As we have previously documented, the BBC self-conscripted to a PR campaign against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) even before that organization began its operations in the Gaza Strip in late May.
It therefore did not come as much of a surprise to find the BBC News website (and individual BBC journalists) promoting a filmed report by Jeremy Bowen titled “‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza, former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC” on July 26th.
The synopsis to Bowen’s filmed report reads as follows: [emphasis added]
“A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
“I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians,” Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.
He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of “brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population.”
Within hours of the appearance of Bowen’s report on the BBC News website, the GHF clarified that Aguilar had not “resigned” but that his contract had in fact been terminated. The BBC News website did not however amend its claim. On July 28th the Jerusalem Post reported the IDF’s rejection of Aguilar’s allegations, noting that:
“The US-backed organization [GHF] said that Aguilar was terminated for misconduct over a month ago, and said that they had ‘seen written...
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