Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Editor
On Friday Feb 2, TVNZ aired portions of an interview between Jeremy Bowen of the BBC and Oren Hazan regarding the upcoming trial of Ahed Tamimi. During that interview Hazan said if he had been the soldier, he would have violently retaliated against Tamimi for the slap. Pesach Benson shares his opinion of the interview.
Of the 120 Knesset members that the BBC could have interviewed for an Israeli point of view on Ahed Tamimi’s trial, reporter Jeremy Bowen chose a disgraced, provocative politician — and well-known enfant terrible — Oren Hazan.
Viewers of “Is a Slap an Act of Terror?” on the prime time “BBC News at Ten,” wouldn’t be aware that Hazan, a Likud MK, has a history of disgraceful PR stunts and character issues — or that he had been suspended from the Knesset the same day that the segment aired.
This was not a random selection made by Bowen, the BBC‘s Mideast editor.
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