Tell the BBC: Stop hiding Israel's genocide

We are now 20 months into Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, and new footage emerges every day of the unconscionable violence Israel continues to unleash.

Yet, the BBC is still failing to report the truth about Israel’s genocide whilst simultaneously casting doubt on Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices, haranguing Palestinian guests, or silencing them completely.

In the latest instance of the BBC's pro-Israel bias, the BBC has announced its disgraceful decision not to show the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” after delaying its release for months. The documentary features Palestinian doctors and health workers in Gaza testifying to their experience surviving and saving lives in the midst of a genocide - these are voices that must be heard.

Write to the BBC today to demand that it stops hiding Israel’s genocide, and starts reporting the truth.

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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW106188053 BCX8">I am writing to you following your disgraceful decision not to show the documentary “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” after delaying its release for months. As you know, the documentary features Palestinian doctors and health workers in Gaza testifying to their experience surviving and saving lives in the midst of a genocide. These are voices that must be heard.This is only the latest instance of the BBC’s silencing of Palestinians. It is yet another example, following the removal of the documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone”, of the BBC succumbing to pressure from those seeking to shield Israel from accountability for its escalating violence against the Palestinian people.Recent reports have also suggested that the BBC plans to politically censor the band Kneecap during their live performance at Glastonbury. Kneecap has consistently used its platform to speak up for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and for an end to British complicity in Israel’s genocide against them.Last week, comprehensive new <a href="https://cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CfMM-report-2023-24-ePDF-Edited.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> by the Centre for Media Monitoring has added to the overwhelming body of evidence exposing the BBC’s fundamental failure to report the truth about Israel’s genocide. It highlights the way in which the BBC consistently casts doubt on Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices, its haranguing of Palestinian guests, or its silencing of them completely. Their analysis of more than 35,000 pieces of BBC content shows that Israeli deaths are given 33 times more coverage per fatality than Palestinians. Despite the ruling by the International Court of Justice, the report also found that only 0.5% of the BBC’s online coverage provided the crucial context of Israel’s unlawful occupation, and only 2% referenced its practice of the crime of apartheid. It demonstrates the way that the BBC rarely draws attention to the fact that international journalists are banned from entering the Gaza Strip, whilst reporting only 6% of the deaths of the 176 Palestinian journalists killed by the Israeli military. My concerns have been compounded by the mounting reports of widespread dissent among BBC staff, who have said that coverage is skewed by senior figures to water down any criticism of Israel. Staff have complained of the BBC’s persistent promotion of Israeli government narratives, highlighting that unlike Israeli sources, Palestinian sources need to be verified.It is clear the BBC is systematically violating Section 3 on accuracy and Section 4 on impartiality of the BBC’s Guidelines, along with Section 5 on due impartiality and due accuracy of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code. To begin addressing this, and restore my trust, I ask the BBC to implement the following editorial changes, and to ensure they are consistently applied:<ul><li class="MsoNormal">Use precise terminology to describe Gaza and the West Bank as unlawfully occupied;</li><li class="MsoNormal">Provide the international legal context as factual grounding (specifically that Israel is currently on trial for genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has been found guilty by the ICJ of violating the prohibition on apartheid and maintaining an unlawful occupation, and the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu);</li><li class="MsoNormal">Always reference the Israeli ban on international journalists entering Gaza;</li><li class="MsoNormal">Resist all future attempts by pro-Israel groups and figures within the government to censor Palestinian voices, or those standing in solidarity with them;</li><li class="MsoNormal">Engage meaningfully with representatives of the Palestinian community in Britain to ensure that incidents of censorship and misrepresentation are prevented.</li></ul></div>

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