
BBC Branded ‘Institutionally Anti-Semitic’ by Former Attorney General
The BBC has been labelled “institutionally anti-Semitic” over perceived bias in its coverage of the Israel–Hamas war. In a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday about the BBC’s impartiality, former Attorney General Sir Michael Ellis said the public broadcaster is “effectively becoming complicit in Hamas’s well-orchestrated disinformation campaign.” Since the war broke out in October last year, foreign journalists have relied heavily on local freelancers and information provided by Israeli officials and the Hamas terrorist group since they can’t get into the Gaza Strip without military escort. The BBC has been criticised heavily for refusing to directly call Hamas a terrorist group, and over a number of reports that included unsubstantiated allegations against Israel, for which it has apologised....
