Hadar Sela
ARTICLES BY: Hadar Sela
More Media Double Standards on Television
Further examples of the double standard evident in the BBC’s use of the term "terrorism" were recently supplied by a series of programs broadcast on...
Palestinian Payments to Terrorists Are in the News — But Not at the BBC
The Times of Israel’s Raphael Ahren reports: The German government has for the first time admitted that the Palestinian Authority likely grants financial support to terrorists and...
BBC Decides Pro-Israel Story of No Interest to Readers
Eighteen months have passed since the BBC last reported on the topic of the sick and wounded Syrians receiving medical care in Israel. Therefore, its audiences may not...
BBC Finally Reports on Palestinian Rocket Attacks, But Still Distorts Story
More than 24 hours after the incident took place -- and a day after colleagues at BBC Arabic published two articles on the story (and following the appearance of this...
BBC and World Media Ignore Rocket Attacks on Israel, but Report on IDF Responses
At around 2:30 on the afternoon of August 21, terrorists based in the Gaza Strip fired a missile at the Western Negev town of Sderot. According to one report,...
BBC’s Failure in Use of Statistics Also Applies to Reporting on Palestinians
On August 10, the BBC Trust published the findings of a review on the impartiality of the BBC’s reporting of statistics in its news and...
Once Again, Palestinian Terror Is of No Concern to the BBC
Despite at least one BBC News producer being aware of the incident, the corporation chose not to report a narrowly averted terror attack against travelers on the Jerusalem light...
BBC Whitewashes Terror in Re-run of Palestinian Teacher Story
When the BBC reported back in March on a prize-winning Palestinian teacher, it managed to omit some relevant information from the story. Over four months later, the...
The BBC Ignores Another Story on the Temple Mount
BBC reporting of confrontations on the Temple Mount has often been selective, and therefore it came as little surprise to see that the corporation elected to ignore this...
Visiting BBC Journalist Surprisingly Tells the Truth About Israel, Hezbollah
A BBC correspondent usually based in Mexico City is currently visiting Israel and on July 12, she produced two reports -- one written and one filmed -- relating to...
Once Again, the BBC Refuses to Report on Palestinian Terror
Anyone who bothered to read right to the end of the article titled “Israel seals off Hebron after surge of attacks” which appeared on the...
BBC Outdoes New York Times by Ignoring Abbas’ Antisemitic Libel
On June 23, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the EU parliament, and among his remarks was one in particular that made headlines at international media outlets. The New...
BBC Stuffs UNRWA Messaging Into Report on Attacks in Jordan
On June 6, the BBC News website reported an attack on security personnel in Jordan, in an article titled “Jordan officers killed in attack at...
The BBC Ignores a Positive Story From Israel
One might have assumed that the first-ever transgender beauty pageant in Israel (and presumably the first in the entire Middle East) would have been a...









