BBC ArabicUnmoderated BBC comment section flooded with ‘false flag’ claims on Hatzola reportThe corporation failed to remove hateful social media comments, despite telling JC last month it would take action following a similar issueBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
BBC ArabicBBC reporter who wanted Israel to be described as ‘settler-colonialist’ allowed to cover Lebanon warArabic service journalist Rami Ruyahem who wrote to bosses warning Corporation against ‘reinforcing Israeli propaganda’ faces accusations of biasBy Jane Prinsley2 min read
By Stephen DaisleyHow the BBC turned Palestinian adults into children – and erased Israeli kidsIt matters if the corporation’s Arabic service has an institutional hostility to the Jewish state. It does untold harm to popular attitudes and crucial debates in the global public square4 min read
Cambridge UniversityPush for Palestine Studies at Cambridge led by academic who celebrated the ‘heroism’ of the October 7 attackThe campaign is backed by the university’s chancellor and the former archbishop of CanterburyBy Jane Prinsley and Gabrielle Apfel3 min read
BBC ArabicBBC Arabic ‘double standards’ in using different ages to define Jewish and Palestinian childrenCorporation corrects claim that 21 Palestinian male prisoners were minors – despite most being over 18By Jane Prinsley3 min read
BBC ArabicIsraelis called occupiers and ‘human fragments’ on BBCCorporation accused of ‘marking its homework’ after rejecting complaint over incendiary Arabic service remarksBy Jane Prinsley3 min read
By The JC LeaderThe BBC will fail its final test if it marks its own homeworkBBC Arabic should be a jewel in the corporation’s crown, but it has too often become a platform for extremism and antisemitism1 min read
Five of the rulings in favour of BBC Arabic on complaints since October 7Five examples of the Editorial Complaints Unit rejecting accusations of bias at BBC ArabicBy Jane Prinsley4 min read||February 18, 2026 12:40
BBC Arabic fails to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day for first time in five yearsArabic-language service accused of ‘systemic failure in covering Jewish affairs’By Jane Prinsley2 min read||February 2, 2026 15:02
Contributors who glorified killing of Israelis and Jews were allowed on BBC Arabic, head of news admitsThe BBC failed to adequately scrutinise guests’ social media history, the corporation’s head of news has saidBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||January 9, 2026 14:16
