Breaking the Silence

February 28, 2018

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ presenter vilifies Israeli soldiers – part two

Hardtalk presenter Sackur claims that Israeli soldiers 'want to do bad things'. ...

February 27, 2018

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ presenter vilifies Israeli soldiers – part one

'Hardtalk' presenter Sackur promotes claims of Israeli moral failure. ...

January 12, 2018

Promoted and quoted: the BBC’s preferred NGO contributors in 2017

The BBC continues to quote and promote political NGOs from one side of the spectrum. ...

August 18, 2017

Weekend long read

Our Friday night round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...

July 7, 2017

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading....

July 5, 2017

Israeli guest tells BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ host ‘you rewrite the history’ – part one

The BBC's Stephen Sackur promotes inaccuracies and false allegations in a 'Hardtalk' interview. ...

April 27, 2017

BBC News portrays political NGOs as ‘human rights activists’

The BBC's portrayal of political NGOs as 'human rights activists' hinders audience understanding of ...

April 13, 2017

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ jumps on the ‘cultural censorship’ bandwagon

BBC 2's 'Newsnight' brings the latest in a series of dark stories of 'cultural censorship' in Israel...

July 18, 2016

Investigative report highlights BBC’s NGO impartiality fail

Over the past fourteen months we have documented several cases in which the BBC has amplified the me...

July 18, 2016

Breaking the Silence Gets Failing Grade in Channel 10’s Fact-Check

In an Op-Ed in the Israeli Walla news site, Goren and Rom argued that while they did not think BtS w...