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UK police arrest suspect amid wave of anti-Jewish attacks

Man arrested on suspicion of terrorism after a series of attacks targeting London’s Jewish community, including arson incidents and assaults on synagogues and emergency vehicles.

BBC interviews Chabad author as book becomes national bestseller

“Letters for Life," exploring the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s guidance on emotional wellbeing, entered Argentina’s top 10 bestseller list, gaining traction in stores nationwide and drawing attention from global media, including a BBC interview with the author.

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The BBC question that angered the Israeli ambassador

The BBC interviewer questioned why Israel attacked in Iran without proving an imminent threat. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter responded: 'Who did we need to prove it to? You?'

Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against BBC set for trial in 2027

US judge rules that President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over the editing of his January 6, 2021 speech will proceed to trial in 2027.

The BBC’s crisis isn’t bias, it’s cowardice

Holocaust erasure, cultural capture, and the slow collapse of institutions that no longer believe they should lead. Opinion.

Former hostage Sasha Troufanov describes torture, harassment

Former hostage Sasha Troufanov, held 498 days in Gaza, warns in interview with BBC that rebuilding Gaza won't prevent future attacks: “The terrorists told me 'we will do this again and again.'"

BBC apologizes for omitting Jews from Holocaust Day coverage

BBC apologizes after its Holocaust Memorial Day coverage failed to mention the six million victims were Jews, with critics calling the omission "Holocaust distortion" and "hurtful."

Anti-Israel protesters enter BBC Scotland HQ

Activists enter BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay reception, chanting and displaying banners accusing the broadcaster of biased coverage of Gaza.

BBC apologizes after show omits mention of Jews

The BBC apologizes after a Repair Shop episode on the Kindertransport failed to mention Jews, prompting backlash.

BBC to compensate family who survived Hamas massacre

BBC to compensate Horenstein family from Netiv Ha'asara after photographer trespassed on their property following the October 7 massacre.

After admitting errors

BBC to review Middle East coverage

The BBC announced a full review after acknowledging reporting errors and bias complaints linked to its coverage of Israel during the Gaza war.

BBC article accused of whitewashing Second Intifada violence

UK Jewish groups accuse BBC of downplaying terror attacks against Israelis during Intifada, omitting scale of violence that claimed more than 1,000 Israeli lives, prompting sharp condemnation even after a later correction.

Trump sues BBC over doctored speech

President Trump sues BBC for $5 billion after a Panorama broadcast doctored his January 6, 2021 speech.

Amid criticism

BBC orders staff to complete antisemitism training

BBC launches compulsory antisemitism training after Jewish staff accused the broadcaster of bias. The Board of Deputies welcomes the move, but critics demand accountability and warn trust remains at risk.

BBC Chairman refuses to quit amid Trump speech edit scandal

BBC Chairman Samir Shah tells MPs he will not resign over the Panorama Trump edit scandal, apologizing for mistakes but vowing to “fix it.”

'They cheated'

Trump vows to sue BBC for $5B over edited speech

Trump vows to sue the BBC for up to $5B over a misleading edit of his Jan. 6 speech. The BBC apologized but denied defamation.

Rejects compensation

BBC apologizes to Trump over edited clip

BBC apologizes to President Trump for misleading Panorama edit of his January 6, 2021 speech, but rejects $1B compensation demand.

Starmer: BBC should 'get their house in order'

British PM Keir Starmer urges BBC to correct their mistakes after Trump threatens to sue the broadcaster for $1B over a misleading speech edit.

Trump:

'I have an obligation to sue the BBC'

President Trump says he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC after it misrepresented his Jan. 6 speech. BBC leaders resigned amid backlash over edits that omitted his call for demonstrators to “act peacefully.”

The BBC:

The Biased Broadcasting Corporation

The key point is that though supporters of the BBC speak of “mistakes”, these cases of falsification are not random errors. There are too many of them and they take too many form, crucially, in the BBC’s shockingly biased coverage of Israel, Opinion.

Rabbis call for BBC to 'clean house' after network leaders resign

Coalition for Jewish Values UK call on the BBC to address pervasive bias after BBC Director General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness were both forced to resign.

