Gaza Strip

July 14, 2014

How the BBC's ME editor prevents audiences from understanding the background to the Gaza conflict

Back in 2006, the role of BBC Middle East editor was described thus: “The challenge for our daily ...

July 14, 2014

Mike Tyson, Toddlers, and 'Balance': A response to Owen Jones

Here are the first few paragraphs from a Times of Israel op-ed by Shany Mor: There is much to learn...

July 13, 2014

BBC fails again to report Hamas order to civilians to act as human shields

A written report which appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page on July 13th under ...

July 13, 2014

Independent demonizes Sderot residents for cheering IDF strikes on Hamas

Sderot, dubbed the bomb shelter capital of the world, is a working-class community located 2.5 km f...

July 13, 2014

BBC Watch uncovers the sources of Jeremy Bowen's cited casualty figures

Several readers wrote in to bring our attention to the less than impartial Tweets sent by Jeremy Bow...

July 13, 2014

Challenge to UK media: name an army that goes to greater lengths than the IDF to protect civilians

Writing in Jerusalem Post on Friday, Amotz-El noted that “twenty-seven years after its establi...

July 12, 2014

What are the dominant themes appearing in BBC filmed reports from the Gaza Strip?

As Operation Protective Edge progresses, the BBC is increasingly putting the focus of its reporting ...

July 11, 2014

BBC News website report downplays Hamas' nuclear terrorism

On July 9th the BBC News website published an article titled “Israel ‘to intensify Gaza ...

July 11, 2014

BBC's John Humphrys on Gaza conflict: it's the settlements, innit?

(source) The BBC’s funding public might reasonably expect its journalists – and not least in...

July 10, 2014

BBC's Knell again passes up on telling audiences about Hamas' human shields

Since July 8th, BBC television audiences are having much of their news from the Gaza Strip delivered...