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The West ignores the massacre of Syria’s Druze – and libels Israel instead

This is a seismic moment. Civilisation is being tested by a culture of death. Israel is meeting the challenge and will survive. Britain is going down, firing at Israel as it does so

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Druze and Syria analyst for BBC called Zionism ‘pure evil’

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Head of BBC News Deborah Turness poses for photographs at the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque, marking the home of BBC executive Grace Wyndham Goldie, one of the only female executives at the BBC in the 1930s. (Image: Getty)

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The BBC’s mountainous ignorance, hidden behind a smug air of superiority

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The CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, was recorded defending the corporation's controversial documentary on Gaza, despite its own head of complaints ruling that the film violated accuracy rules (Image: Getty)

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Leaked recording shows BBC News CEO defending ‘inaccurate’ Gaza documentary

By Jamie Shapiro

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By David Hirsh

In the UK, antisemitism is now mainstream. Is it reversible?

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What kind of country has Britain become?

By The JC Leader

What kind of country has Britain become?

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Ofcom has announced an investigation into the BBC's Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone documentary (Image: Getty)

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Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

By Jacob Jaffa

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BBC Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official could return after investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules

The corporation said it remains ‘keen to tell the stories of those featured’ in the film, despite its chair calling the resulting row a ‘dagger to the heart’ of its reputation

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 14, 2025 11:47

The BBC has indicated that its controversial documentary about Gaza, which was found to be narrated by the son of a Hamas official, could return to the iPlayer in an edited form (Image: Getty)

BBC investigation finds ‘no breach’ of impartiality rules over Gaza documentary narrated by son of Hamas official

The probe found that the film violated guidelines on accuracy by failing to disclose the teen’s family links to terror, but that no other rules were broken

By Jacob Jaffa

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July 14, 2025 11:21

A report into the BBC's airing of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has found that the corporation did not breach its impartiality requirements (Image: Getty)

By Tanya Gold

Channel 4’s ‘Gaza: Doctors under attack’ is an assault on journalism

Billed as a ‘forensic investigation’, the documentary is a typical piece of activism journalism, filled with elusions and incomplete truths wrapped in the ponderous score of a horror film

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Tim Davie says sorry to Jewish community for airing ‘offensive and deplorable’ Glastonbury gig

‘High risk’ performances will no longer be streamed live on BBC following musician’s ‘death to IDF’ chant

By Jane Prinsley

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July 3, 2025 13:10

Bob Vylan performing at Glastonbury (L), and the offices of the BBC (R)

By The JC Leader

The anti-Israel BBC requires root-and-branch reform

This latest scandal is not a blunder. It is the result of a culture that treats the Jewish state as uniquely suspect

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Thousands protest the BBC's refusal to label Hamas as terrorists, outside Broadcasting House in October 2023 (Image: Getty Images)

Yes, actually, Glastonbury is the story

Every time Jews talk about the discrimination we face, we’re told it’s not a big deal

By Rosa Doherty

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July 1, 2025 19:28

By Stephen Daisley

Glastonbury errors prove the BBC should not be funded by the licence fee

Our national broadcaster is the articulator of a worldview in which Israel is a malefactor of unique depravity

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July 1, 2025 15:06

To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs at Glastonbury, leading a chat of "Death to the IDF' and ranting about 'working for a Zionist' (Photo: Getty Images)

Airing of ‘vile Jew-hate’ at Glastonbury was a moment of ‘national shame’, says Chief Rabbi

Sir Ephraim Mirvis condemns ‘outright incitement to violence and hatred’ at the festival

By Jane Prinsley

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July 1, 2025 13:10

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has warned "Toxic Jew-hatred is a threat to our entire society," following the BBC's broadcast of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

The door opened by October 7 directly led to Glastonbury platforming hate

The taboo around antisemitism that has existed since 1945, appears to be breaking down

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To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm in the village of Pilton in Somerset, south-west England, on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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The West ignores the massacre of Syria’s Druze – and libels Israel instead

Druze and Syria analyst for BBC called Zionism ‘pure evil’

The BBC’s mountainous ignorance, hidden behind a smug air of superiority

Leaked recording shows BBC News CEO defending ‘inaccurate’ Gaza documentary

In the UK, antisemitism is now mainstream. Is it reversible?

What kind of country has Britain become?

Ofcom open investigation into BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son

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