The tale of a two stories set in Palestine carried by two different news sources namely BBC and Gulf News, two different authors yet both stories have the same story flow from one paragraph to the next. It also shares the same source 'Kafr Birim'. Is it too close to call it a case of plagiarism or inspired story? What's your take? (Please observe dates, news source and words highlighted or in bold).
Article One
Clinging to dream of Palestine village
By Martin Asser
BBC News, Iqrit, Israel
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:13 UK
"They were, however, promised that they would return after a fortnight but these promises were never honoured and they continue to live to this day in nearby villages. Kafr Birim experienced the same treatment as many others in that region, falling prey to the "principle of an Arab-less border strip".
"On Christmas Eve in 1951, army officers took some village elders to a nearby hill and they watched as the old stone houses were blown up with dynamite and tank fire, as many other Palestinian villages had been."
Article Two
The lesson from Iqrit and Kafr Birim
By George S. Hishmeh,
Special to Gulf News
Published: May 14, 2008, 00:41
"They were, however, promised that they would return after a fortnight but these promises were never honoured and they continue to live to this day in nearby villages. Kafr Birim experienced the same treatment as many others in that region, falling prey to the "principle of an Arab-less border strip".
Three years later and on Christmas Eve, some of Iqrit's elders were taken by the Israeli army to a nearby hill to watch the demolition of the old stone houses in their village - a cruel step that was repeated elsewhere, presumably because of security concerns. "
Article One
Clinging to dream of Palestine village
By Martin Asser
BBC News, Iqrit, Israel
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:13 UK
"They were, however, promised that they would return after a fortnight but these promises were never honoured and they continue to live to this day in nearby villages. Kafr Birim experienced the same treatment as many others in that region, falling prey to the "principle of an Arab-less border strip".
"On Christmas Eve in 1951, army officers took some village elders to a nearby hill and they watched as the old stone houses were blown up with dynamite and tank fire, as many other Palestinian villages had been."
Article Two
The lesson from Iqrit and Kafr Birim
By George S. Hishmeh,
Special to Gulf News
Published: May 14, 2008, 00:41
"They were, however, promised that they would return after a fortnight but these promises were never honoured and they continue to live to this day in nearby villages. Kafr Birim experienced the same treatment as many others in that region, falling prey to the "principle of an Arab-less border strip".
Three years later and on Christmas Eve, some of Iqrit's elders were taken by the Israeli army to a nearby hill to watch the demolition of the old stone houses in their village - a cruel step that was repeated elsewhere, presumably because of security concerns. "
2 comments:
I think the Gulf News reporter was so inpsired that he/she decided to rewrite the story.... *Blinks her eyelashes in (sacrcastic) admiration*....
Sadly plagiarism isn't the sincerest form of flattery. Thanks for spotting this.
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