Palestinian Authority

July 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part two

In part one of this post we discussed an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s representative...

July 6, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part one

Between mid-May and the end of June the BBC devoted considerable efforts to the preemptive framing o...

July 3, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Carmit Valensi takes a look at ‘20 Years of the Assad Regime’. ‘“Someone who ...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

June 29, 2020

Bateman’s ‘annexation’ road trip reveals nothing new to BBC audiences

The BBC’s generous coverage of an event which has not happened (see ‘related articles’ below) ...

June 26, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the INSS Yoel Guzansky gives his assessment of ‘Israel, the Gulf States, and Annexation’. ...

June 26, 2020

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to ‘build understanding’ in interview with ICC president

The purpose of BBC news and current affairs programmes is defined as follows: “The BBC should prov...

June 21, 2020

Reviewing the BBC’s ‘annexation’ backgrounder – part one

On June 16th the BBC News website published a backgrounder titled “Israel, annexation and the West...

June 14, 2020

The Financial Times, ‘annexation’ and moral double standards

An official Financial Times editorial (FT View: World should not be silent on Israeli annexation, J...

June 14, 2020

BBC News silent on practicalities of PA’s ending of agreements with Israel

On May 20th the BBC News website reported that: “Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas has ...