Israel's always the bad guy

The BBC report that:

"The number of Palestinians forced to provide information in return for being let out of Gaza for treatment is rising, a group says."

The article continues:

"In the first three months of 2009 more than 400 patients were interrogated, Physicians for Human Rights says.

They say Israeli security services are involved in a systematic attempt to recruit Palestinians as collaborators.

Israeli officials say they are carrying out security checks to ensure those entering Israel do not commit attacks.

Spokesman Mark Regev told the AFP news agency that 13,000 Palestinians are treated in Israel each year.

However, Physicians for Human Rights says Israel also interrogated children, detained patients for undisclosed periods of time, and intimidated them during interrogations.

Those who did not co-operate were refused permission to leave Gaza for treatment, the group says. "

That story is worthy of being the Middle East lead story? And the only Middle East story linked to from the UK home news page? In the BBC any story that shows Israel in a bad light is a headline story. Thousands can die in Sri Lanka and many many thousands in Darfur and of course millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo but it is Israel's "questionings" that is the big story.