Lebanon

February 5, 2021

Weekend long read

1) UN Watch has published a report examining claims made about Israel at the UNHRC. “Every session...

January 22, 2021

Weekend long read

1) NGO Monitor analyses the latest campaign from the political NGO B’Tselem. “On January 12, 202...

December 29, 2020

Superficial BBC report on Hizballah drug trafficking

Back in July the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘Captagon: Italy seizes €1bn of a...

December 18, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Carmit Valensi and Udi Dekel analyse ‘The Struggle for Control of Southern Syria’...

November 19, 2020

REVIEWING BBC MIDDLE EAST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – PART SIX

Previously (see ‘related articles’ below) we have discussed five videos created by the BBC in 20...

November 13, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the Atlantic Council, Navvar Saban provides an overview of ‘Iranian influence and presence i...

October 27, 2020

Telegraph corrects article inflating stat on IDF bombing by factor of 4000

Often times when reviewing an article about Israel in the British media, a claim evokes a mental red...

October 23, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Matthew Levitt analyses ‘A Paris Reset on Hezbollah?’. “Lebanon’s corrupt politi...

October 16, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Ephraim Kam discusses the implications of ‘Lifting the Embargo on Arms Sales to Ira...

October 16, 2020

Omission and inaccuracy in old and new BBC reporting on Lebanon-Israel border

On October 1st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Lebanon and Israel to hold ‘h...