BBCLisa Nandy admits ‘failings’ of BBC Arabic news service, but rejects accusations of institutional biasThe Culture Secretary addressed the House of Commons in the wake of Tim Davie’s and Deborah Turness’s resignationsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Maccabi Tel AvivRevealed: Anti-Israel views of ‘safety’ committee members who banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fansLabour’s Waseem Zaffar and Lib Dem Mumtaz Hussain both favoured excluding the Israeli team altogetherBy Lorin Bell-Cross5 min read
Lisa NandyCulture secretary suggests pro-Gaza MP is ‘behaving in a way that is antisemitic’ over Maccabi fan banLisa Nandy slammed MPs who suggested that all of the club’s fans, who have been banned from attending an upcoming match against Aston Villa, were hooligansBy Lorin Bell-Cross4 min read
Lisa NandyCulture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans crackdown on extremist preachersGovernment reportedly concerned that Islamists are exploiting their positions in charities to spread extremismBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Glastonbury FestivalLisa Nandy: ‘Death to the IDF’ chants are a call for the death of ‘every single Israeli Jew’The culture secretary also said that ‘violence, hate speech or antisemitism’ was not artBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
JW3Culture Secretary praises JW3’s ‘fantastic contribution’ to UK lifeLisa Nandy MP also met heads of other Jewish organisationsBy George Lomas1 min read
Pro-Gaza independent MPsPro-Gaza MP suggests BBC documentary backlash is an example of ‘collective punishment’Another member of the Independent Alliance of MPs used the occasion to claim that the corporation’s coverage was actually biased in favour of IsraelBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
BBC accused of ‘whitewashing Gazan antisemitism’ over translations in dropped documentaryThe film edited out references to ‘Jews’ and ‘Jihad’ when translating interviews from Arabic, according to criticsBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||February 26, 2025 13:02
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 documentaryBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||February 24, 2025 12:07
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy ‘shocked’ after hearing evidence of antisemitism in the artsLisa Nandy met a delegation including Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rachel Riley and other Jewish cultural figuresBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read||December 20, 2024 12:19
