Gaza Strip

October 24, 2012

IDF briefing on intense rocket fire on southern Israel

Earlier, I took part in a briefing with Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich of the IDF Spokesman’s unit ...

October 24, 2012

BBC stays mum on situation in southern Israel

Overnight, the security situation in southern Israel – which began to deteriorate once again on Tu...

October 23, 2012

BBC ignores Gaza border attack

Yesterday we reported on attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians in the vicinity of the border wit...

October 22, 2012

BBC News: telling the end of a story first

The morning of Monday, October 22nd saw a mortar attack on a routine Israeli army patrol near the bo...

October 22, 2012

BBC gets facts right – and then backtracks under pressure

Last night this Tweet appeared on the News Sniffer site’s timeline:  A look at the Media Lens...

October 21, 2012

BBC website still claims ‘Estelle’ carrying aid

On Saturday, October 20th 2012, the Israeli Navy prevented the latest attempt by anti-Israel activi...

October 19, 2012

BBC makeover: from Terrorist to Celeb

The BBC’s Jerusalem Bureau evidently decided that it would be appropriate to do a special feat...

October 17, 2012

BBC’s Jon Donnison on Salafists and Hamas

On October 15th an article written by the BBC’s Gaza correspondent Jon Donnison and entitled &...

October 14, 2012

BBC’s Howard Johnson on the tribulations of Palestinian Airlines

By no means exclusive to the BBC is the tendency of many a Western journalist to file reports or wri...

October 12, 2012

BBC tunnel vision in Gaza

“The BBC is committed to achieving due accuracy.  This commitment is fundamental to our reput...