Elections 2020

April 19, 2020

BBC News again makes the false claim that Israeli courts are closed

On April 17th a report headlined “Israel ‘heading towards record fourth election’” w...

April 1, 2020

Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – March 2020

Throughout the month of March 2020, fourteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the...

March 18, 2020

BBC News continues to avoid the issue of Joint Arab List politics

Following the election in Israel at the beginning of March we documented the BBC’s provision of br...

March 8, 2020

BBC News signposts Israeli political lists – except one

Which political party did the BBC refrain from categorising? ...

March 6, 2020

BBC’s Donnison misleads on Israel’s election result

With previous election results ignored, listeners hear of 'another victory'. ...

March 5, 2020

BBC promotes linkage between elections on two continents

Radio 4 listeners were told that the outcome of the March 2nd Israeli election “could affect Mr Tr...

March 4, 2020

More BBC Israel pre-election framing from Tom Bateman

More simplistic and uninformative reporting from a BBC Jerusalem-based correspondent. ...

March 3, 2020

BBC’s Bateman sketches a simplistic portrait of the Arab Israeli vote

On March 1st – the evening before Israel’s election – the BBC put out a report by its Jeru...

March 3, 2020

BBC News promotes non-starter topic to advance Israel election narrative

BBC audiences were denied information that conflicts the chosen narrative. ...

March 1, 2020

How will the BBC cover Israel’s election?

There is little reason to anticipate any change in the BBC's narrative concerning Israeli elections....