Throughout the month of March 2019, thirty 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 and three of which had originally been published the previous month.
(dates indicate the time period during which the item was available on the ‘Middle East’ page)
Eight reports related to security issues:
Israel strikes militant sites in Gaza after rockets fired at Tel Aviv (15/3/19 to 19/3/19) discussed here
Israeli soldier and rabbi killed in West Bank attack (18/3/19 to 20/3/19) discussed here
Two Palestinians killed in clashes in Nablus (20/3/19 to 22/3/19) discussed here
Gaza rocket destroys Israeli home (25/3/19 to 3/4/19)
Seven injured as Gaza rocket hits home in central Israel (25/3/19) discussed here
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket hits house (25/3/19 to 28/3/19) discussed here
Gaza protests: Thousands mark ‘Great Return’ anniversary (30/3/19 to 31/3/19) discussed here
Gaza violence: Crossings reopen after negotiated ‘calm’ (31/3/19 to 4/4/19)
Three items related to additional aspects of the ‘Great Return March’ agitprop:
Gaza protest deaths: Israel may have committed war crimes – UN (28/2/19 to 2/3/19) discussed here
UN rights chief Bachelet warns of threat from ‘gross inequality’ (6/3/19 to 7/3/19) discussed here
Gaza’s disability crisis Tom Bateman (29/3/19 to present) discussed here
Six reports concerned Middle East related US foreign policy:
US consulate general in Jerusalem merges with embassy (4/3/19 to 6/3/19) discussed here
Trump: Time to recognise Golan Heights as Israeli territory (21/3/19 to 22/3/19) discussed here and here
Golan Heights: Syria condemns Donald Trump’s remarks (22/3/19 to 25/3/19) discussed here and here
Pompeo says God may have sent Trump to save Israel from Iran (22/3/19 to 25/3/19)
Golan Heights: Trump signs order recognising occupied area as Israeli (25/3/19 to 27/3/19)
Trumplomacy on Golan Heights: What it all means Barbara Plett Usher (25/3/19 to 2/4/19) discussed here and here
One item related to internal Palestinian affairs:
Gaza economic protests expose cracks in Hamas’s rule Yolande Knell (18/3/19 to 26/3/19) discussed here
Of six reports concerning Israeli affairs, two related to legal cases:
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel PM faces corruption charges (28/2/19 to 1/3/19) discussed here
Netanyahu charges: Is Israel PM in more trouble now than ever before? Yolande Knell (1/3/19 to 15/3/19) discussed here
Three concerned Israeli politics and the upcoming election:
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot wades into Netanyahu row over Israeli Arabs (11/3/19 to 13/3/19) discussed here
Israel elections: Court bans far-right candidate Ben-Ari (17/3/19 to 20/3/19) discussed here
Israel elections: ‘Fascism’ perfume ad sparks online debate (19/3/19 to 21/3/19)
One related to religious affairs:
Western Wall: Jewish women clash over prayer rights (8/3/19 to 10/3/19) discussed here and here
Four reports had a historical theme:
A 2,000-year-old biblical treasure BBC Travel (4/3/19 to 5/3/19 and previously 25/2/19 to 27/2/19)
Einstein manuscripts: More than 110 new documents released (6/3/19 to 8/3/19)
Rafi Eitan: Mossad spy who captured Adolf Eichmann dies (23/3/19 to 25/3/19)
Entebbe pilot Michel Bacos who stayed with hostages dies (27/3/19 to 28/3/19) discussed here
One report was about geography:
‘World’s longest salt cave’ discovered in Israel (28/3/19 to 1/4/19)
One item related to culture & art:
Startling images of the Middle East Fiona Macdonald BBC Culture (8/3/19 to 9/3/19) discussed here
Throughout the first quarter of 2019 and as has been the case in previous years (see ‘related articles’ below), the BBC News website continued to cover Israeli affairs far more extensively than it did internal Palestinian affairs with the ratio currently standing at over 4:1.
Related Articles:
Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – February 2019
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