I participated with 45,000 others in London's "Salute to Israel" rally. As our coaches left Watford, bedecked with Israeli flags and with the passengers wearing our Salute T-shirts, we were cheered on our way by onlookers and church goers, giving us thumbs-up signs. In London we joined the march to Trafalgar Square with thousands of others and numerous floats, taking a route lined with cheering onlookers. The Square itself was a sea of waving Israeli flags and Union Jacks, and we enjoyed an afternoon of entertainment ansd speeches. Rarely have I experienced such an outpouring of exuberance and affection, from Jew and Christian, white and black, young and old. The overwhelming love for the brave Jewish state filled the air like an exotic perfume.

And did the BBC report it? Nothing. There was not a whisper on BBC radio or television. Silence. Talkative as a dead parrot. Why? Because what happened in Trafalgar Square that sunny Sunday in June did not fit the agenda of loathing for the Jewish state which has been relentlessly fostered by the BBC. Not worth reporting. Wait until some more murderous mayhem arrives in that region.

And they did not have long to wait. As the lethal juggernaut ploughed through the innocents of the Holy City just two days later, the BBC headlined the event "Israel bulldozer driver shot dead", thus once again maliciously confusing the perpetrator with the victim.

Now that was something worth reporting.