Coronavirus

March 26, 2020

BBC Radio 4 spreads inaccurate Gaza healthcare canard

The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages of medical equipment and supplie...

March 25, 2020

Looking behind a BBC News Press Team Tweet

On March 23rd the BBC News Press Team put out this Tweet: The article by freelance journalist Ben Bo...

March 24, 2020

Mapping BBC messaging on Gaza and Corona

As we saw last week, the BBC Jerusalem bureau already briefed audiences on the topic of Coronavirus ...

March 24, 2020

Dangerous coronavirus advice, and intellectual poverty in Gaza

We’ve posted frequently on the media’s insistence on blaming Israel for the economic and...

March 22, 2020

BBC’s ‘Newsday’ gives a platform to ‘occupation’ propaganda

On March 6th one of the editions of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday’ included an ...

March 21, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Gallia Lindenstrauss, Daniel Rakov and Remi Daniel analyse ‘The Ceasefire in Idlib:...

March 13, 2020

Weekend long read

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

March 13, 2020

The limits of BBC News reporting from PA controlled territories

The BBC's level of interest in internal Palestinian affairs is once again on display....

March 12, 2020

Hamas announcement puts a BBC narrative into perspective

Those accustomed to the BBC’s cross-platform portrayal of the topic of travel from the Gaza Strip...

March 9, 2020

BBC Radio 4 airs superficial report on Israel’s Coronavirus measures

Listeners heard nothing about cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. ...