Israel helps where it can.

Despite Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) opposition and per the request of the BBC, the coordinator of government activities allowed a Hamas member who works for the BBC to enter the Gaza Strip last week to assist in efforts to release kidnapped journalist Alan Johnston. The employee, who lives in Gaza, had traveled to Egypt with his wife for medical reasons and the BBC told Israeli officials that they believed he could assist in negotiating Johnston's release.

The Shin Bet objected to the BBC request, saying that the employee was actually a member of Hamas, and perhaps even a terrorist operative. "We did not want to be blamed for holding up Johnston's release," one official said, explaining the decision to allow the Hamas member into Gaza. The Palestinian entered Gaza, and after a few days informed his BBC employers that Johnston was not being held by Hamas and therefore the group had little influence over his captors, believed to be from the Army of Islam and members of the Durmush clan from the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip. Source.

MK - Hope you’re not holding your breath Israel, for those merry leftists at the BBC to thank you or to change their bias against you. Even though you’re not holding any journalists captive without charge and doing who-knows-what to them, you’re still the bad guy. None the less, good on you for trying to help.

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