Blockade

December 13, 2020

The BBC Jerusalem bureau’s unsatisfactory ticking of the impartiality box

On December 7th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page featured a short report by the Jerus...

November 30, 2020

BBC WS radio Gaza Strip reports demonstrate impartiality failings

Previously we discussed a recent written BBC article concerning the surge in Coronavirus cases in th...

November 29, 2020

BBC News recycles standard talking points in latest Gaza Corona report

Throughout the past eight months the BBC has produced numerous multi-platform reports on the topic o...

October 15, 2020

The BBC’s Hamas police puff piece

In August 2007 – two months after Hamas’ violent take-over of the Gaza Strip – the BBC...

September 1, 2020

Another superficial report on Corona in Gaza from the BBC’s Yolande Knell

Earlier we looked at how reports on the BBC News website and BBC Radio 4 had framed the discovery of...

August 30, 2020

BBC reports on Corona in Gaza include context-free portrayal of blockade

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ have in recent days seen two written reports ...

August 26, 2020

BBC’s Newshour presents disinformation and lies as ‘context’ to balloon attacks

Earlier this month we noted that the BBC was ignoring the renewal of attacks from the Gaza Strip u...

July 31, 2020

Hamas leader debunks some BBC narratives

Among the narratives promoted by the BBC in recent years is the claim that Palestinian leaders aspir...

July 23, 2020

BBC’s Knell twice amplifies the false claim of a ‘siege’ on the Gaza Strip

On July 20th a filmed report titled “Gaza’s disturbing cases of suicides” – credited to ...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...