PM/6ocn: Gaza 30/10/2023

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents historical explainers which distort Palestinian history by continually referring to “Palestinians” when no Arabs used that name.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents historical explainers which fail  to mention that in the 1920s 1930s and 1940s the Arabs in Palestine did not want a separate state in Palestine.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1947-1948 part mentions the flight of “Palestinians” but fails to mention the Great Ethnic Cleansing of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the Arabs.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1947-1948 part fails to mention that most “Palestinians” left in order to assist the Great Ethnic Cleansing by the Arab armies and despite Israel urging them to stay.

yesterday afternoon (monday 30th), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.18pm, 5.31-5.41pm, 5.44-5.46pm, and 6.00-6.14pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Rishi Sunak has sacked a ministerial aide who called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The home secretary Suella Braverman has condemned pro-Palestinian rallies as ‘hate marches’.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter mark urban

• bbc reporter barbara plett usher

• historian james barr 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter james landale

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• lawyer and diplomat david scheffer 

• suella braverman mp 

• bbc reporter steve rosenberg