smuggling tunnels

March 10, 2019

BBC Culture joins the drip feed of narrative

BBC audiences hear of checkpoints, blockade and the 'separation barrier' - but not why they exist. ...

June 28, 2017

In which the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen repeats his ‘no human shields in Gaza’ claims

Jeremy Bowen revives claims from his 2014 reporting in Gaza....

September 6, 2016

Documenting the BBC’s continuing silence on Gaza smuggling

Yet another episode of smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip for use by Hamas recently came to light. ...

January 29, 2016

BBC News sidesteps the real issues in Hamas tunnel collapse story

The story of Hamas’ ongoing efforts to reconstruct the system of cross-border offensive tunnel...

September 27, 2015

More uncritical amplification of a HRW report from BBC News

On September 22nd an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the tit...

September 21, 2015

BBC fails to meet its remit in article about Rafah tunnels

One of the public purposes defined in the BBC’s Charter is titled “Bringing the UK to t...

October 30, 2014

BBC recycles an AP inaccuracy

On October 28th an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the title...

March 27, 2014

BBC’s Abualouf promotes Hamas “fishermen” PR line

Here is a Tweet sent by the BBC Gaza office’s Rushdi Abualouf on March 26th. However, beyond t...

October 15, 2013

BBC’s Knell recycles inaccuracies from previous reports

In an article titled “Hamas under pressure as Gaza border tensions rise” which appeared ...

August 7, 2013

BBC’s Knell misleads on entry of construction materials to Gaza

When was “recently” and how much are “small amounts”? These two questions ar...