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Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Pic: https://inara.org/board/drghassan/

December 8, 2023, 9:10 am

BBC platforms doctor FOUR days after it’s revealed he urged Palestinians to ‘fight back’ after 7 October

Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah featured on Radio 4’s Sunday Worship alongside a mother whose son was taken hostage by Hamas

By Michelle Rosenberg

Media gather outside the BBC headquarters

November 30, 2023, 1:59 pm

Mordaunt suggests training for BBC staff amid concern over Israel-Hamas coverage

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said she hopes broadcaster will “reflect on what has happened over the last few weeks” after another MP claimed the “anti-Israel bile and bias is there for all to see”.

By Jewish News Reporter

November 28, 2023, 11:51 pm

Israel ‘genocide’ comedian to host Have I Got News For You

Comedian Guz Khan is set to host the BBC's satirical panel show on 1 December

By JN Reporter

November 21, 2023, 1:49 pm

Comedy writer from Israel’s version of Saturday Night Live on bashing the BBC

Itai Reicher of Eretz Nehederet tells Jewish News the show's sketches have united Israelis – and that if his writing changed people's minds, Netanyahu wouldn’t have been elected

IDF says it has evidence that Hamas took hostages to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza. Courtesy: IDF

November 21, 2023, 10:51 am

OPINION: al-Shifa hospital, hostages, Hamas and a question of media impartiality

EXCLUSIVE: How CCTV evidence means aid agencies can no longer play 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil', writes the European Leadership Network's policy manager

By Gemma Ricketts

November 20, 2023, 11:21 am

BBC’s ex-director of TV calls for independent review into its Israel-Hamas war reporting

Danny Cohen says the Jewish community in this country is 'being harmed' by BBC's 'unbalanced reporting'

By JN Reporter

An IDF soldier with medical supplies at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in a handout photo distributed on November 15, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

November 15, 2023, 11:42 am

BBC apologises for reporting Israel ‘targeting’ medical teams and Arabic speakers

Broadcaster had told viewers that Israeli forces had entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and were 'targeting' medical teams

By Jenni Frazer

November 10, 2023, 1:40 pm

‘Famous British tolerance’ stretched to breaking point, says journalist behind October Declaration

Allison Pearson takes part in a wide-ranging Q&A session moderated by Gary Mond, chair of the National Jewish Assembly

By Jenni Frazer

L-R — Gideon Falter, Rhodri Talfan Davies, David Jordan. Pic: CAAS

November 9, 2023, 4:53 pm

BBC faces hard questions over Israel-Hamas coverage from London synagogue audience

Tough crowd at South Hampstead shul for BBC’s director of editorial policy and standards David Jordan and director of nations Rhodri Talfan Davies

By Jenni Frazer

“There is a talk about clearing Hamas out of Gaza. Isn’t that a little bit like the Final Solution?”

November 3, 2023, 7:01 pm

BBC defends right to compare Israel’s actions against Hamas to Hitler’s Final Solution

Audience member’s contribution to flagship Question Time debate – suggesting war on terrorists is akin to the Holocaust – remains on iPlayer

By Richard Ferrer

November 1, 2023, 2:52 pm

Two BBC journalists publish controversial posts on social media

BBC says its own coverage goes through an editorial process

By Jenni Frazer

Hamas official Ghazi Hamad storms out of BBC interview

October 27, 2023, 10:21 am

Hamas official storms out of BBC interview after being quizzed on civilian killings

Ghazi Hamad, a former deputy foreign minister in the Hamas government, was put on the spot by the BBC's Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega

By Lee Harpin

October 26, 2023, 1:38 pm

OPINION: Publish in haste, repent at great leisure

Sorry but not sorry. Claims and counterclaims. Outlets like the BBC, New York Times and Sky News put the stability of the entire Middle East region at grave risk with their irresponsible reporting of the al-Ahli Arab hospital explosion

By Charlotte Henry

October 26, 2023, 11:03 am

BBC chief faces barrage of criticism from Tory MPs over Hamas reporting

Minister Robert Jenrick tells director-general Tim Davie he has 'never been so disappointed in the corporation in his life'

By Lee Harpin

October 25, 2023, 9:30 pm

BBC issues new reporting guidelines to staff covering the Israel-Palestine conflict

Use of term 'terrorist' is among key elements mentioned

By Jenni Frazer

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