Area C

July 17, 2020

BBC’s Bateman visits Hizballah tunnels but fails to tell the whole story

When, in late 2018 and early 2019, Israel discovered several tunnels dug underneath its northern bor...

July 15, 2020

‘Hardtalk’ recycles the BBC’s Area C story talking points

Our review of coverage of the potential application of Israeli civilian law to specific parts of Are...

July 10, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC website coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

Previously we examined the impartiality of BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service radio coverage of the p...

July 9, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality state: “Due impartiality usually involves more ...

July 8, 2020

BBC radio backtracks on non-starter story it promoted for weeks

Previously we discussed a report by BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Yolande Knell which appeared ...

July 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part two

In part one of this post we discussed an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s representative...

July 6, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part one

Between mid-May and the end of June the BBC devoted considerable efforts to the preemptive framing o...

July 5, 2020

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – JUNE 2020

Throughout the month of June 2020, fourteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the ...

July 3, 2020

One issue, two complaints and two different BBC responses

One thing that members of the public who fund the BBC – and its complaints procedure – should su...

July 2, 2020

BBC Radio 4 listeners told Israel ‘officially’ rejects the two-state solution

Since mid-May the BBC has devoted much energy, air-time and column space to the preemptive framing o...