Blockade

June 30, 2021

BBC WS radio business programmes rehash old Gaza blockade format

h/t SG On June 21st the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Business Daily’ aired an edition titl...

June 14, 2021

BBC News’ Yolande Knell on reconstruction ‘dilemma’ in the Gaza Strip

Late last month we raised the topic of the BBC’s avoidance of reporting on Hamas’ misappropriati...

June 11, 2021

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS, Raz Zimmt provides insight into the upcoming presidential election in Iran. “The d...

May 30, 2021

Let’s talk about concrete, Hamas and the BBC

One of the main stories to come out of Operation Guardian of the Walls concerns the IDF’s destruct...

April 29, 2021

BBC News produces first report on Palestinian elections

Three months after Mahmoud Abbas issued a presidential decree ordering elections for the first time ...

March 26, 2021

Fact checking the BBC’s ‘fact checking arm’

Previously we have discussed a rolling article – and some of its subsequent amendments – pro...

March 15, 2021

BBC’s ‘Reality Check’ still promoting redundant claims about Gaza blockade

Readers may recall that on January 26th ‘Reality Check’ – portrayed as BBC News’ “fact-c...

February 22, 2021

BBC report refers to an issue it has ignored for over five years

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on the afternoon of February 16th were i...

February 3, 2021

BBC ‘fact-checking’ fails to deliver on Palestinian vaccinations issue

On January 26th the BBC News website published an article by ‘Reality Check’ – portrayed as BB...

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...