British Jews and the BBC
29th December 2025
What do British Jews think of the BBC? We have now released new polling on how the British Jewish community views the BBC. The results will not make pleasant reading
What do British Jews think of the BBC? We have now released new polling on how the British Jewish community views the BBC. The results will not make pleasant reading
The resignations of BBC Director General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness should be seen as an admission through gritted teeth that the much-vaunted impartiality of the BBC
Ofcom has ruled that the BBC committed a “serious breach” of broadcasting rules after it failed to disclose that the narrator of its Gaza documentary was the son of a
The BBC has upheld a complaint against a presenter who referred to Hamas as “the terror group”, purportedly contrary to the BBC’s editorial policy. The complaint relates to a segment
Britain’s March Against Antisemitism is just one week away, and we can announce the starting point. We set off at 13:00 this Sunday (7th September), gathering at the corner of
From broadcasting chants of ‘Death to the IDF’ and enabling taxpayer funds to go to a family member of Hamas to Gary Lineker publishing a post reminiscent of Nazi propaganda
Campaign Against Antisemitism has today published its projection of investigative journalist David Collier on BBC Broadcasting House. In the projection, Mr Collier speaks about the scandal at the BBC earlier
The BBC has published its long-awaited report into its decision to broadcast and then take down a documentary purportedly about children’s lives in Gaza. The film was removed from iPlayer
The BBC has published its long-awaited report into its decision to broadcast and then take down a documentary purportedly about children’s lives in Gaza. The film was removed from iPlayer
Gary Lineker is reportedly departing from the BBC following complaints to the broadcaster from Campaign Against Antisemitism. The complaints were backed by our petition calling for his removal that rapidly gained over 10,000 signatures
Campaign Against Antisemitism has launched a petition demanding that the BBC cuts ties with Gary Lineker after he shared an anti-Israel video. The petition can be found here at actionnetwork.org/petitions/firelineker.
The BBC has reportedly reiterated its intention to launch a “thematic review” into its Gaza coverage and BBC Arabic. Samir Shah, the Chair of the BBC, has told Times Radio:
This evening, protesters gathered at Broadcasting House to tell the BBC: “We refuse to fund terrorists with our licence fee!” The protest was organised by Campaign Against Antisemitism, following the
New polling commissioned by Campaign Against Antisemitism and conducted by YouGov shows that 57% of the British public back an independent investigation into the BBC Gaza film scandal; only 21%
This morning, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee heard from Dr Samir Shah, Chair of the BBC, and the Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie. The hearing comes as the
In view of new developments relating to the BBC’s so-called documentary about Gaza that was tantamount to a Hamas propaganda film – including that licence fee funds did go to
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be demonstrating outside BBC Broadcasting House at 19:00 on Thursday 6th March. Over the past weeks, the BBC has been engulfed in scandal, following its publication
The BBC, engulfed in scandal, has shared an e-mail with staff and released statements regarding the progress of its internal review into the so-called documentary about Gaza. You can read
This evening, protesters gathered at the Broadcasting House to demand that the BBC stops whitewashing terrorism. The protest was organised by Campaign Against Antisemitism, following the broadcast of a documentary that was tantamount to
This Tuesday, we will be demonstrating outside BBC Broadcasting House, following the broadcast of a documentary that was tantamount to a Hamas propaganda film. There is no need to sign
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be demonstrating outside BBC Broadcasting House at 19:00 on Tuesday 25th February. In the past week alone, the BBC has: The Culture Secretary intends to meet
Campaign Against Antisemitism has submitted a complaint to the BBC, following a report on BBC News that implied that Israel’s response to ongoing attacks by Iran and its proxies was
The BBC has determined that actress and provocateur Miriam Margolyes’ “Jewish and vile” comment on-air was not racist. During a discussion about her admiration for Charles Dickens in a BBC
Leaked messages from an internal communication forum for BBC staff reportedly show one of its employees claiming that calling Hamas “baddies” is “too simplistic”. According to an investigation by GB
Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director-General, has acknowledged “some antisemitic behaviour” at the corporation. In a staff-wide e-mail sent on Friday, Mr Davie wrote: “As an organisation, we must stand united
A BBC Arabic article has linked “fanatical Jews” to the 9/11 terrorists while appearing to play down Islamism. The Arabic-language article on the Corporation’s website purports to recount the “story
The BBC Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has admitted that its presenter’s baseless accusation that “Israeli forces are happy to kill children” was not impartial. The outrageous and unfounded claim came
The BBC is reportedly set to work on a film with the expelled Labour member and controversial filmmaker Ken Loach. The film, entitled, “Downtrodden”, is reportedly in partnership between the
The BBC has apologised in response to a multitude of complaints – including from Campaign Against Antisemitism – after a presenter made the baseless accusation that “Israeli forces are happy
Campaign Against Antisemitism is writing to the BBC after one of its presenters stated that “Israeli forces are happy to kill children.” The suggestion came during an interview on BBC
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be writing to the BBC after it made the disgraceful decision to host a TikTok prankster with a history of harassing Jewish people on its Newsnight
On the Today programme, host Amol Rajan appeared to minimise Kanye West’s recent antisemitism scandal. In an interview with Chuck D from Public Enemy on the BBC’s flagship radio programme on 19th January
A regular contributor to BBC Arabic reportedly called for “death to Israel” and described Jewish state as “occupied Palestine” live on air. Mayssaa Abdul Khalek, a Lebanon-based reporter, also reportedly called for
The BBC has said that antisemitic comments left on its social media channels “should have been removed sooner”. The statement arrives after the comments were brought to its attention by
Amid growing communal concerns regarding the BBC, the JC has revealed that the Corporation has introduced mass reforms to its Arabic station, which includes the cessation of platforming the inflammatory
A Parliamentary inquiry into the BBC’s bias against Jews has been announced. It comes following calls for such an inquiry by the JC and a petition, prompted by growing communal concerns regarding the Corporation.
