War in the West Bank

BBC bias: BBC News continues to fuel the idea that Jews kill children.

BBC bias: BBC News deletes Basil’s body from the photo of the IED on the ground, so that the viewer cannot see its position relative to the body.

BBC bias: “BBC Investigative” fails to investigate what happened to the phone it claimed Basil might have been holding.

BBC bias: BBC News calls it a “war”, but claims that the laws of war (or armed conflict) do not apply.

BBC bias: BBC News presents a history of the West Bank which erases Jewish history, failing to mention that Jews lawfully lived there continuously for almost 1.000 years, before the Great Ethnic Cleansing of 1948.

BBC bias: BBC News presents a background explainer on the West Bank which omits the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank in 1948.

BBC bias: BBC News conceals racism by deliberately mistranslating “Yahud” (Jews) as “Israelis”.

BBC bias: BBC News represents Chuck Schumer as calling Benjamin Netanyahu the “obstacle to peace” without mentioning that Schumer spoke repeatedly of four obstacles to peace, including Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas.

BBC bias: BBC News fails to mentions that the Masafer Yatta Palestinians depicted were living there illegally, according to the Israeli Supreme Court.

Question: Why is this tucked away on BBC 3? Is it because the other BBC channels refused to handle it?

this evening (thursday 2nd), 9.00-10.00pm (repeated 1.00am, and 1.55am monday), on bbc 3 tv 

the other war (narrated and produced by isobel yeung, investigated written filmed and directed by joshua baker) 

“Isobel Yeung and a team of BBC Investigative journalists navigate gun battles, combat raids, and secretive meetings, as they conduct an investigation deep inside the occupied West Bank.

What they find raises serious questions about the conduct of the Israeli military, and uncovers a dangerous situation that is on the brink of exploding.”

icnluding interviews with …

• illegal settler shem-tov louski

• yair golan, former mk

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw07wgrwzywo and https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/8/playing-with-friends-shot-dead-by-israel-a-jenin-boys-final-moments)

T: Gaza 1/4/2024

this morning (monday 1st), 6.10am, 7.01-7.03am, 7.32-7.41am, 8.02-8.03am, and 8.50-8.55am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says Israeli troops have withdrawn tanks and other vehicles from the territory’s main hospital, Al-Shifa, which has been under siege for two weeks. 

Israel had previously said it was conducting precise operations against Hamas, and Islamic Jihad had fighters there.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• protester katya

• rabbi yehuda glick

• ohad tal mk

• senator chuck schumer

• brig gen david agmon

• georgios petropoulos, unocha 

Nd: Gaza 1/4/2024

this morning (monday 1st), 5.23-5.24am (repeated 7.10am), 6.17-6.23am, 6.31am, and 7.33-7.40am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and joe inwood) includes …

“Sunday saw a huge anti-government rally in Jerusalem, demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steps down.

Meanwhile, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Cairo.”

including contributions from …

• analyst mathieu droin

• analyst hasan alhasan

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• protester katya

• rabbi yehuda glick

• ohad tal mk

• senator chuck schumer

• brig gen david agmon

Nh/OS: Gaza 15/3/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter James Menendez highlights Chuck Schumer calling Benjamin Netanyahu “an obstacle to peace” without mentioning that Schumer spoke repeatedly of four obstacles to peace, including Mahmoud Abbas.

yesterday afternoon (friday 15th), 2.36-2.49pm, 4.57-4.58pm, 5.31pm, 5.45-5.47pm, and 9.20-9.24pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez and julian marshall) and bbc os (presented by lukwesa burak) include …

“Chuck Schumer is the Senate majority leader, one of the most senior politicians in the United States.

He’s a Democrat, he’s also America’s highest-ranking Jewish politician.

And he’s been a staunch ally of Israel for decades.

Which is why, when he criticised the Israeli government, and in particular the leadership of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his words matter.

On Thursday, he said the US shouldn’t continue to support a leadership that rejected the two-state solution, that Mr Netanyahu was an obstacle to peace, and he called for fresh elections.”

including contributions from …

• senator chuck schumer

• boaz bismuth mk

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• sanctioned settler yinon levy

• fares samamri, zanuta

• zvi sukkot mk

• activist yehuda shaul

• shaina oppenheimer, bbc monitoring 

• bbc reporter mark lowen

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-senator-chuck-schumers-speech-israeli-elections-are-the-only-way/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/biden-hails-good-speech-by-schumer-criticizing-netanyahu-says-many-americans-agree/)

T/W@1: Gaza 15/3/2024

yesterday morning (friday 15th), 7.02-7.03am, 8.03-8.04am, 1.03-1.05pm, and 1.18-1.31pm, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by justin webb and simon jack) and world at one (presented by edward stourton) include …

“The Israeli miltary has denied that its forces opened fire on crowds waiting for aid lorries in Gaza city, calling the accusation a smear campaign … they said Palestinian gunmen were responsible for the attack.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter anna foster

• bbc reporter mark lowen 

• analyst ibrahim dalalsha

• oliver mcternan, forward thinking 

Nn: Gaza 14/3/2024

yesterday evening (thursday 14th), 10.47-10.59pm, on bbc 2 tv

newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire with mark urban), includes …

“Leading US Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer calls for elections in Israel.”

including contributions from …

• national security advisor jake sullivan

• senator chuck schumer

• benjamin netanyahu

• activist alison griffin

• us diplomat gina abercrombie-winstanley

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-senator-chuck-schumers-speech-israeli-elections-are-the-only-way/)

6ocn/Twt: Gaza 14/3/2024

yesterday evening (thursday 14th), 6.06-6.08pm and 10.07-10.19pm, on bbc radio 4 

six o’clock news and the world tonight (presented by nuala mcgovern) include …

“Tower Hamlets council in East London is to remove all Palestinian flags from its property.”

“Leading US Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer calls for elections in Israel.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter frances read

• tower hamlets councillor peter golds

• tower hamlets councillor ajmal masra

• us special envoy frank lowenstein 

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• sanctioned settler yinon levy

• fares samamri, zanuta

• zvi sukkot mk

• activist yehuda shaul

Nh/OS: Gaza 14/3/2024

this afternoon (thurday 14th), 2.36-2.48pm, 4.31pm, 5.20-5.25pm, 5.18-5.22pm, 9.06-9.19pm, and 9.44-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez and tim franks) and bbc os (presented by luke jones) include …

“Israel says if they launch a grand offensive on the southern city of Rafah, displaced Palestinians will be moved to what they’re calling humanitarian islands in the middle of the Gaza strip”

including contributions from …

• released kidnapped itay regev 19

• bbc reporter anna foster 

• peace coordinator jamie mcgoldrick

• bbc reporter mark lowen

• senator chuck schumer

• journalist ghada ouda

• analyst eyal ben-ari

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• sanctioned settler yinon levy

• fares samamri, zanuta

• zvi sukkot mk

• activist yehuda shaul

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-maintains-idf-will-enter-rafah-despite-international-pressure/)