Throughout the month of February 2019, seventeen items relating to Israel and/or the Palestinians appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page, some of which also appeared on other pages.
(dates indicate the time period during which the item was available on the ‘Middle East’ page)
One item related to security issues:
Gaza protest deaths: Israel may have committed war crimes – UN (28/2/19 to 2/3/19) discussed here
Two items related to aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict:
Hebron: One Street, Two Sides (18/2/19 to 22/2/19) discussed here and here
Hezbollah to be added to UK list of terrorist organisations (25/2 19 to 26/2/19) discussed here
One item related to Palestinian affairs:
US stops all aid to Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Yolande Knell (1/2/19 to 4/2/19) discussed here
Of the reports concerning Israel, three articles concerned foreign and diplomatic relations:
Warsaw summit: Why Iran is the elephant in the room Jonathan Marcus (12/2/19 to 19/2/19)
Poland PM cancels Israel trip after Netanyahu’s Holocaust comment (17/2/19 to 18/2/19) discussed here
Holocaust: Israel summit scrapped in ‘racism’ row with Poland (18/2/19 to 21/2/19)
One item related to trade:
US to buy Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (6/2/19 to 9/2/19) discussed here
One report concerned the upcoming general election:
Israel elections: Netanyahu challengers Gantz and Lapid join forces (21/2/19 to 25/2/19)
Three reports related to legal/criminal cases in Israel:
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel PM faces corruption charges (28/2/19 to 1/3/19) discussed here
Benjamin Netanyahu: What are the corruption allegations? (28/2/19) discussed here
Netanyahu and the allegations of corruption Tom Bateman (20/2/19 to 28/2/19) discussed here
One item related to historical subject matter:
A 2,000-year-old biblical treasure BBC Travel (25/2/19 to 27/2/19)
One item related to science:
Israel’s Beresheet Moon mission gets under way Jonathan Amos (22/2/19 to 25/2/19)
One item concerned social issues:
Why I use a Jewish ritual bath after my period Erica Chernofsky (10/2/19 to 14/2/19)
Two additional items did not actually relate directly to Israel:
Niger man deported by Israel marooned in Ethiopian airport Emmanuel Igunza (18/2/19 to 19/2/19) discussed here
Argentina’s Chief Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich attacked during break-in (26/2/19 to 27/2/19) discussed here
As has been the case in previous years (see ‘related articles’ below), the BBC News website continues to cover Israeli affairs far more extensively than it does internal Palestinian affairs.
Related Articles:
Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – January 2019
Reviewing BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians in Q4 2017 – part two
