Northern Ireland

June 5, 2018

Inaccuracy, omission and oddity in a BBC Radio Ulster item on Israel – part two

BBC Radio Ulster's 'expert contributor' calls for BDS against Israel, claims Hizballah attacked the ...

July 13, 2017

Northern Ireland: A template for peace in the Middle East?

Can the Good Friday Agreement can be used as a template for advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace? Tho...

June 23, 2017

Weekend long read

Weekend Middle East related background reading....

June 18, 2017

Israeli “apartheid walls” and N. Ireland “peace walls”: A case study in media double standards

Around the world, there are many countries who are building walls to protect their citizens. Saudi A...

April 4, 2017

BBC Radio 4’s double standards on response to terrorism

What does a BBC Radio 4 programme describe as 'state terrorism' - and what not? ...

May 4, 2015

Where petrol bombings are news for the BBC

On April 27th the BBC News website ran a story titled “North Belfast: Police appeal after petr...

December 12, 2014

Why the BBC Middle Editor’s Northern Ireland analogy is wrong

“Now, Britain negotiated with the IRA and finally managed to make a peace agreement and Britain co...

June 15, 2014

Another example of BBC double standards on terrorism

h/t IM Back in April we noted yet another example of the BBC’s consistent failure to inform au...

June 13, 2014

A ‘peace wall’, a ‘separation barrier’ and a question for the BBC

h/t DL A particularly dominant theme running through BBC coverage before and during the Pope’s...

October 27, 2013

BBC double standards on paramilitary murals

Here is a BBC report from October 15th on the subject of a paramilitary mural in Belfast.  Notably,...