OUR FRIENDS AT THE BBC

Amnesty International’s report on human rights criticized Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But this BBC headline singles out Israel alone: "Amnesty slams Israel ‘war crimes’."

Melanie Phillips accuses the BBC of trying to influence AUT members to approve boycotting Bar-Ilan and Haifa universities in yesterday's revote.

We've seen this before -- the BBC invites two figures on air to 'debate' an Israeli-Palestinian issue, but both speakers are anti-Israel. Listen to the latest from BBC 4 (Sari Nusseibeh and Sue Blackwell on the AUT boycott, May 20), then read Melanie Phillips' response.