"Her lack of partiality on the Israel-Palestine conflict has long been a matter of concern and it is questionable why the BBC would even use her for this sensitive assignment.
"As we approach Holocaust Memorial Day, the Jewish community is within its rights to expect an apology.”
The report also caused widespread anger on Twitter. Historian Simon Sebag-Montofiere called it "truly foul - managing to be both shamefully amoral and historically inaccurate, utterly cynical and complacently self-righteous all the same time".
Literary agent Jonny Geller called it "dishonest, damaging and obscene".
A BBC spokesperson said: "The brief reference in our Holocaust report to Israel's position today did not imply any comparison between the two and nor would we want one to be drawn from our coverage."
