Jews from Arab Lands

November 21, 2017

BBC WS claims Israeli ‘pressure’ and ‘incentives’ led Jews to flee Iraq

The BBC asked 'what happened to the Jews of Baghdad?' but failed to give listeners much of the answe...

November 19, 2017

Guardian frames expulsion of Iraqi Jews in 40s and 50s as “easygoing, pluralistic prosperity”.

Once again, the Guardian has erased a chapter within the well-documented ethnic cleansing of over 80...

November 7, 2017

More BBC Balfour Declaration centenary reporting from Yolande Knell – part one

Once again the BBC ignores a specific part of the Balfour Declaration. ...

November 7, 2017

BBC report on UK Balfour dinner follows standard formula

Once again a BBC report on the Balfour Declaration centenary promotes Palestinian messaging....

July 21, 2017

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading....

July 2, 2017

BBC’s Knell promotes unsupported allegations in Yemenite children story

Yolande Knell's portrayal of the Yemenite children story promotes speculation, lacks context. ...

June 4, 2017

BBC ME editor gives context-free, omission rich potted history of Israel’s creation

Jeremy Bowen's potted history of Israel's establishment is rife with deliberate omission. ...

April 1, 2016

BBC World Service touts an ill-informed politicised caricature of Israel

Listeners to the March 26th/27th edition of the BBC World Service programme ‘The Cultural Fron...

March 24, 2016

BBC News and BBC World Service report on airlift of Yemenite Jews

The news that some of the last remaining members of the Jewish community in Yemen had been airlifted...

November 30, 2015

BBC reporting on the topic of Jewish refugees from Arab lands

As Lyn Julius of Harif reminds us: “On June 23, 2014, the Israeli Knesset passed a law design...