Hadar Sela
ARTICLES BY: Hadar Sela
Once Again, the Media Whitewashes Anti-Israel Discrimination
On February 28, an article titled “Iran wrestling officials resign over Israel competition ban” appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page and on...
Gaza Electricity Crisis Highlights BBC’s Anti-Israel Bias
When some residents of the Gaza Strip took to the streets last winter to protest their inadequate electricity supply, the BBC website produced two written reports on...
The BBC Claims ‘Sketchy’ Evidence of PA Terror Rewards
In January 2007, the BBC News website published a backgrounder titled “Analysis: Palestinian suicide attacks." More than a decade later, that item (which was apparently prompted...
Filling in the Blanks in BBC Reports on Hamas, Qatar and Iran
While early BBC News website coverage of the rift between Qatar and several other Arab states did clarify that one of Saudi Arabia’s demands was...
BBC Promotes Equivalence Between Violent Rioters and Terror Victims
Listeners to BBC Radio 4’s "Today" program last week heard two reports on consecutive days relating to Palestinian rioting that was ostensibly in reaction to security...
BBC Ignores French President’s Comparisons Between Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
At the July 16th event in Paris marking the 75th anniversary of the deportation of French Jews to Auschwitz, the French president made a significant statement: French president Emmanuel Macron...
BBC Continues to Whitewash Hamas, Human Shields and War Crimes in Gaza
BBC Radio 4’s series "Our Man in the Middle East" continued on June 16th, with episode 15 -- titled “Missiles and the Ballot Box.” The episode was devoted to...
BBC’s ‘Man in the Middle East’ Spouts Tired Jerusalem Lies
On May 18, listeners of BBC Radio 4 heard the fourth part in Jeremy Bowen’s series of programs entitled, "Our Man in the Middle East." "Jerusalem," the latest episode,...
UK Paper Corrects Egregious Errors on Gaza Reporting
Earlier this week, we noted that the Telegraph had published an article by Tom Rowley titled, “Meet the Palestinian family who have tended the graves of our...
Reviewing a BBC News ‘Six-Day War’ Backgrounder
Fifty years ago, the build-up of events that led to the Six-Day War had already begun. After 14 Palestinian terror attacks had been carried out with Syrian support since April...
BBC’s Mideast Editor Suggests Syria Chemical Attack Tied to Israel
The day after a chemical weapons attack in Syria that shocked the world, a BBC official charged with making news from the Middle East “more comprehensive or comprehensible for...
BBC Bashes Friedman, But Can’t Even Get His Name Right
On the evening of March 23, BBC News was able to tell its international audiences that the newly confirmed US ambassador to Israel was “controversial,” “right-wing,” “pro-settlement,”...
On Terror Attacks, the BBC Has Different Headlines for Different Audiences
Although it failed to accurately describe an October 9 attack in Jerusalem as terrorism, the BBC did make it clear to its English-language audiences that the perpetrator...
The BBC’s Long Delayed — and Seriously Flawed — Coverage of Palestinian Elections
On September 8, the BBC News website produced its first article dedicated to the topic of the municipal elections that were supposed to have taken place...
