Ariel Sharon

January 12, 2014

Multiple breaches of editorial guidelines in Sharon report by BBC’s Paul Adams

Like the rest of the media, the BBC has had ample advance time in which to prepare parts of its cove...

January 12, 2014

BBC exploits Sharon’s death for more promotion of second Intifada falsehood

Between January 1st and January 9th 2014 the BBC News website published five separate articles on th...

January 5, 2014

Eleven links in four BBC articles promote baseless second Intifada myth

Since the evening of January 1st the BBC News website has produced no fewer than four separate repor...

January 2, 2014

As Sharon’s health deteriorates, BBC updates profile claiming he sparked second intifada

News of a serious deterioration in the health of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon prompted...

September 30, 2013

BBC second Intifada backgrounders: ‘Sharon started it’

We have previously noted on these pages that – despite the BBC ECU having upheld a complaint on th...

September 15, 2013

Guardian Jerusalem Syndrome: Giles Fraser fears Judaisation of Temple Mount

Jerusalem Syndrome: a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed...

September 9, 2013

The Guardian again promotes myth that Ariel Sharon started 2nd Intifada

One of the more common false narratives regarding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict advanced by the ...

January 6, 2013

“I am going to start an Intifada.”

The narrative regarding the deadly terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. ...

December 3, 2012

Paul Harris misleads on Israel’s commitment to freeze settlements under 2002 ‘Roadmap’

Paul Harris’s Dec. 1 Guardian piece, ‘Clinton and Hague attack Israel decision to build ...

January 23, 2011

Ian Williams: the Epitome of the Guardian World View

This week I read with interest the Hansard report of a recent debate in the British Parliament on th...