Alan Johnston released
About time. Great news that it was done by Palestinians themselves. Great news that he’s okay. Great news he’s got a sense of humour: “He appeared with a cleanly-shaven head, saying one of his first acts after his release was “going to the barbers and getting rid of that just-kidnapped look”.”
Pissing off the BBC is the last thing Palestinians should be doing. Compared with the other Western networks, the BBC is their friend and an asset. There you go. The past two blog posts have been very balanced!