The reporters of the BBCbased in the United Kingdom, criticized her organization for creating a “pro-Israel bias and inadequate coverage of Palestinian civilians compared to Israelis in his broadcasts on the Israel-Palestine issue,” Al Jazeera reported.
“The BBC has failed to critically engage with Israel’s claims, it has failed to tell the story accurately and therefore it has failed to help the public understand human rights abuses in Gaza,” said a letter from eight BBC employees. BBC.
In the text, the journalists accused the broadcaster of having a biased stance in favor of Israel.
They argued that while the BBC had taken a “bold” approach to reporting on alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, it had applied “double standards” to its perceptions of civilians on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.
In addition, they asked when the number of Palestinians killed since October 7 would be high enough to prompt a change in editorial stance.
In the letter, BBC reporters said the organization used terms such as “massacre” and “brutality” only to refer to Hamas, portraying the group as the sole provocateur and perpetrator of violence in the region.
The letter calls on the media to better reflect the evidence-based findings of official, impartial humanitarian organizations and to provide equal treatment to all civilians in its reporting.
BBC staff also called on their organization to ensure that reporting on equal treatment of all civilians is at the heart of its news, and expressed concern that humanitarian programming for Palestinian civilians was lacking, while Israelis who lost their lives were widely reported became attacks.
The letter also noted that the BBC had failed to provide its viewers with meaningful information about the history of Israeli occupation and the suffering of Palestinians.
The BBC denies the allegations.
“Throughout our coverage of the conflict, the BBC has clearly highlighted the devastating human cost to civilians in Gaza and Israel,” a spokesperson for the broadcaster said in response to the Al Jazeera report.
The speaker sent examples of BBC programs related to the war and a list of human stories about the suffering of the Palestinians.