Will Trump sue the BBC for $1 billion?

Reports from the US state that President Trump threatened to sue BBC for $1 billion after it edited a video of him making it look like he supported the Jan. 6 riots.

Trump threatens legal action against BBC over edited video

The BBC stated that it has received a letter from President Trump threatening legal action over the misleading editing of a video of a speech he gave on January 6, 2021.

Trump:

'BBC doctoring of Jan. 6 Speech a threat to democracy'

US President Trump condemns the BBC after top execs resigned over editing his Jan. 6 speech: “Very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election.”

Israel responds:

'BBC resignations reveal longstanding anti-Israel media bias'

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says BBC resignations expose deep bias and disinformation, calling for accountability and an end to media narratives that fuel antisemitism and amplify Hamas propaganda.

Following media uproar: BBC CEO and Director resign

Tim Davie, and the corporation’s Head of News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, announced their resignations on Sunday evening, following mounting criticism over the editing of a video of Donald Trump.

The lie Is over

The Prescott Report proves what we’ve always known - and I’m done hiding from your myths. Opinion.

Bob Vylan frontman claims:

'BBC staff called my anti-IDF chant fantastic'

Bob Vylan frontman says BBC staff praised his Glastonbury set calling for death to IDF soldiers. BBC apologized for the chant and called it “unacceptable” after.

The Gift of Exposure:

What happens when hate stops hiding

We can’t fight what we refuse to see. Now, at least, we can see it clearly. They told us it was about peace. They told us it was about Palestine. Now they say it out loud - and finally, the world can hear what we’ve known all along. Opinion.

Regulator: BBC committed 'serious breach' with Gaza documentary

Failure to disclose Hamas leader's ties to Gaza documentary robbed viewers of critical information, British regular Ofcom says.

BBC apologizes for calling October 7 Massacre an 'escalation'

BBC faces renewed criticism after internal email marks two years since the October 7 massacre with wording many say minimized Hamas atrocities and reflected bias.

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Hamas Gaza leader opposes Trump peace plan

Izz ad-Din al-Haddad believes the 21-point plan is designed to end the rule of Hamas in Gaza and therefore the fighting must continue, the BBC reports.

Huckabee

'Disastrous consequences' from countries recognizing Palestine

US Ambassador to Israel tells BBC the unilateral recognition of Palestine caused Hamas to stop negotiating the release of the hostages and violated the Oslo Accords.

Huckabee mocks BBC:

'Retraction? As likely as ice cream in hell'

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee mocks the BBC after it implied Israel starved a Gazan woman who, in fact, died of leukemia. Sharing journalist Melanie Phillips’ critique, he quips the BBC would apologize “the same day a Baskin Robbins opens in hell.”

Debunked:

COGAT fact-checks British media on malnutrion claims

The IDF has published a rebuttal of claims in British media that a Palestinian woman allowed to leave Gaza for medical treatment had died of malnutrition.

BBC Head of News insists Hamas political wing not a terror group

Deborah Turness told staff there is a distinction between Hamas's civilian government and military wing, drawing criticism amid ongoing fallout over Gaza documentary.

BBC apologizes for bias against Israel - again

BBC admitted a journalistic failure in its investigation into the lives of children in Gaza.

Senior Hamas official:

'We lost control over 80% of Gaza'

Senior Hamas official admits that nearly all of the terrorist group's leadership has been wiped out in the war, with Gaza descending into chaos as armed clans seize control and Hamas loses its ability to govern.

After anti-IDF chant

BBC bans 'high risk' live shows

The BBC announces it will no longer stream "high risk" music acts live after punk-rap duo Bob Vylan chanted “death to the IDF” during a live broadcast from Glastonbury.

Slams 'settler violence'

UK minister condemns anti-IDF chants

UK Health Secretary condemns the "death to the IDF" chants at Glastonbury as "appalling", says the BBC and Glastonbury have "questions to answer".

Deputy FM:

'Anyone else and BBC would have pulled the plug - but not Jews'

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told GB News that the BBC had intentionally allowed musician Bob Vylan to broadcast shouts of 'Death to the IDF' at his recent Glastonbury concert.

