The unprecedented multi-front attacks on Israelis carried out by the terror group Hamas on October 7th (both the Sabbath and a Jewish holiday) included thousands of missile attacks, the indiscriminate murder of over 1,400 Israelis (mostly civilians) and the wounding of thousands more. It also included rape, mutilation and torture – including against children. The October 7 attack was the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
This is our latest compilation of British media errors, omissions, distortions and propaganda in their coverage of the war:
Sky peddles Hamas propaganda on civilian convoy attack
.@annabotting @SkyNews Last night you uncritically cited Hamas claims that Israel bombed that civilian convoy, killing 70. (clip below)
But, you omitted
1) Sky's investigation from the other day undermining Hamas claim (2nd tweet)
2) IDF's denial, shown on Sky (3rd tweet) pic.twitter.com/Afi38ic2pj
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 17, 2023
We complained to Sky News editors.
Another deranged accusation that Israel is plotting to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Gaza – this time at Sky News.
Not only did Karmi fail to condemn (or even mention) the largest massacre of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust which was carried out by Hamas, but she accused Israel of plotting to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians.
And, Sky News chose to highlight that deranged conspiracy… https://t.co/oVDMzTcu7T
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 17, 2023
Guardian continues to promote voices framing the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust as an Israeli plot to ethnically cleanse Palestinians
.@guardian has decided to downplay or ignore the worst atrocity against Jewish civilians since the Holocaust, and instead promote the Palestinian antisemitic conspiracy theory warning that the Jewish state is guilty/will be guilty of 'ethnically cleansing'.
Meanwhile, and… pic.twitter.com/eXe0Rkk7ax
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 17, 2023
Indy gets Israeli death count wrong
The Independent’s Middle East correspondent claimed, in a Oct. 17 article, that 900 Israelis were killed by Hamas during their attack which began on Oct. 7, while the actual number is over 1,400.
.@Independent @Beltrew Please note, per the claim below, that there are now over 1,400 Israelis confirmed killed, not 900.
Source: https://t.co/ffCiMYsKTV pic.twitter.com/fGo0ccP6bc
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 17, 2023
We complained to Trew and her editors about this error, and they corrected the sentence:
Guardian op-ed by BDS leader Omar Barghouti calls it racist to call Hamas’s massacre of Jews unprovoked.
The BDS movement has always denied ‘claims’ that they are antisemitic – despite a plethora of evidence proving otherwise.
An op-ed by BDS leader Omar Barghouti published in the Guardian yesterday should erase any doubts of the intrinsic bigotry of their movement, as it, in effect, excused Hamas’s massacre, torture and mutilation of Jews on Oct. 7, and alleged that media outlets who write that the attack was unprovoked are guilty of racism against Palestinians.
.@guardian sanctioned moral depravity.
An op-ed by BDS leader Omar Barghouti not only excuses the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, but calls criticism of that Hamas atrocity "racist". https://t.co/PiGv8OiKlV pic.twitter.com/BAJ59IMSgP
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 17, 2023
Owen Jones is latest Guardian columnist to peddle the conspiracy theory that Israel will ethnically cleanse Palestinians
The accusation that Israel is/has/will engage in 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians is a conspiracy theory.
Though it's usually peddled by extremists, variations of that moral inversion has found expression on the pages of @guardian – today by @OwenJones84
The moral… pic.twitter.com/mfMhpCVrST
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 18, 2023
Despite clear evidence that it was Islamic Jihad, Guardian uses ‘he said, she said’ to frame hospital attack.
Evidently not wanting to do anything to hinder the hate-fests taking place around the globe in response to the explosion next to a Gaza City hospital yesterday, the Guardian ignored incontrovertible evidence of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) responsibility for the blast, and continued to give credibility to Hamas’s claims.
The Guardian piece by Sam Jones (“More protests expected across Middle East after Gaza hospital blast”, Oct. 18) included this:
Further furious rallies and protests are expected across the Middle East and north Africa on Wednesday after the blast at a Gaza hospital that killed at least 200 people.
Hamas has blamed Tuesday’s explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital on an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military says the hospital was hit by a rocket barrage launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, which has denied responsibility.
As we said, the evidence, at this point, that a PIJ rocket hit the hospital, is overwhelming. See the videos in this tweet thread – which includes an intercepted phone call between terror operatives in Gaza admitting that PIJ was responsible.
Many, many hours after a plethora of evidence has been shown proving that a PIJ rocket hit the hospital, and not the IDF, @guardian is still using the 'he said, she said' formula. @swajones pic.twitter.com/HuZsO5k3e4
— CAMERA UK (Formerly UK Media Watch and BBC Watch) (@CAMERAorgUK) October 18, 2023
Private Eye goes to bat for Hamas
The new issue of the British current affairs magazine Private Eye responded to the the largest massacre of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust by – echoing the propaganda of the terror group who committed the atrocity – suggesting that Gaza was in danger of genocide by Israel.
Wondered which publication would be first with the blood libel. Here's our winner. https://t.co/1nNgbQkBvU
— Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) October 18, 2023
Campaign Against Antisemitism responded to Private Eye’s ghastly headline thusly:
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