Removing the head of BBC Arabic panders to the Israeli lobby, which has repeatedly attacked its Gaza coverage

The BBC is looking for a new head of its Arabic-language service to please Israel lobbyists. Mouthpieces for the occupation had complained it was too quick to blame Israel for its actions. The move is intended to force BBC Arabic to use the same dishonest framing as its English-language services.

The manufactured furore began in November 2025. Pro-Israel pressure groups complained that the BBC Arabic coverage of its ‘war’ in Gaza was “critically different” from English coverage. This meant that it was – this is not satire — “painting Israel as the aggressor” in Gaza.

    • Skua@kbin.earth
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      3 days ago

      The Canary’s source for BBC Arabic looking for a new editor and for the “criticism of BBC Arabic’s guests” is the Times article, and the Times article in turn got stuff from the Telegraph. The Canary is not casting doubt on either of those, it is taking them entirely as fact.

        • Skua@kbin.earth
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          3 days ago

          The Times article linked by the Canary:

          The BBC is searching for a new editor for BBC News Arabic to try to get a grip on the service

          In addition, Samer Elzaenen, a journalist who previously posted online calling for Jews to be shot and burnt “as Hitler did”, was found to have appeared almost 250 times on the channel.

          The Canary:

          BBC removes head of Arabic service to please racist Israel lobby

          The BBC is looking for a new head of its Arabic-language service to please Israel lobbyists.

          There was also criticism of BBC Arabic’s guests, because two of them had supported violence against Israelis.

          You:

          The Canary is calling out the Times’ lies