War of Independence

December 13, 2015

BBC webpage: Israel occupying ‘traditional Arab lands’ since 1948

BBC Editorial Guidelines concerning online content include the following: “However long ago ou...

December 10, 2015

BBC World Service misleads on Jewish immigration to Mandate Palestine

The November 26th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Witness’ was titled ...

October 27, 2015

BBC’s Connolly contorts Israeli – and British – history to fit his political narrative

The BBC’s reputation as a reliable source – underpinned by a supposedly unwavering commitmen...

April 26, 2015

The man who missed Israel’s Declaration of Independence

Our many readers with a keen interest in Israeli history will no doubt enjoy this recent Independenc...

September 6, 2014

BBC R4 promotes unchallenged anti-Israel propaganda and warped histories of Jerusalem

On September 3rd BBC Radio 4 aired an edition of a programme called ‘Agree to Differ’ wh...

February 25, 2014

BBC’s ‘Today’ repeats basic historical inaccuracy corrected two weeks ago

The February 25th edition of the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme included an item presente...

February 16, 2014

Reader secures correction to inaccurate claim in BBC website report

h/t Funzarian On February 10th we pointed out here that in an article from the same date titled R...

February 10, 2014

BBC’s Knell and Shomali mislead audiences on basic Middle East history

On February 10th a report by the BBC Jerusalem Bureau’s Yolande Knell and BBC Middle East prod...

June 2, 2013

A story the BBC will not tell

There are some Middle East stories which, despite its generously staffed Jerusalem Bureau, the BBC d...

June 1, 2011

Censored by Harriet Sherwood: Jewish Voices from Jerusalem

Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalaim) held on the 28th of Iyar, celebrates the return of the city to its u...