BBC News website amends delayed post article headline following complaint
Following two complaints the BBC amends an inaccurate headline.
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Did Corbyn spin doctor Seumas Milne’s 2014 speech breach antisemitism definition?
Yesterday, the Labour Party adopted – at least for the time being – the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism with all its examples, though with…
BBC News website amends inaccurate Palestinian envoy title
Another BBC News correction relating to a Palestinian envoy’s title.
Weekend long read
Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading.
UKMW prompts Irish Examiner to correct bizarre suggestion that there are Israeli settlements in Gaza
It took several days of communication between UK Media Watch and editors at the Irish Examiner, but we finally secured a correction to a sentence in a July 23rd op-ed which bizarrely suggested that there were still Israeli settlements in Gaza.
One sided reports from BBC Arabic’s Nida Ibrahim – part three
Another report by BBC Arabic’s Nida Ibrahim glorifies Palestinian violence.
Guardian op-ed by Daniel Barenboim distorts nation-state law and Israel’s founding principles
Daniel Barenboim, in his Guardian op-ed, follows in the Guardian tradition of expressing contempt for the state by claiming that its policies betray the country’s founding principles, whilst distorting both the policies and founding principles. His piece attacking the Jewish nation-state law grossly mischaracterises both the bill and the founding Zionist ideals (articulated in Israel’s Declaration of Independence) it is said to betray.
Inaccurate BBC WS radio portrayal of Israeli legislation
The BBC News website has already corrected an inaccurate claim regarding Israeli legislation – will BBC World Service radio?
Indy publishes op-ed opposing antisemitism definition by leader of group that has promoted antisemitism
It’s disappointing that Indy editors chose to legitimise duplicitous rhetoric which has the effect of providing cover to those radical voices on the British and American left who claim to be anti-racists yet are openly hostile to the Jewish community.
Following our criticism, Guardian journalist adds stats on injured Syrians treated by Israel
Following out tweet to a Guardian journalist, criticising his claim that Israel has only treated injured Syrians “on occasion”, he amended the article to include statistics we provided on the thousands of Syrians treated since 2013.