This afternoon’s tea in Jerusalem was tempered with salt water. Six Jews were laid to rest in cemeteries around the capital and near Tel Aviv. The exact number of foreigners killed on the streets of Mumbai still remains uncertain. But of the roughly 188 mainly Indian dead, six were Jews, an unusually large proportion.

They had been tortured and slaughtered in a Jewish outreach centre. The facility was located in a quiet neighbourhood, barely distinguishable from the outside. And of all the other cultural and ethnic complexes in Mumbai, only this Jewish house was picked out by the terrorists.

The New York Times argues that “it is not known if the Jewish center..was an accidental scene”. You think that’s sick? I suppose the same logic allowed well-travelled UK journalist, Jon Snow, to call these murderers “practitioners”.

But it is the BBC, which reveals how politically correct reporting simply distorts and hides the truth. Tom Gross observed that as Sky News and other media covered the horrendous final moments of the siege of the Jewish house, the editors at the Beeb had the cameras tuned to ….well just something else.

Why?  It is increasingly accepted that the BBC HQ does not like Israel and what it stands for. It is only a small jump to the line of Hamas, the violent and rabidly anti-semitic ruling power in Gaza. An op-ed article in its organ “Felesteen” accused Israel of responsibility for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Dr. Issam Shahwar, in his column “Free Zone,” claimed that the captive in Indian custody had said that the objective of the attack was to kill as many Israelis as possible in retaliation for the “barbaric crimes” Israel has committed against the Palestinians. Thus argued Sahwar, Israel bears responsibility for international terrorism and for the dangers faced by many countries around the world.

So, do we understand that these visitors to Mumbai, who presumedly were just trying out some ammunition, accidentally stumbled across a house of Jews, who deserved to die anyway? Er, um? Possibly poor satire from me, but that is the bottom line of these influential journalists.

The BBC did cover the funerals in Jerusalem, even putting a headline on its opening international page. They even have left a video on their website…..  without sound. So you have no clue to what is happening and the key mourners look silly.

How will your tea taste tomorrow?