UN GA resolution 181

December 1, 2017

Weekend long read

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

December 1, 2017

No Partition Plan anniversary coverage from the BBC

The BBC has had difficulty reporting the Partition Plan accurately in the past....

June 13, 2017

BBC’s Hugh Sykes tells R4 listeners that Jews rejected the Partition Plan

Listeners to BBC Radio 4's 'PM' are told that Jews rejected the 1947 Partition Plan. ...

June 4, 2017

BBC ME editor gives context-free, omission rich potted history of Israel’s creation

Jeremy Bowen's potted history of Israel's establishment is rife with deliberate omission. ...

April 24, 2017

Inaccuracies unchallenged in BBC ‘Hardtalk’ interview on UN ‘apartheid’ report

The April 17th edition of the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk‘ was devoted to an interview with ...

February 1, 2017

Another BBC WS ‘Newshour’ Israel special – part two

The first part of the opening report in Tim Franks’ currently ongoing series of features on Is...

November 29, 2016

Reviewing BBC portrayal of the 1947 Partition Plan

Members of the public looking for BBC produced information concerning the 1947 Partition Plan will f...

November 29, 2015

The BBC and the 1947 Partition Plan

Back in December 2013 we noted on these pages that an online BBC backgrounder on the topic of the 19...

April 13, 2014

Why does the BBC Trust’s ESC pretend that the 1947 Partition Plan is a thing?

Readers no doubt remember that in the summer of 2012 the BBC’s Sports department produced a pr...