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Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

Demontrators carried placards accusing the broadcaster of being the spokeperson for ‘terrorists’

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

The rally outside the BBC's London headquarters was organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (Photo: CAA)

Pro Palestine students and protesters demonstrate outside the London School of Economics in 2024. Next month, LSE's Middle East Centre will host a launch event for a book called "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters". (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Universities

LSE to host launch of book about ‘viciously maligned’ Hamas

By Eliana Jordan

4 min read

An agreement to complete Phase One of the ceasefire has reportedly been reached between Israel and Hamas (Image: Getty)

Israel Briefing

Israel Briefing Day 509: Ceasefire crisis resolved - Phase 1 to be completed

By Nathan Jeffay

3 min read

Comedian Nidal Badarny was arrested after making jokes about the recent Hamas hostage releases (Facebook/NidalBadarny)

Hostages

Arab-Israeli comedian arrested following jokes about hostage releases

By David Isaac

2 min read

Adi Jegna said she felt like a 'messenger from God' after helping to avert the attempted Tel Aviv bus bombings (Image: JNS)

Terrorism

‘I felt that I was the messenger from God’ – the commuter who stopped the Tel Aviv bus bombings

By Etgar Lefkovits

2 min read

Israel Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin has sacked its match announcer after he gave a controversial interview on a Hamas-run TV station (Image: Flash90)

Football

Israel Premier League match announcer reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Hamas

Senior Hamas official says he wouldn’t have backed October 7 if he had known the consequences

By Ellie Grant

2 min read

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Family of hostages forced to watch release ceremony share their heartbreak

Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evytar David were taken to watch the release of hostages from the sidelines

By Amelie Botbol

4 min read

February 25, 2025 10:39

Family of hostages forced to watch release ceremony share their heartbreak

Thousands expected to pay respects to Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas along funeral procession route

The two Bibas children and their mother will be buried in a private ceremony tomorrow

By JC Reporter

1 min read

February 25, 2025 10:29

The UK Foreign Office has called on Hamas to immediately return Shiri Bibas to Israel (Image: Flash90)

By Claudia Mendoza

How could Hamas parade the coffins of the Bibas brothers without universal outrage?

The media shares responsibility for society’s moral failure to condemn Hamas

2 min read

February 24, 2025 16:44

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel (Picture: Flash90)

Kemi Badenoch calls for investigation into ‘systemic BBC bias against Israel’

The Tory leader also demanded to know whether taxpayers’ money was given to Hamas in connection with a recent controversial documentary

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

February 24, 2025 12:07

Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch has called for an investigation into 'systemic bias' against Israel at the BBC (Image: Getty)

Bibas family to hold private funeral for slain hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir

Eulogies at the ceremony near Kibbutz Nir Oz may be livestreamed after the family became a symbol of hostage suffering

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 24, 2025 11:06

Fatah will ‘integrate’ freed Palestinian prisoners into ‘national frameworks’

The party, which controls the Palestinian Authority, is reportedly being lined up to govern Gaza as part of the unfolding ceasefire deal.

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 24, 2025 10:43

Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party has pledged to 'integrate' freed Palestinian prisoners into its 'national frameworks' (Image: Getty)

Hostages starved, chained and kept in darkness say families

Some of the returned hostages are unresponsive according to their relatives

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 23, 2025 11:18

Six hostages are set to be released on Saturday (top L-R) Omer Shem-Tov, Omer Wenkert, Tal Shoham (bottom L-R) Eliya Cohen, Hisham al-Sayed, Avera Mengistu

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

An insider told the JC that the corporation’s reporting raises ‘serious questions’ that need to be addressed.

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

February 21, 2025 18:31

BBC correspondent Paul Adams has been criticised for his social media posts and a recent report on the release of slain Israeli hostages (Photo: BBC)

Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

Shiri’s two sons, Ariel and Kfir, have been identified among the dead, with Israeli officials saying they were murdered by Hamas terrorists using their ‘bare hands’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

February 21, 2025 17:24

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Hamas

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

LSE to host launch of book about ‘viciously maligned’ Hamas

Israel Briefing Day 509: Ceasefire crisis resolved - Phase 1 to be completed

Arab-Israeli comedian arrested following jokes about hostage releases

‘I felt that I was the messenger from God’ – the commuter who stopped the Tel Aviv bus bombings

Israel Premier League match announcer reportedly arrested after he called Hamas ‘humane’

Senior Hamas official says he wouldn’t have backed October 7 if he had known the consequences

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