The Lion’s Den

April 2, 2023

Unhelpful BBC reporting on firearms permits in Israel

On March 30th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page published a report by BBC Arabic’s M...

March 31, 2023

Weekend long read

1) The ITIC reports on a lawfare conference in the Gaza Strip. “On March 18, 2023, the Internation...

March 7, 2023

Economist decides that the PA supports only “non-violent” resistance

An article in the Economist (“A new type of Palestinian militia is emerging”, March 2), ...

March 6, 2023

An unhelpful BBC backgrounder on ‘Israeli-Palestinian violence’

On February 28th the BBC News website published a backgrounder by its Middle East editor Raffi Berg ...

March 3, 2023

BBC WS radio tries to explain the ‘Lions’ Den’ – part two

Previously we discussed an item aired on the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ which ...

March 2, 2023

BBC WS radio tries to explain the ‘Lions’ Den’ – part one

Back in October of last year we observed that the BBC had done very little to inform its audiences...

February 26, 2023

BBC reporting on a counter-terrorism operation in Nablus

On the afternoon of February 22nd a report appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page und...

February 2, 2023

BBC News continues to present a partial picture of terror in Jenin

Back in July 2022 we observed that a common feature of several BBC reports concerning Israeli counte...

December 29, 2022

Telegraph recycles disproven Israeli ‘execution’ lie

On December 2, 2022, a Palestinian man (Imad Mahdi Naif Muflah, also known as Ammar Mufleh), armed w...

October 28, 2022

Weekend long read

1) Yoni Ben Menachem explains Hamas’ silence regarding events in Nablus. “It is Hamas that in re...