Weekend long read
1) At the INSS Itai Brun and Sarah J. Feuer provide an overview of the Coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. “The coronavirus is making…
BBC ignores PA double standards on Coronavirus related mosque closures
BBC Radio 4 spreads inaccurate Gaza healthcare canard
Looking behind a BBC News Press Team Tweet
On March 23rd the BBC News Press Team put out this Tweet: The article by freelance journalist Ben Bold which the BBC chose to…
Mapping BBC messaging on Gaza and Corona
Dangerous coronavirus advice, and intellectual poverty in Gaza
BBC WS provides a platform for anti-Israel campaigning
BBC News silence on eight-month-old story continues
Indy retracts claim that ‘the number of female MKs is decreasing’
Last week, we posted about a March 14th Independent op-ed by Elana Maryles Sztokman, leader of the Israeli women’s party, Kol Hanashim, titled “The sad lesson I…
BBC’s ‘Newsday’ gives a platform to ‘occupation’ propaganda
Weekend long read
Does the BBC know the difference between government and state?
A BBC News website report headlined “US museum Dead Sea Scroll collection found to be fakes” which was first published on the ‘US &…
Financial Times profile of MK Tibi omits his support for terror
BBC continues to snooze on Hizballah activity
BBC News continues to avoid the issue of Joint Arab List politics
Independent Indy op-ed errs on Israeli women’s political representation
BBC News policy of sidelining Hamas abuse of humanitarian aid continues
We have in the past documented numerous examples of the BBC turning a blind eye to Hamas’ exploitation of the humanitarian aid provided by…
BBC Radio 4 breaches editorial guidelines concerning contributors’ affiliations
A UN human rights story the BBC reported and the one it ignored
Indy Arabia claim “Hebrew is a branch of Arabic” mirrors broader anti-Zionist narrative
After having presented a detailed translation of Independent Arabia’s article (“Between Hebrew and Arabic – Roots and Similarities, but…”, December 20th) in our first…
BBC re-promotes the usual Gaza narratives in multiple Coronavirus reports
Weekend long read
The limits of BBC News reporting from PA controlled territories
BBC News erases relevant background from report on Palestinian riot
Hamas announcement puts a BBC narrative into perspective
Those accustomed to the BBC’s cross-platform portrayal of the topic of travel from the Gaza Strip may have been surprised.
BBC travel show brings in political activist on Jerusalem archaeology
Guardian smears Israel with a wild Palestinian accusation
BBC News misleads on “limits” on Iranian nuclear programme
The BBC report fails to clarify Iran’s NPT commitments.
BBC Radio 4 airs superficial report on Israel’s Coronavirus measures
BBC shows limited interest in a new Gaza border wall
Guardian op-ed on Israeli elections ignores anti-Zionist elephant in the room
BBC News signposts Israeli political lists – except one
BBC News coverage of terrorism in Israel – February 2020
Our monthly review of BBC News website reporting on Palestinian terrorism.
Weekend long read
BBC’s Donnison misleads on Israel’s election result
BBC promotes linkage between elections on two continents
Radio 4 listeners were told that the outcome of the March 2nd Israeli election “could affect Mr Trump’s re-election hopes in November”.
Contrary to The Times’ claim, Joint List is not “left-wing”
BBC ignores HRW’s dodgy donation
More BBC Israel pre-election framing from Tom Bateman
Financial Times book review promotes distorted Herzl quote
BBC’s Bateman sketches a simplistic portrait of the Arab Israeli vote
On March 1st – the evening before Israel’s election – the BBC put out a report by its Jerusalem-based correspondent Tom Bateman which focused…
BBC News promotes non-starter topic to advance Israel election narrative
Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – February 2020
How will the BBC cover Israel’s election?
There is little reason to anticipate any change in the BBC’s narrative concerning Israeli elections.
No, Guardian. There isn’t a right-wing US push to “ban criticism of Israel”.
BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ promotes half a story from 2014
Weekend long read
BBC Radio 4’s promotion of an ‘epic novel’ and an appealing narrative
BBC News tells readers of Sadat’s “victory in the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict”
A BBC article including portrayals of chapters in Middle East history promotes inaccuracies and omissions.
BBC News website runs a headline portraying antisemitism as ‘just fun’
