Entebbe

July 31, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the BESA Center Prof. Gerald Steinberg and Maayan Rockland document ‘Palestinian Activists a...

June 4, 2020

BBC WS interviewer asks Entebbe rescuer about ‘reservations’

The June 2nd edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Outlook’ was titled ‘My part in...

April 8, 2019

BBC amends inaccurate claim about Entebbe hijacking

Following complaints a report is amended 10 days after publication. ...

April 1, 2019

Euphemism and inaccuracy in BBC News website Entebbe report

Forty-three years on the BBC still cannot get the Entebbe hijacking right. ...

February 14, 2019

The BBC examines conspiracy theories – but not its own

The BBC is good at publishing items about conspiracy theories but not nearly so good at avoiding the...

July 5, 2018

Eleven years online for a BBC promoted conspiracy theory

In 2007 the BBC published a conspiracy theory concerning the Entebbe operation. ...

July 8, 2016

NGOs’ political campaign opportunistically recycled by BBC News

As readers may be aware, on July 4th the Israeli prime minister embarked on an official visit to fou...

July 1, 2016

BBC article on Entebbe anniversary marred by euphemism

June 27th saw the appearance of two reports on the BBC News website’s Middle East page (one wr...

June 27, 2016

One to listen out for on BBC Radio 4

A programme titled “One Day in Entebbe” will be broadcast on Tuesday, June 28th at 8 p.m...

September 24, 2014

Munich Olympics terrorists get BBC rebranding

On September 22nd the BBC News website’s Middle East page carried an article titled “Isr...