From the interview:

“Judea Pearl on Durban II and Jimmy Carter”

“JG: Do you think we’ve reached some sort of point of no return in the questioning of Israel’s legitimacy?

JD: There is latent anti-Semitic pressure in the world and Gaza took the lid off. That’s one way to look at it. Group hysteria is catching. Gaza gives people the chance to feel morally superior. I mean, look at the Libyan government. Are they saying they’re morally superior to Israel? For the Libyan people it’s very important that there’s one speck, one human area, where you’re worth something - you’re morally superior to the Jews. It’s a confirmation of worthiness. The average Libyan is not having a very good time most days. So it’s good to have a scapegoat. This is what Durban is about.”

Read it all here,

http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/02/judea_pearl_boycott_durban_ii.php

I have. I sent an e-mail to: newsonline.suggestions@bbc.co.uk newsonline.complaints@bbc.co.uk
malcolm.balen@bbc.co.uk
newsonline.errors@bbc.co.uk
newsonline@bbc.co.uk

I also copied and pasted my complaint into complaints at http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

Among other things, my complaint asks the BBC to release the Balen Report.

Regards,

Inna

“Slain reporter’s father fearful of anti-Semitism on campus”

“LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Jewish students and faculty at California universities fear for their safety on campus because of threats aimed at them over the Middle East conflict, the father of a slain Wall Street Journal reporter said Friday.

Judea Pearl, the father of slain reporter Daniel Pearl, says anti-Semitism is on rise on college campuses.

Judea Pearl, whose son, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by al Qaeda extremists while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, told reporters at a news conference that anti-Semitic e-mail and verbal threats have escalated since Israel’s three-week invasion of Gaza in January.

“I received hate messages (after a recent panel on “Human Rights and Gaza”) from someone at UCLA who did not identify himself and said, ‘I saw you in Ackerman Union and I know where your office is and I’m going to beat the (expletive) out of you,’” said Pearl, who teaches computer science on UCLA’s Westwood campus. “I handed it to the campus police, and they did not do anything.”

UCLA spokeswoman Elizabeth Boatright-Simon told CNN there is no record of Pearl’s complaint to campus police but said the university plans to meet with him. On its Web site, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block issued a statement about the university’s policy.

“The conflict in the Middle East and current events in Gaza are some of the most highly controversial issues of our time, stirring deep emotions on all sides,” the statement read.

“We have a responsibility to protect the freedom of expression. We also all have a responsibility to listen and engage — respectfully — even as we must understand that not every campus forum on a controversial topic will satisfy passionate and concerned members of the campus and broader communities,” said Block.”

Read the rest here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/27/anti.semitism.campus/index.html