Naval Blockade

October 3, 2025

BBC News delivers the goods in narrative promoting flotilla coverage

As readers no doubt recall, the BBC began producing partial coverage of the story of the latest flot...

September 11, 2025

The evolution of another BBC flotilla puff piece

Early on the morning of September 9th the BBC put out a social media post promoting a new report: Th...

September 8, 2025

BBC News keeps audiences in the dark about latest flotilla stunt

On September 2nd the BBC News website published a report by Gabriela Pomeroy headlined “Gaza floti...

June 11, 2025

BBC News prioritises ‘aid yacht’ propaganda over factual information

Visitors to the BBC News website on the morning of June 9th found no fewer than three items relating...

June 6, 2025

Weekend long read

1) At the Alma Center, Tal Beeri asks ‘Will the Palestinians in Lebanon Disarm?’. “…it a...

May 4, 2025

BBC promotion of unverified claims from anti-Israel activists

The lead item in the May 2nd edition of the BBC World Service ‘Global News Podcast’ was presente...

July 25, 2023

BBC News amplifies anonymous ‘collective punishment’ claim

On the afternoon of July 19th a report by David Gritten headlined ‘Israel condemns EU envoy’...

November 15, 2022

More flotilla agitprop on the horizon?

The Jerusalem Post informs us of plans to stage another episode of maritime agitprop in 2023: “Mem...

July 26, 2022

BBC News ignores Gaza maritime weapons smuggling as usual

BBC reporting on Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip has followed the same template for year...

June 9, 2022

BBC’s Bateman again omits context from a Gaza fishing story

On the evening of Saturday, June 4th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman Quote Tweeted an item ...