Gaza power plant

May 21, 2021

Reviewing BBC explanations of power shortages in the Gaza Strip

In recent days BBC audiences have seen repeated references to the power supply in the Gaza Strip. Ma...

September 2, 2020

BBC WS airs softball interview with representative of Hamas-run body

As documented in a previous post, listeners to the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ ...

August 26, 2020

BBC’s Newshour presents disinformation and lies as ‘context’ to balloon attacks

Earlier this month we noted that the BBC was ignoring the renewal of attacks from the Gaza Strip u...

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 15, 2020

BBC re-promotes the usual Gaza narratives in multiple Coronavirus reports

Reporting by BBC Jerusalem bureau staff on the topic of Coronavirus has so far focused mainly on Bet...

September 22, 2019

BBC Culture promotes Palestinian pop and a political narrative

A politically motivated narrative is advanced by the omission of key context....

September 1, 2019

BBC WS radio corrects inaccurate claim of a ‘siege’ on the Gaza Strip

Following a complaint from BBC Watch, BBC World Service radio has amended a programme. ...

August 5, 2019

BBC WS food programme: inaccurate, lacks context and promotes Hamas propaganda

Once again the BBC promotes the falsehood that the Gaza Strip is 'under siege'....

January 20, 2019

‘News at Ten’ continues the BBC’s ‘blockade’ campaign

Did a Hamas Facebook post prompt the BBC's digging out of month-old footage?...

January 17, 2019

The BBC’s monochrome framing of Gaza’s chronic utilities crisis

The BBC's framing of problems in the Gaza Strip does not meet its public purpose obligations. ...