The unprecedented multi-front attacks on Israelis carried out by the terrorist group Hamas on October 7th (both the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday) included thousands of missile attacks, the indiscriminate murder of over 1,300 Israelis (mostly civilians) and the wounding of thousands more. It also included rape, mutilation and torture – including against children.
This is our latest compilation of British media errors, omissions, distortions and propaganda in their coverage of the war:
Guardian journalist denies (confirmed) reports of Hamas baby decapitations
Though there was a least a little doubt as to the veracity of stories of Hamas decapitation babies at the time of this tweet by Bethan McKernan, note that her concern is not about the savage brutality of the Palestinians who massacred over 1,300 Israelis, which included other verified accounts of savage brutality, but over the ‘anti-Arab’ racism of assuming the story was true.
1,200+ Jews murdered by an antisemitic extremist group, and the Jerusalem correspondent for @guardian is worried that reports of babies being beheaded (which, btw, was confirmed by the PMO) fuels racist stereotyping of Arabs!!! pic.twitter.com/Bcrge5CugG
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 11, 2023
Shortly after that tweet, the was story confirmed.
Guardian cartoon suggests moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel.
1,300 murdered Jews and counting including butchered babies (the most lethal antisemitic attack since the Holocaust) and @guardian @BJennings90 offers 'cycle of violence' cliche pic.twitter.com/beAn5qlXH3
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 12, 2023
Irish Times cartoon evokes moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel
.@RuadhanIT @turnercartoons @IrishTimes So, over 1300 Jews are murdered, butchered, tortured and mutilated by Hamas in the worst antisemitic attack since the Holocaust, and the first cartoon you publish is not expressing sorrow over the Jewish victims, but blaming Israel for… pic.twitter.com/ZBu8Tp45Km
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 13, 2023
Impress-regulated British Muslim news site 5 Pillars editor spews more pro-Hamas propaganda
More pro-Hamas propaganda from the editor of (@impress_org regulated) British Muslim news site @5Pillarsuk
He's denying that there was a massacre at the rave in southern Israel and that elderly Jews were slaughtered. https://t.co/bov7WLHhTO
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 12, 2023
Bethan operates from cafes/restaurants – at one time in Emek Refaim, Jerusalem.
She openly discusses her material – time track her down