Possibly flying pig-worthy, a former British Army Colonel is interviewed by the BBC and doesn’t blame Israel for civilian casualties in Gaza:

(Hat tip: Israellycool.)

Ladies and gentlemen, the flying pig has left the hangar, because the editor of the Guardian newspaper actually apologized for the sickening anti-Israel bias of his rag: ’Guardian’ editor apologizes for Jenin editorial.

The editor of The Guardian newspaper had the last word at the Jewish Book Week’s closing session on Sunday night when he apologized for his publication’s controversial editorial following Israel’s incursion into the Jenin refugee camp in 2002.

Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian’s editor, was speaking together with former Haaretz editor David Landau about reporting in the Middle East to a crowd of about 600 people when he responded to a question from the audience about the Israeli incursion into Jenin in April 2002.

In response to his publication’s coverage of the operation, Rusbridger said it was unfair to blame the reporter. Following Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, the Guardian’s editorial commented in its April 17 edition that: “Israel’s actions in Jenin were every bit as repellent as Osama Bin Laden’s attack on New York on September 11.”

“I take full responsibility for the misjudgment,” Rusbridger said. And during a response to a later question, he apologized for the editorial on Jenin - unprompted.

This will be a short flight for the avian porker, however, because you can be quite sure that this apparent change of heart will have absolutely no long-term effect on the Guardian’s far-left bias.

What’s got into the George Soros-funded Human Rights Watch? They’re actually calling on the UN Human Rights Council to stop the obsessive focus on Israel and do something meaningful? Are the Palestinians beginning to lose their Exalted Victimhood status?

UN Human Rights Council Must Expand Its Reach.

(Geneva, September 18, 2006) – The new U.N. Human Rights Council must take urgent action to address crises from Darfur to Sri Lanka and expand its focus beyond the Middle East, Human Rights Watch said today.

The council begins its second regular session today. Thus far the council has held one opening session to establish its framework and two special sessions, one on the Occupied Palestinian Territories and one on Lebanon.

“It’s time for the Human Rights Council to get down to work,” said Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Victims of human rights violations from Darfur to Sri Lanka are looking to the council to take immediate steps for their protection.”

On Darfur, Human Rights Watch called on the council to condemn war crimes and crimes against humanity by Sudan and the janjaweed militia it supports and to recommend stronger Security Council action, including the extension of the arms embargo to cover all of Sudan and targeted sanctions on high-level Sudanese officials should they continue to block the deployment of a U.N. force in Darfur.

In Sri Lanka, the resumption of major fighting in the two-decades-long civil war that has already claimed 65,000 lives has now placed hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk. Human Rights Watch said the council must immediately dispatch a mission of inquiry into recent massacres and other atrocities and urge the government to accept the deployment of a U.N. human rights monitoring mission to conflict areas.

In its meetings to date, the council has adopted three resolutions on human rights abuses and violations of humanitarian law by Israel, but has ignored the responsibilities and roles of other parties in the Middle East, including Hezbollah and Palestinian armed groups, who have committed violations. In taking a one-sided approach, the council failed in its duty to act to protect the rights of all citizens in the region.

Europeans back Bush on Iran, North Korea.