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Searchlight and Gerald Gable Simon Wiesenthal Center Surfwatch Internet censorship Alphabetical index (text) , 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK Israelis outraged by BBC documentary A BBC documentary discussing whether Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be charged with war crimes has made front page news in Israel.
Israel’s media summarised the contents of the documentary, broadcast in Britain on Sunday [June 17, 2001], concluding that most of the programme’s interviewees favoured indicting Mr Sharon. The programme has stirred emotions, and 80% of participants in an online poll by the Israeli daily Maariv have voted that Israel should boycott the BBC following the broadcasting of the documentary.
Israel’s Channel One plans to broadcast portions of the documentary on Monday evening, according to Ynet, an Israeli news website. And the Palestinian Authority is considering broadcasting the programme in its entirety. The BBC has rebuffed intense criticism from the Israeli Government over the documentary, which examines Mr Sharon’s role in the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon.
The programme contained comments from international legal expert Richard Falk , Professor of International Law at Princeton University, suggesting that Mr Sharon could be indicted.