BBC Arabic chose to “minimize Israeli suffering” in its reporting of the war against Hamas in order to present it as the aggressor, a new whistleblower report has revealed.
The 19-page report – so far seen exclusively by the Daily Telegraph – was written by former independent adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee (EGSC), Michael Prescott. He was reportedly spurred to action due to his disgust at the BBC’s bias and inaction (despite high-ranking executives being aware). The report was sent to the BBC’s Board.
Prescott claimed that BBC Arabic gave a platform to journalists who made antisemitic comments and provided multiple examples, including one man who said Jews should be burned “as Hitler did,” who appeared as a guest on BBC Arabic 244 times in a year and a half. Another, who said Jews are “devils,” appeared 522 times during the same time period.
Prescott’s report also said there was “critically different treatment” between the main BBC news website and BBC Arabic of the rocket attack on Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights in July 2024, when nine Druze children were killed. The English-language BBC included Hezbollah’s denial of the strike, but also evidence that the terror group had bombed other sites in the vicinity. BBC Arabic, however, mentioned neither other strikes nor the children’s deaths. The next day, it published claims that Israel faked the attack.
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