More uncritical BBC amplification of church leaders’ claims
Last week we noted that an April 12th report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell concerning the Holy Fire ceremony due to take…
Nazi analogy
Guardian journalist or Ken Roth’s lawyer?
Two Guardian articles by Chris McGreal – whose hostility towards Israel we’ve continually documented – reported on the decision by the Harvard Kennedy School’s…
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is not brave
In her op-ed published at the i newspaper (“Our fear of criticising Israel makes us complicit in a devastating year of Palestinian suffering”, Dec….
BBC touts an unquestioned narrative about ‘Christians in the Holy Land’
Listeners to the December 21st edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme heard an item (from 33:50 here) that was introduced by presenter Nick…
Guardian review praises antisemitic book
A Guardian review has praised an antisemitic book by French writer Sylvain Cypel. The review (“The State of Israel vs The Jews review: fierce…
BBC Arabic continues to showcase hateful social media comments
A guest post by CAMERA Arabic. (all translations emphases and in-bracket remarks by CAMERA Arabic unless otherwise specified) The Egyptian television series An-Nehaya (“The…
An overview of BBC Watch prompted corrections in 2019
Which inaccuracies did the BBC correct this past year?
MIDDLE EAST ISSUES BY TOPICS
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Pro-Israel activists confront hate and extremism on the streets of London
“Here, the rise of Jeremy Corbyn had an unforeseen side-effect – it galvanised and united British Jews, mobilising the community. We have come to understand that there is no point talking about settlements with someone who denies the Holocaust. Nor any reason to entertain discussion over a partial Israeli withdrawal with someone who seeks to destroy Israel. We have learnt that there is no point negotiating anything at all with antisemites and we recognise that often, when they say ‘Zionist’, they actually mean ‘Jew’.”
BBC Radio 4 discusses journalists’ impartiality
Impartiality has long been a key part of the BBC’s editorial guidelines. A BBC journalist now asks what it means.