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BBC

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / UK / Left vs. Right / Media / United Nations (UN)

UN, BBC Walk Back Gaza Infant Death Toll Claim

By Canaan Lidor

A top official had falsely claimed that 14,000 infants faced death within 48 hours.

UK / Antisemitism / Media / Islamists

BBC to Investigate Arabic Channel over Gaza Coverage

By David Isaac

"The Arabic service, we are looking at it. We've been examining it," said BBC Chairman Samir Shah.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

BBC Anchor: ‘Israeli Forces are Happy to Kill Children’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"This isn't journalism, it's a blood libel," media watchdog HonestReporting said.

UK / Antisemitism / Media

Rabbi Resigns After 30 Years at BBC Over ‘Inexcusable’ Antisemitism

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Rabbi YY Rubinstein’s courageous and principled decision to resign as a broadcaster at the BBC is just the latest sign of the collapse in the Jewish community’s confidence in the corporation," Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said in a statement.

Featured / Politics / Hamas / UK / The Courts / Antisemitism / Media

Hamas-Affiliate Uses British Libel Laws to Humiliate the Jewish Chronicle

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The JC is not the first publication to end up paying money to Interpal to avoid a lawsuit. In June 2019, the Daily Mail and Mail Online gave the charity more than $145,000.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / US / Iran / Hezbollah / Russia

War May be Inevitable as Iran Completes Military Base 35 Miles from Israeli Border

By JNi.Media

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established a new militia named Brigade 313 in Southern Syria.

Featured / Antisemitism / Holocaust

Labour MP Skewered by BBC Host over '100 Jews in the Ashtray' Joke

By JNi.Media

Although the MP clearly used the joke as an example of something she did not deem appropriate, Neil remained offended that she would imagine himself enjoying such a terrible joke.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Surrogacy in an Egyptian Womb

By Moshe Herman

The family of Israel gets brought down to Egypt after the revelation that Joseph is still alive. Rabbi Mike Feuer is reunited with Rabbi Yishai on Spiritual Cafe where they discuss the repentance for the sale of Joseph and Jacob's fear of leaving the land of Israel. Then, Yishai and Malkah team up to talk about the Elor Azaria verdict, where an IDF soldier was put on trial for shooting dead a downed terrorist. Finally, Yishai's comments on the BBC about the IDF, Jihad, and the rights of Jews in Judea and Samaria.

Analysis / Media

BBC Amplifies UN Criticism of Israeli PM Without Providing Relevant Context

By Hadar Sela

As ever, the BBC compromises its own impartiality by failing to inform its audiences of the existence of alternative opinions on that particular issue of ‘international law’.

Analysis

BBC News omissions in Coverage of Gaza UN Worker Conscripted by Hamas

By Hadar Sela

The BBC has in the past frequently and enthusiastically promoted UN politicized messaging on the topic of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip while concurrently ignoring the flaws in the UN’s system.

This Ongoing War

Who Says the BBC Never Calls Terror 'Terror'?

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Rule of thumb: It almost never suits BBC editors to use the word terror when describing any act of savagery, no matter how transparently jihadist in nature, when such acts are directed at Israelis.

CIFWatch

What Word will be Missing from BBC Report on Sentencing of Hamas Terrorists?

By Hadar Sela

Despite the BBC reporting the sentencing of Hamas terrorists convicted for murdering 2 Israelis in a planned terror attack, the words 'terror, terrorist or terrorism' do not appear once in the report

Terrorism / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Police and Crime / Elections / News Briefs

Analysis: Trump Giving Israel a Bad Name with 'Profiling' Comment

By JNi.Media

If Israel's security forces had used this yardstick in their approach to predictive profiling it would have choked not just its international airports, but traffic on the streets in many cities, too.

