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BBC defends Jeremy Bowen over Netanyahu tweet

March 6, 2015 13:40

ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

1 min read

The BBC has defended a tweet sent by Jeremy Bowen during Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress on Tuesday.

Mr Bowen tweeted after the Israeli prime minister mentioned Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who was present.

Mr Bowen wrote “once again Netanyahu plays the holocaust card”.

The broadcaster received 19 complaints, with some suggesting that the comment was antisemitic.