Posts Tagged: BBC Israel
The Laughable Excuses Given by the BBC & CNN for Israel Capital City Mistake
There’s chutzpah, and then there’s the BBC’s explanation for why it should be allowed to incorrectly describe Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital -- an explanation...
UK News Outlets Distort International Court Ruling to Demonize Israel
A May 25 article in the Financial Times on an emergency ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as part of South Africa’s case...
5 Major Media Misquotes That Hurt Israel’s Image During the War
There is a meme (a humorous image generally posted on social media) that has been widely shared online for years. It depicts a black-and-white image of...
BBC Ignored Complaints About Journalists’ Anti-Israel ‘Terrorist’ Posts for Over a Year
The BBC ignored complaints about several journalists, including one who called Israel a “terrorist apartheid state,” for more than a year, and even allowed them...
Can the BBC Ever Be Trusted Again After Israel-Hamas War?
In summarizing its mission as the publicly-funded broadcaster in the United Kingdom, the BBC states it must “provide impartial news and information to help people...
BBC Spreads Vicious Falsehood in Coverage of Israeli Events at Gaza Hospital
Just after midnight UK time (2 a.m. Israel time) on November 15, the IDF posted a tweet concerning operations at the Shifa hospital in Gaza...
BBC News Promotes False and Defamatory Lies About ‘Genocide’ and ‘War Crimes’ in Gaza
As previously noted here, on November 2, the BBC News website published a filmed report titled ‘"Israel-Gaza war: Three reasons Egypt tightly controls the Rafah...
The BBC’s Ludicrous Excuse for Not Calling Hamas Terrorists
The BBC’s choice of terminology vis-à-vis Hamas has created a public outcry in the UK. BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson responded by attempting to...
BBC Map of ‘Palestine’ Misrepresents the History of the Region
A BBC News story that focuses on the period of the British and French Mandates in the Middle East after the fall of the Ottoman...
Once Again, BBC Hides Facts About Palestinian Terrorists and Terror Groups
On the afternoon of August 22, the BBC News website published an article by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman under the headline “Palestinian militant,...
Why Won’t the BBC Call Palestinian Murder of Jews Terrorism?
On the afternoon of August 21, the BBC News website published a report by David Gritten about a fatal terror attack that had taken place...
Media Outlets Fail in West Bank Terror Coverage
Over the course of three days, three Israeli civilians were murdered in two separate Palestinian terror attacks in the West Bank. In the first attack, which...
Western Media Outlets Don’t Report Palestinian Political Upheaval
As we regularly note in our monthly summaries of BBC News website coverage of Israel and the Palestinians, the broadcasting corporation displays remarkably little interest...
If Israel Can’t Be Blamed, Poor Treatment of Palestinians and Journalists Receives Little Coverage
BBC coverage of the death of the Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin in May 2022 included cross-platform promotion of an interview with...
