Right of Return

May 20, 2021

In Guardian op-ed, Peter Beinart calls for Palestinian “right of return”

In Peter Beinart’s 6400 word Guardian op-ed, the words “Hamas”, “Islamic Jih...

November 30, 2020

Guardian letter by Palestinian artists and academics: Zionists are racists

The Guardian published an op-ed length letter by dozens of Palestinian and Arab academics, journalis...

November 11, 2020

The BBC News website’s airbrushed portrait of Saeb Erekat

Shortly after the announcement of his death on November 10th the BBC News website published an artic...

February 25, 2020

What can BBC audiences expect if the ‘Great Return March’ returns?

Between March 2018 and December 2019 the BBC reported the 'Great Return March' using very specific f...

July 2, 2019

BBC’s Mishal Husain promotes dubious peace plan framing – part one

'Today' listeners get a selective view of the Arab Peace Initiative. ...

May 30, 2019

BBC Arabic website promotes antisemitic Holocaust analogy

What happened when BBC Trending went to interview participants in an anti-Israel demonstration in Lo...

May 28, 2019

BBC Radio 1 ‘Newsbeat’ Gaza special – part two

A 'Newsbeat' "Gaza special" falls well short of standards of accuracy and impartiality....

May 17, 2019

Claim shown to be false a year ago recycled in simplistic BBC backgrounder

The BBC continues to promote an allegation withdrawn by Hamas 12 months ago....

May 15, 2019

BBC Two’s ‘One Day in Gaza’ adheres to existing BBC practice

BBC Two's hour long film stayed well within the boundaries of existing BBC framing....

April 12, 2019

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...