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Chief
Rabbi: “I think it has got to do with Iran, actually.”
He had just completed
his on-air (live) contribution to the programme’s two-minute
Thought
for Today
slot. He spoke in support of the BBC’s annual Children In Need
appeal which, as he said, is focused on “the
right of every child to be safe and secure and reach their own
potential.”
Given that Israel’s leaders have no qualms about impoverishing and
killing Palestinian children, I would have been impressed if he had
said “every child includes Palestinian children.” But he didn’t
make any reference to them.
When the daily speaker comes to the end of his or her two-minutes, that’s it. The presenter says “Thank you” and you hear no more from the speaker. But not this morning. Evan Davis, one of this morning’s two presenters said, “Jonathan, before you go, any thoughts on what’s going on in Israel and Gaza at the moment?”
After an audible sigh, the Chief Rabbi replied, “I think it has got to do with Iran, actually.”
Britain’s
Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks, answered a question honestly because he
thought he was off the air.
16
November, 2012
There
was a fascinating moment on BBC Radio 4’s Today
programme this morning when Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks,
answered a question honestly because he thought he was off the air.
That was enough to cause a craven BBC (dictionary definition of
craven – “cowardly”) to apologize for the fact that one of its
presenters had caught him off-guard. So what did he say?
When the daily speaker comes to the end of his or her two-minutes, that’s it. The presenter says “Thank you” and you hear no more from the speaker. But not this morning. Evan Davis, one of this morning’s two presenters said, “Jonathan, before you go, any thoughts on what’s going on in Israel and Gaza at the moment?”
After an audible sigh, the Chief Rabbi replied, “I think it has got to do with Iran, actually.”
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