86 Percent of British Jews Not Satisfied With BBC Coverage of Israel-Hamas Conflict

Published on December 18, 2023

Polling by the organisation, Campaign Against Antisemitism, suggests 86 percent of Jews in Britain either “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” when asked if they were satisfied with the BBC’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas crisis. The Campaign Against Antisemitism, quoted in The Times, said there had been several incidents which confirmed a widespread view among British Jews that the BBC was, “a biased broadcaster that fails to live up to its duty of impartiality when it comes to reporting on the Jewish state.” The Campaign said: “The corporation’s failure to call Hamas ‘terrorists,’ its prejudiced misreporting of the hospital blast and Jeremy Bowen’s errors and shameless remorselessness are just a selection of the controversies in which the BBC has been embroiled over the past two months.”...