BBC News and the Israel-Iran war

Those unsympathetic towards Israel throughout the conflict with Hamas terrorists, were unsure whether they could bring themselves to support Iran, fighting for their right to develop nuclear weapons in order to annihilate Israel. This would be a step too far even for the BBC. Opinion.

After White House criticism

BBC defends Gaza coverage

BBC strongly defends its Gaza war reporting following criticism from Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who cited its inaccuracies regarding an attack near a food distribution site.

President Trump's press secretary slams 'Fake News' BBC

'Unlike some in the media, we don't take the word of Hamas with total truth... I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same,' President Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt says.

'The Jackal Speaks'

BBC acquires Israeli documentary for global broadcast

Israeli-made documentary featuring prison interviews with Carlos the Jackal to be broadcast globally on BBC Storyville.

BBC cans Gaza reporter who called Jews 'devils' and 'sub-human'

BBC bans Gaza contributor Ahmed Alagha from its Arabic channel after he described Jews as "devils" and Israelis as "less than human" on social media.

Olmert lashes out:

'What Israel is doing in Gaza is very close to a war crime'

Former PM Olmert blasts Israel's Gaza operation on the BBC, calling it "very close to a war crime" and a war "without purpose."

Gary Lineker's BBC tenure ends after antisemitic 'rat' post

Gary Lineker to leave the BBC on Monday after 26 years, following an antisemitism controversy sparked by a shared social media post featuring a rat, coupled with his branding of Israel's response to the October 7 attacks as "beyond depraved."

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Tehran global hit squads targeting dissidents

Iranian regime accused of recruiting global crime syndicates to carry out assassinations and kidnappings in the West.

'Unreservedly sorry'

BBC host apologizes for sharing antisemitic post with rat graphic

BBC's Gary Lineker apologizes for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism featuring a rat, an antisemitic trope, claims he "would never knowingly share anything antisemitic."

Outrage:

BBC host shares anti-Zionist post with rat illustration

BBC host Gary Lineker deletes Instagram post featuring a rat emoji alongside an anti-Zionist video, after backlash from Jewish groups who call for his dismissal from the British broadcaster.

UK special forces face scrutiny after shocking war crime claims

Panorama investigation uncovers eyewitness claims of extrajudicial killings, cover-ups, and institutional complicity over more than a decade

BBC to review coverage of Gaza war after antisemitism controversy

The BBC corporation announced that it will review the way it covers the war in Gaza after it was revealed that some of the corporation's contributors expressed antisemitic views

Antisemitic posts by BBC Arabic freelancer exposed

Freelance reporter frequently featured on BBC Arabic found to have a history of violently antisemitic social media posts, raising serious concerns over BBC Arabic’s editorial standards.

For Holocaust Memorial Day:

Belsen and Auschwitz on the BBC

The images of the Warsaw Ghetto and Belsen in the two documentaries discussed below, and the stories of Ringelblum, Winer and Gradowski, are more powerful than any of the words of the film writers..

Hadash Party to screen Hamas-supporting film

After the BBC pulled the documentary 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone"' when it emerged that the narrator was the son of a Hamas leader, far-left Israeli political party plans to screen the film in Haifa.

Adviser reveals:

BBC Director General refused antisemitism training

UK Government’s adviser on anti-Jewish hatred says that Tim Davie, Director General of the BBC, has repeatedly declined offers for antisemitism training. "Heads should roll".

BBC seeks military voices critical of Netanyahu, then apologizes

BBC apologizes to Israeli Embassy in London after making a clear request to interview Israeli military personnel who are “critical of Netanyahu”, says the request was a "serious mistake".

BBC accused of 'puff piece propaganda' for Hamas hostage holders

Critics slam BBC Arabic report claiming Hamas 'shadow unit' in charge of holding Israeli hostages captive treated the hostages well. 'The rot of anti-Jewish hate that festers within BBC Arabic must be rooted out.'

BBC sorry for misusing Israeli city in 'settlements' report

BBC issues an apology after using footage of the Israeli city of Tiberias - located well within Israel's internationally recognized borders - while discussing "settlements" in the Golan Heights.