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BBC Today programme complaint upheld

July 28, 2011 12:14

By

Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

1 min read

The BBC Trust has upheld a complaint of inaccuracy against Radio 4's Today programme over Israeli settlements.

On the programme of September 27 last year, presenter John Humphrys stated: "At midnight last night, the moratorium on Israelis building new settlements in the West Bank came to an end.

"It had lasted for ten months. What happens now? The question matters enormously because the Palestinians have always said there can be no real peace agreement while the Israelis are, as they see it, seizing their land."

But a listener complained that this was inaccurate because the moratorium had been lifted only for new buildings within existing settlements - but remained in force for new settlements.

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