US Administration

June 30, 2020

Another history-free ‘annexation backgrounder’ from BBC News

Despite the fact that the June 16th written backgrounder titled “Israel, annexation and the West B...

June 24, 2020

BBC News again amplifies opposition to application of Israeli civil law

Last week on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page readers found promotion of a statement ...

June 21, 2020

Reviewing the BBC’s ‘annexation’ backgrounder – part two

Earlier we discussed the first section of an unattributed backgrounder titled “Israel, annexation ...

June 18, 2020

BBC News misrepresents ‘previous US positions’

On the afternoon of June 16th a report headlined “Israel’s West Bank annexation plan condemn...

May 26, 2020

BBC News ignores potential outcome of Abbas declaration

May 20th saw the appearance of an article headlined “Palestinians ‘ending accords with Israe...

May 19, 2020

BBC News and BBC Radio 4 mislead audiences with July 1 ‘annexation’ claim

Listeners to the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The World Tonight’ on May 14th heard an item (from 36:51...

May 17, 2020

BBC reporting on a US official’s visit to Israel promotes specific framing

On May 13th the BBC produced two items about a short visit to Israel by the US Secretary of State wh...

May 1, 2020

BBC World Service radio’s UNRWA puffery highlights nine-month silence

As we have documented in the past, for the last nine months the BBC has studiously avoided the issue...

April 23, 2020

BBC WS radio presents a partial portrayal of ‘annexation’

The April 20th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included a di...

March 5, 2020

BBC promotes linkage between elections on two continents

Radio 4 listeners were told that the outcome of the March 2nd Israeli election “could affect Mr Tr...