BBC in new partisan row after journalists ‘like’ posts CELEBRATING attacks on Israel
BEEB bosses faced a fresh row over bias yesterday after journalists ‘liked’ reports of attacks on Israel.
The trio all worked on a recent fact-checking unit report BBC Verify.
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It accused Israeli soldiers who beat and humiliated medics in a hospital in Gaza.
Yet campaigners found the trio ‘liked’ the celebration videos attacks on Israelwhile someone described the country as a “terrorist apartheid state”.
And three other locals named as sources in last week’s report had made or endorsed social media posts supporting “terrorists” and “celebrating” rocket attacks on Israelis.
Anti-Semitism campaigner David Collier, who exposed the reports, said yesterday: “It is time for the BBC to stop its toxic anti-Israel agenda and accept there is a problem.”
London-based BBC staffers Soha Ibrahim and Marie-Jose Al Azzi were two of the people behind the report.
Jewish Tory MP Andrew Percy called the BBC “institutionally Israelphobic”.
He said: “The fact that they are using reporters who appear to be openly hostile to Israel and possibly openly hostile to Jews again shows the problems the BBC has in reporting this conflict fairly.”
The BBC said: “We do not comment on individual personnel matters.
“If we identify violations, we will take appropriate action.”
The Eurovision party has been dissolved
A CINEMA has canceled its annual Eurovision party in protest against Israel’s participation in the competition.
The screening of the singing competition at Rio Cinema attracts hundreds of fans every year.
But the venue in Dalston, east London, has canceled its event due to Israel’s fight against Gaza.
It read: “We hope we can all be United By Music again soon.”
One fan said on X/Twitter: “You should support the hate crowd, not intimidate it.”
Eurovision organizer the European Broadcasting Union said: “Eurovision is a non-political event.”
May’s competition takes place in Sweden.