There was an excellent interview with the mother of Tom Hurndall, the British peace activist shot in the head by an Israeli soldier in April, on the Today programme this morning (October 27).

She talks about the fabrications and leniency of Israeli military investigations into deaths, as well as her own problems trying to get an enquiry into the shooting of her son.

On the Saturday morning Today programme, they read out correspondence they have received from the week's programmes. If we can get enough people to say thanks, it is more likely that they will read one or more sympathetic letters. If we do not and members of the pro-Israel lobby write in, they will read out one of their letters.

The Guardian's usually excellent reporter Chris McGreal has written a deeply offensive article in the newspaper's November 25 edition, entitled "The 'new' anti-semitism: is Europe in grip of worst bout of hatred since the Holocaust?"

While anti-Semitism (against Jews and Arabs) should be strongly condemned, the article consists of paragraph after paragraph of baseless allegations by Jewish and Israeli leaders against Europe's Muslims, stating that their existence, growth and influence on the continent is a threat to Jews (weren't these excuses used to perpetrate and justify the Holocaust?), and repeating the tired old myth that criticism of Israel is actually just anti-Semitism.

Of the article's 31 paragraphs, only the last 4 (quoting just 1 source, an Israeli) cast doubt on the allegations made by 7 specific sources as well as general references to Israeli and Jewish opinion. Absolutely no attempt to get a Muslim or Arab view - poor, lazy journalism. The article ends with examples of anti-Jewish attacks in Europe, though on all but one occasion the perpetrators are unknown. The article, masquerading as an insight into anti-Semitism, is in fact almost unquestioningly Islamophobic and driven by sources with specific political agendas.