Lebanon

August 7, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the Atlantic Council Dr Raz Zimmt explains why ‘When it comes to Iran, not everything that g...

August 5, 2020

BBC ME editor shoehorns Israel into coverage of Beirut disaster

BBC coverage of the explosion in Beirut on the afternoon of August 4th has of course seen contributi...

July 30, 2020

Reviewing BBC Jerusalem bureau reporting on the Har Dov incident

Most of the BBC’s reporting on the security incident which took place on the afternoon of July 27t...

July 29, 2020

BBC ME editor promotes speculations in border incident news report

A security incident which took place on the afternoon of July 27th at Har Dov in northern Israel was...

July 24, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Assaf Orion discusses an upcoming event to which the BBC briefly referred last week; ‘...

July 17, 2020

BBC’s Bateman visits Hizballah tunnels but fails to tell the whole story

When, in late 2018 and early 2019, Israel discovered several tunnels dug underneath its northern bor...

July 10, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Orna Mizrahi and Yoram Schweitzer analyse the challenges currently facing Hizballah. ...

May 8, 2020

Weekend long read

1) Dr Jonathan Spyer analyses the resumption of protests in Lebanon. “One of the immediate effects...

May 5, 2020

BBC News misleads on effect of Germany’s Hizballah ban

h/t SG April 30th saw the appearance of a report headlined “Hezbollah: Germany bans and raids Isla...

April 24, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the Jerusalem Post Khaled Abu Toameh reports on Fatah accusations against Israeli journalists....