Analysis

Patchy and Selective BBC News Reporting of Gaza Border Incidents

By Hadar Sela

Using its standard ‘Israel says’ formula, the BBC gave misleading and unfair coverage to the recent Palestinian initiated confrontations.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Saed Erekat: Dead Terrorists Are 'Men Who Lost Hope'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Erekat, the chief "negotiator" for Abbas and the secretary general of the PLO, blames Israel for the murder of Jews by Arabs "who have lost hope."

Op-Eds

The Last of the Flotillas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The pathetic failure of the Marianne to reach Gaza is the best thing that has happened to Israel since Hamas mis-fired a rocket on its own civilians.

News Briefs / Media / Holocaust

BBC’s Holocaust Tweet Shocker

By Honest Reporting

BBC: "Our one big question this morning: Is the time coming to lay the Holocaust to rest?"

This Ongoing War

Michelle Obama's 'Nigerian Girls' Speech and What it Misses

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Mrs. Obama, our daughter's murder by another Islamist terror group - Hamas - was also unconscionable.

Confronting Antisemitism and Israel Hatred in the UK

How to Get on BBC's Question Time (Panel Member or Audience)

By Edgar Davidson

One lone audience members dared to ask why give massive support to Syrians with millions suffering hardship in the UK.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Bibi Warns Iranians on Persian BBC, ‘Nukes Will Make You Slaves’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu takes his media blitz as close as possible to Iran, speaking on BBC’s Persian channel. “You are slaves, and we are not suckers,” he said. He threw in a couple of words in Persian for good measure.

Israel / News Briefs / Media / Egypt

BBC Claimed Egyptian Yom Kippur War Was ‘Pre-Emptive Arab Attack’

By JTA

No Arab in his right mind could claim Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War as a pre-emptive” attack, but leave it to the BBC to come up with the unbelievable idea and believe it could get away with it.

News Briefs

Roger Waters Open Letter Calls on Musicians to Boycott Israel

By JTA

British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel. “I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and Roll, to ask you to join with me, and thousands of other artists around the world, to declare a cultural boycott on […]

Antisemitism / Europe / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology

BBC Yanked Israeli Film on Jewish Exodus from Jerusalem (video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BBC strikes again. Known for its bias against Israel, it said that a documentary claiming that man “Palestinians” of today actually are descendants of Jews did “not fit editorially.” How true.

CIFWatch

Does the BBC's New Editor's Jewishness Matter?

By Adam Levick

The Guardian's report noted that "Harding, who is Jewish, will also have to leave behind the pro-Israeli line of the Times."

Op-Eds

Of Course Hamas Killed the Baby

By Alan M. Dershowitz

Hamas wants Palestinians civilians, especially babies, to be killed precisely so that they can display the kind of photographs that were shown around the world.

CIFWatch

How the British Media Covered Omar Misharawi’s Death

By Adam Levick

The damage done by the now iconic image of Misharawi clutching his slain child can not be ameliorated by even the clearest retractions.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN: Hamas Violated International Law, Killed BBC Reporter's Son

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Rather than applying consistent and professional standards to fact-finding, the claims of are often the products of instant speculation.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Widow Confirms Arafat Pre-Planned 'Al-Aqsa Intifada'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"I am going to start an Intifada. They want me to betray the Palestinian cause. They want me to give up on our principles, and I will not do so."

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Roundup of Middle East News from Around the World

By Moshe Herman

Yishai presents audio from the BBC describing the influx of Iranian immigrants to Los Angeles.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

The Struggle Between Secular and Ultra-Orthodox Israelis

By Moshe Herman

Yishai presents audio from the BBC about the coming together of the ultra-orthodox and secular worlds.  This piece presents an overall very unbiased view of the situation and is a very interesting listen.  Don’t miss it!

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

The Future of America in the Middle East

By Moshe Herman

Yishai presents a recent broadcast from the BBC about how the United States fits into the Middle East and also how the upcoming American elections can affect Middle Eastern policy, especially in regards to Israel.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Circumcision in Germany, An Update

By Moshe Herman

Yishai presents a fascinating audio piece from the BBC about the issue of the legality of circumcision in Germany.  Be sure to tune in to stay informed!

