Guardian again peddles “50 racist laws” lie
The Guardian has, once again, disseminated the erroneous claim that Israel has “50 racist laws”, in an op-ed by Sami Abu Shehadeh, an Arab…
Israeli, Jewish & UAE media correct inflated figures of Arab support for normalisation
BBC’s Bateman recycles his olive harvest report for Radio 4
Weekend long read
1) At WINEP Matthew Levitt analyses ‘A Paris Reset on Hezbollah?’. “Lebanon’s corrupt political system needs major reforms, but Hezbollah has indicated, unsurprisingly, that…
A Gaza Strip story ignored by the BBC for over six months
Telegraph clarifies: settler violence ‘statistic’ is just a Palestinian claim
REVIEWING BBC MIDDLE EAST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – PART FOUR
BBC ignores Palestinian reactions to UAE visitors to Temple Mount
Telegraph promotes myth of daily violence by “marauding” settlers
A Telegraph report (“Palestinian village sets up surveillance system to ward off marauding settlers”, Oct. 19) included unsubstantiated claims on the number of Israeli…
BBC News report mirrors inaccurate PLO tweet
Indy editor casually likens plight of the Palestinians to the Uighurs
BBC Jerusalem bureau’s olive harvest report features inadequately presented ‘activists’
Late on October 16th the BBC News website published a filmed report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman which was presented with the…
BBC ignores Joint Arab List opposition to Abraham Accords
Weekend long read
Omission and inaccuracy in old and new BBC reporting on Lebanon-Israel border
Guardian blasts Israeli actress for playing someone from the Middle East
The BBC’s Hamas police puff piece
In August 2007 – two months after Hamas’ violent take-over of the Gaza Strip – the BBC reported on related protests: “Hamas members have…
5 Pillars corrects incendiary claims about efforts to ‘destroy’ Al-Aqsa
BBC continues its partial portrayal of Palestinian reactions to the Abraham Accords
BBC Arabic’s selective portrayal of social media support for terrorist Ahlam Tamimi
A post by CAMERA Arabic. BBC Arabic’s ‘Trending’ (تريندينغ) programme has once again used the pretext of “showcasing the views of the Arab street”…
BBC commissions Israel ‘documentary’ from American political activists
BDS Fails (Oct. 2020): Arab-Israeli Peace edition
5 Pillars accuses Israeli ambassador of promoting Al-Aqsa’s destruction
BBC NEWS COVERAGE OF TERRORISM IN ISRAEL – SEPTEMBER 2020
Happy Simchat Torah!
Wishing all our readers celebrating Simchat Torah a very happy holiday. For more on the ancient Arbel Synagogue, see here, here and here.
Scottish media outlet corrects erroneous reference to Tel Aviv
BBC portrayal of the upcoming Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks
REVIEWING BBC MIDDLE EAST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – PART THREE
Previously (see ‘related articles’ below) we have looked at two videos created by the BBC in 2004 (and still available in the UK) within…
Indy correspondent again evokes antisemitic trope
BBC website replaces image after communication from CAMERA UK
Happy Succot!
SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – SEPTEMBER 2020
London-based Arabic newspaper publishes blatantly antisemitic cartoons
Al-Quds Al-‘Arabi (Arabic: Arab Jerusalem) is a Qatari–owned, Palestinian–operated and London-based daily newspaper, often regarded as the most persistent voice in the Arab press against peace, negotiations and recognition of Israel, and…
BBC re-promotion of a one-sided programme from July
Indy piece on AOC backing out of Rabin event doesn’t even feign fairness
Following complaint from CAMERA UK, BBC removes video from YouTube
Back in August we noted that BBC coverage of the the announcement concerning the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates included two…
Indy’s Arabic brand grossly misleads on US, Israeli peace process positions
REVIEWING BBC WS RADIO’S FRAMING OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS
Yom Kippur
Weekend long read
BBC News economical with details in Burgas bombing convictions report
On September 21st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Bulgaria court convicts two over 2012 Burgas bus attack on Israelis” in which…
Financial Times stubbornly sticks to discredited Mid-East dogmas
The Times falsely claims Israelis are “skeptical” of Abraham Accords
Guardian corrects RBG obit, now noting her strong Jewish identity
A few hours ago, we posted about the Guardian’s obituary for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which, inexplicably, argued that the former US Supreme Court Justice…
Guardian posthumously erases Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Jewish identity
Reviewing BBC Radio 4’s framing of the Abraham Accords
Guardian corrects Raja Shehadeh’s false claim over ‘confiscation of Palestinian land’
BBC World Service radio coverage of the Bahrain-Israel agreement
Shana Tova!
Wishing all our readers celebrating Rosh HaShana תשפ”א a happy, peaceful, sweet and – most importantly – healthy New Year.
Jeremy Bowen’s recommended reading on the Abraham Accords
REVIEWING BBC MIDDLE EAST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – PART TWO
BBC WS radio misleads on Israel Coronavirus lockdown
The September 14th early edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday’ included an item which was also promoted separately on Twitter under…
BBC correspondent promotes anonymous view of Israel-Bahrain agreement
Economist and Telegraph amplify debunked ‘confused Serbian president’ narrative
BBC News ignores developments in Gaza health story it reported in June