Hugh Sykes

November 13, 2017

BBC Watch complaint on Partition Plan inaccuracy upheld

Over five months on, the BBC acknowledges that Jews did not reject the Partition Plan....

June 13, 2017

BBC’s Hugh Sykes tells R4 listeners that Jews rejected the Partition Plan

Listeners to BBC Radio 4's 'PM' are told that Jews rejected the 1947 Partition Plan. ...

June 12, 2017

Radio 4’s Hugh Sykes joins the BBC’s ‘it’s all down to the occupation’ binge

Radio 4's Hugh Sykes contributes to the BBC's 'it's all because of the occupation' messaging. ...

October 2, 2015

BBC R4 discovers ‘the evolution of the kibbutz’ – a decade and a half late

One can get a good glimpse of the kind of received ideas about Israel prevalent in BBC corridors fro...

January 18, 2013

Examining a BBC correspondent’s recommended reading on Egyptian Jews

This is a guest post by the Point of No Return blog.  Editor’s note: Among the BBC employees ...