CIFWatch

The Launch of BBC Watch

By Adam Levick

Fans of this blog have often asked why we do not monitor British media institutions other than the Guardian for anti-Israel bias – a query to which we have not had an answer. Until now. Recognizing the importance of the BBC in shaping world-wide opinion, a new site, BBC Watch, has been launched which will monitor BBC coverage of Israel and the Middle East.

Op-Eds

From the Left or Right, Totalitarianism Must Not Be Excused

By Douglas Murray

British Communist Eric Hobsbawm spent his career whitewashing, minimizing, excusing and stooging for some of the worst crimes in human history. Yet in his life and now in his death his devotion to totalitarianism has been excused and praised.

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Police Clash with Protesters Outside Tehran's Central Bank (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian police has used tear gas against demonstrators who burned tires and garbage cans on Wednesday. Many were arrested.

News Briefs / Olympics 2012

Syrian 400m Hurdler Disqualified after Failing Drug Test

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syria's Olympic 400m hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad has been disqualified from the Olympics after testing positive for methylhexaneamine, according to the BBC. Almouhamad, 23, finished eighth in the second heat of the first round of the event on 5 August. Although intended to be used as a nasal decongestant, methylhexaneamine has been marketed as a dietary […]

Analysis

The Olympic Story that Wasn't News

By Paula R. Stern

If you buy into the concept that news is not news unless it is covered by the major media players, than I guess the fact that the Lebanese judo team refused to practice next to the Israeli team until the Olympic organizers erected barriers to divide the room and place the Israelis out of sight...wasn't news.

News Briefs / Olympics 2012

International Olympic Committee to BBC: Fix Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

The International Olympic Committee has contacted the management of the BBC on Monday, and requested that they correct their listing of Jerusalem to say, Jerusalem - Capital of Israel. This came at the request of Alex Giladi, the Israeli representative on the Olympic Committee.   In a response to an official complaint written by Mark […]

News Briefs

Too Little, Too Late: Parliament Grills BBC Chief on Belittling Fogel Murders

By JTA

The British Broadcasting Corporation “got it wrong” in its reporting of the massacre of the Fogel family by Palestinians in the West Bank village of Itamar, the broadcaster's outgoing director-general said at a parliamentary committee hearing. In March 2011, Arabs entered the Fogels’ home and murdered Udi, 36, Ruth, 35, and their children, Yoav, 11, […]

News Briefs

Anti-Israel Scottish Student Loses Appeal of Racism Conviction

By JTA

A university student in Scotland lost his appeal of a racism conviction for insulting a fellow student's Israeli flag. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh turned down Paul Donnachie, 19, in a bid to have his conviction overturned. Donnachie had been sentenced last August to 150 hours of community […]

News Briefs

Northern Irish Schoolboy with Asperger Syndrome Suffered Anti-Semitic Abuse

By Jewish Press News Desk

Matthew Lough, a 14-year-old student at Carrickfergus College with Asperger syndrome, says he has suffered anti-Semitic abuse and was attacked physically following a History class on the Holocaust. According to Matthew's mother, Sharon Lough, told the Guardian that the boy revealed during the class that his maternal great-great-grandmother was Jewish. She says a group of […]

News Briefs

Egyptian Oil Pipeline in Sinai Blown Up... Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Once again, the Egyptian oil pipeline to Israel in the Sinai was blown up.

Parsha / Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

The Supernatural Miracle

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

In September 2010, BBC, Reuters and other news agencies reported on a sensational scientific discovery. Researchers at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado showed through computer simulation how the division of the Red Sea might have taken place.

Op-Eds

Treat News Manipulators As Journalists?

By Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Should Israel treat pro-Palestinian news manipulators as if they were serious journalists?

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter II

By Barbara Bensoussan

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