March 1, The Daily Mail– Did the BBC know a Hamas chief’s son was starring in its documentary? If not, why not?
The controversial BBC documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone begins with a young boy speaking to the camera inside the bombed out shell of a building.
March 8, The Telegraph– Ozzy Osbourne among 200 stars accusing BBC of anti-Israel bias
Move comes as corporation struggles to deal with fallout from its controversial Gaza documentary
March 8, The Daily Mail– Welcomed to the UK: Palestinian asylum seeker gunman who called on God to ‘kill all Jews’, boasted about terrorising Israel and posed proudly with cache of weapons
As his dinghy is picked up in the Channel, Palestinian Abu Wadee makes a victory sign and declares: ‘Thank God, we arrived in Britain.’
March 9, The Telegraph–Badenoch claims BBC Arabic channel gives platform to hate and terror
The Conservative leader threatened her party’s withdrawal of support for the licence fee, which is a major source of funding for the corporation
March 10, Bethlehem Voice
A Member of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis – CAMERA, speaks about BBC Arabic and the film that they produced.
March 11, JNS– UK opposition leader ‘truly shocked’ by media watchdog report on BBC
British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has urged the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to address extremism and antisemitism within BBC Arabic, the U.K. Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) reported on Monday.
March 12, Neil Lazarus talks Israel– Reporting or Distorting
Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast with Neil Lazarus. Today, we cut through the media spin and tackle one of the biggest challenges in reporting on the Middle East—manipulation. His guest is Adam Levick from The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), an organization dedicated to holding journalists accountable for biased coverage.
March 14, The Jewish Chronicle– BBC apologise after using footage of Israeli city in reference to ‘settlements’
The broadcaster amended the video after Camera made a complaint.
March 16, The Telegraph– BBC accused of ‘jaw-dropping propaganda’ for Hamas with Israeli hostages video
Report on broadcaster’s Arabic channel said group detained by terrorists’ Al-Qassam Brigade had received ‘good treatment’
March 16, The Jerusalem Post– BBC edited footage to downplay Hamas’s poor treatment of hostages – report
The BBC reporting of the hostages comes nearly a month after they aired a documentary about the war in Gaza featuring a narrator with alleged familial ties to Hamas.
March 16, Arutz Sheva– BBC accused of ‘puff piece propaganda’ for Hamas hostage holders
Critics slam BBC Arabic report claiming Hamas ‘shadow unit’ in charge of holding Israeli hostages captive treated the hostages well. ‘The rot of anti-Jewish hate that festers within BBC Arabic must be rooted out.’
March 16, Israel HaYom– BBC scrutinized for video presenting Hamas only ‘guarding’ hostages
Former BBC Television director says the broadcaster’s video is a “jaw-dropping piece of propaganda” amid ongoing criticism over its war coverage.
March 16, UnHerd– BBC Arabic is ducking scrutiny over anti-Israel bias
Earlier this week, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch wrote to BBC Director-General Tim Davie demanding “wholesale reform” of the corporation’s Arabic service, saying it provided a “platform for terrorists” and promulgated “appalling antisemitism” and “anti-Israel bias”.
March 17, National Review– Middle East Broadcasting Head Says Trump’s ‘Bewildering’ Funding Cutoff Will Empower Adversaries
The head of a pro-American Middle East broadcaster told his staff over the weekend that the Trump administration’s decision to put the nonprofit’s federal funding on the chopping block is “a blow for freedom-loving, pro-American people around the world.”
March 17, CAMERA– Forced to Apologise: The BBC’s Role in Spreading Misinformation on Gaza
Investigative journalist David Collier and CAMERA UK’s Adam Levick broke down how and why the BBC was forced to apologise for airing a Hamas propaganda film—and what this shocking case reveals about media bias and accountability.
March 17, Algemeiner– Peter Beinart Thinks He Is a ‘Good Jew’ — The Truth Is Anything But
In April 2024, Guardian columnist Naomi Klein said that Zionism is a “project that commits genocide in” the name of the world’s Jews. We argued at the time that this op-ed was one of the most despicable pieces published at the outlet in the 15 years we’ve been monitoring their content.
March 20, Algemeiner– The Media Whitewashes Columbia Student Group’s Support of Oct. 7 Massacre
Mahmoud Khalil, the Syrian-born Columbia University graduate and US permanent resident, was detained last weekend by US immigration officers and faces deportation for his activism on behalf of a student organization, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which supports Hamas — a US designated terror group.
March 21, All Israel News– LISTEN: Interview about controversy surrounding BBC’s ‘very one-sided’ Gaza documentary
A recent BBC documentary following the lives of three Gaza children has come under scrutiny due to revelations about the children’s familial ties to Hamas and concerns over mistranslations.
March 30, The Spectator– The trouble with BBC Arabic
A peculiar incident occurred this month at an Israeli army base in the Negev: a wild caracal – a desert feline native to the region – bit two Israeli soldiers.
March 2025, Middle East Forum– Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East
That his peers routinely fêted Robert Fisk (1946-2020) as a great Middle East reporter says more about the media echo chamber than the quality of his work.
