UK government

November 22, 2021

BBC News continues to perpetuate the myth of terror group ‘wings’

On November 19th a report headlined “Hamas to be declared a terrorist group by UK” was published...

June 8, 2021

Another UNRWA story ignored by the BBC

On June 2nd the BBC’s Sebastian Usher put out the following Tweet: Seeing as the BBC has not produ...

April 25, 2021

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ prioritises agenda over information

A nine-minute-long item aired on April 20th on BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ programme supposedly rela...

December 16, 2020

BBC’s Yolande Knell ditches critical journalism to promote EU and NGO campaigns

The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II) signed by th...

July 24, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Assaf Orion discusses an upcoming event to which the BBC briefly referred last week; ‘...

January 19, 2020

UK government anti-terrorism sanction disregarded by BBC News

A Treasury announcement concerning Hizballah gets no BBC website coverage....

August 16, 2019

Weekend long read

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

July 31, 2019

The BBC and definition of terrorism

Claim made by the BBC News editorial director is inaccurate....

March 26, 2019

BBC’s Knell claims Gaza IED attackers ‘demonstrate against Israeli policies’

Radio 4 listeners hear yet more uncritical amplification of UNHRC allegations. ...

March 11, 2019

Whitewashing Hizballah on BBC Radio 4

'Today' listeners hear from an inadequately introduced Hizballah supporter....