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Listed below are comments made by Yaffel between Saturday, 24th January 2009 and Friday, 30th January 2009.

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Bill Frindall (1939-2009) 4:31pm on 30 Jan 2009 RIP Bearders, you have brought a lot of happiness to cricket-loving pedants everywhere.
BBC and the Gaza appeal 8:10pm on 24 Jan 2009 Writing as a British Jew with no love for Hamas, I have to say that this is a disgraceful decision, and the BBC's justification is nonsensical. This is not a political or partisan issue:; it is not about the rights and wrongs of the Gaza conflict or the wider Israeli-Palestinian issue; this is simply a humanitarian appeal for people who are suffering grievously and whose suffering will be relieved by the assistance of the DEC aid agencies. It is the BBC's response that has turned this into a political issue.

The BBC has previously broadcast DEC appeals for humanitarian relief in Darfur and Congo. Darfur is a controversial issue that is often on the news agenda, but it was recognised in that case that the DEC appeal was humanitarian, not political. Why not in this case?

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