Mandate for Palestine

July 25, 2024

BBC Radio 4 fails to explain anti-Israel slogan in eighty-eight minutes

As readers no doubt recall, in late October 2023 – just over three weeks after Hamas’ invasion o...

June 28, 2023

BBC backgrounders’ presentation of ‘facts’ mislead on Jerusalem

The ‘updates’ section of the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page informs us that on June...

March 6, 2023

An unhelpful BBC backgrounder on ‘Israeli-Palestinian violence’

On February 28th the BBC News website published a backgrounder by its Middle East editor Raffi Berg ...

October 20, 2022

BBC News reports parts of the Australia backtrack story

On October 18th the BBC News website published a report by Tiffanie Turnbull on its ‘Australia’ ...

October 18, 2022

Cross-platform BBC promotion for a Palestinian campaign

On October 7th a report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman was published on the BBC News we...

July 29, 2022

Weekend long read

1) The ITIC provides information about Palestinians killed in Judea & Samaria since the beginnin...

June 16, 2021

BBC Complaints – eventually – stands by inaccurate map

Last month we noted the appearance of an inaccurate map in a BBC News website report: BBC NEWS MISLE...

February 21, 2021

Poetic license: BBC News recycles ten-year-old misinformation

On February 15th a short report by the BBC’s Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher headlined “Mour...

September 16, 2020

REVIEWING BBC MIDDLE EAST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS – PART TWO

Previously we looked at a video available at the BBC’s ‘Bitesize’ online study support resourc...

September 10, 2020

Reviewing BBC Middle East educational videos – part one

In the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, the BBC’s educational department – BBC Teach –...