Yolande Knell

July 8, 2020

BBC radio backtracks on non-starter story it promoted for weeks

Previously we discussed a report by BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Yolande Knell which appeared ...

July 2, 2020

BBC Radio 4 listeners told Israel ‘officially’ rejects the two-state solution

Since mid-May the BBC has devoted much energy, air-time and column space to the preemptive framing o...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

June 23, 2020

The two names BBC audiences have never heard

This summer marks six years since Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul and Lt. Hadar Goldin were killed during Oper...

May 21, 2020

The BBC’s one-sided ‘annexation’ binge continues

The lead item in the May 17th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshourâ€...

May 3, 2020

BBC’s Knell amplifies PA talking points in reports on Palestinian workers

On April 29th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page published a report by Yolande Knell ti...

April 1, 2020

Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – March 2020

Throughout the month of March 2020, fourteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the...

March 24, 2020

Mapping BBC messaging on Gaza and Corona

As we saw last week, the BBC Jerusalem bureau already briefed audiences on the topic of Coronavirus ...

January 12, 2020

Reviewing BBC News website coverage of Palestinian affairs in 2019

In 2019 visitors to the BBC News website saw eight and a half times more coverage of Israeli affairs...

November 8, 2019

BBC News report on Jerusalem planning fails to meet impartiality guidelines

As usual, the BBC whitewashes the Jordanian occupation of Jerusalem while promoting partisan termino...