Campaign Against Antisemitism’s complaint to the BBC over a presenter who claimed on BBC 5 Live Breakfast earlier this year that there is “absolutely no evidence” that Jeremy Corbyn is
Ofcom has warned the BBC for its “serious editorial misjudgement” over its abominable Oxford Street coverage, attacking the BBC’s failures over the course of “eight weeks” which were “causing significant
The BBC has admitted that it is responsible for an “unacceptable delay” in its handling of complaints relating to Jewish concern from the news watchdog CAMERA. The watchdog revealed that
An editor at the BBC has reportedly blamed ‘a particular lobby’ for the cancellation of a programme hosted by the inflammatory broadcaster Abdel Bari Atwan. Nick Guthrie was said to
Charles Hanson, who regularly appears as an expert on the BBC programme Bargain Hunt, has been reported to be selling Nazi memorabilia at his auction house. The reported items include
Campaign Against Antisemitism has joined the JC in calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the BBC. The public petition, launched by the JC, was prompted by growing communal concerns regarding
The Director General of the BBC attended a hearing at the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, along with the Chair and the Chief Operating Officer, to take questions from
The inflammatory broadcaster and regular BBC contributor, Abdel Bari Atwan, has appeared on the BBC News channel once again, despite his recent inflammatory comments. The JC reported that Mr Atwan recently defended Palestinian Authority
The BBC has admitted that it broke its own guidelines by letting hundreds of viewer comments in Arabic that praised terrorism and minimised the Holocaust stay on its social media
Campaign Against Antisemitism, together with the Church of England’s Diocese of Manchester, launched our Love Thy Neighbour teachers’ guides, which are featured on BBC Teach. The launch of the free
BBC Sounds, an online streaming platform that contains live and archived radio broadcasts, has agreed to include additional background information about the content of an interview containing Holocaust denial, after contact from
BBC Sounds, an online streaming platform that contains live and archived radio broadcasts, reportedly features an interview containing Holocaust denial without providing context or a content warning. The conversation in
On Wednesday night, Campaign Against Antisemitism visited Broadcasting House, the BBC’s headquarters in London, to tell the Corporation to “switch off the Jew-hate”. The video can be viewed below. We
The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has responded to complaints by Campaign Against Antisemitism and other Jewish communal groups over its coverage of the antisemitic Oxford Street incident late last
It has been revealed that the BBC did record a controversial debate about anti-Zionism even as the broadcaster assured the Jewish community that it was not planning to air one. Rabbi Jonathan Romain, who
The Prime Minister has called for “swift” action by the BBC over its biased coverage of antisemitic Oxford Street incident. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister confirmed that Boris Johnson agrees with
Campaign Against Antisemitism shall be writing to the BBC after a presenter claimed on BBC 5 Live Breakfast this morning that there is “absolutely no evidence” that Jeremy Corbyn is antisemitic. Rachel Burden said
The Culture Secretary has written to the BBC’s Director General over the broadcaster’s coverage of the antisemitic Oxford Street incident, while the Corporation has become embroiled in two further scandals relating to antisemitism.
Rabbi YY Rubinstein has resigned from his role as a broadcaster for the BBC over the Corporation’s coverage of the antisemitic Oxford Street attack in November. Rabbi Rubinstein, who had
A Muslim media analyst who advises the BBC on coverage of Islam has reportedly apologised for sharing an extract from a book by the antisemite Gilad Atzmon. Faisal Hanif, who words at
Lord Grade, a former Chairman of the BBC, has described the BBC’s rapportage as “shoddy journalism” in today’s episode of Podcast Against Antisemitism. In the podcast, Lord Grade described the BBC’s coverage
Marcus Fysh, the Conservative Party MP for Yeovil, compared the NHS COVID Pass to Nazi Germany during a BBC Radio 5 interview earlier this week. During the interview, Mr Fysh
In a recent documentary intended to shine a light on British antisemitism, the BBC chose to interview Mohammed Hijab, a YouTuber who proudly filmed himself harassing members of the Jewish
This evening, hundreds of protestors attended our “BBC News: Stop Blaming Jews!” rally outside Broadcasting House in London, which was endorsed by Lord Grade and Dame Maureen Lipman. The rally was prompted
Campaign Against Antisemitism has come to understand that the police who were tasked with investigating the antisemitic attack on Jewish teenagers celebrating Chanukah on Oxford Street have found no evidence
A BBC Arabic journalist has reportedly praised an activist who once created and shared a video that asked “How true is the #Holocaust and how did the Zionists benefit from
Campaign Against Antisemitism has announced a “BBC News: Stop Blaming Jews!” protest outside the BBC’s headquarters at Broadcasting House this Monday 13th December. We are demanding explanations over the BBC’s outrageous coverage of the
Campaign Against Antisemitism has written to the BBC demanding explanations over its outrageous coverage of the antisemitic incident on Oxford Street last week. The Metropolitan Police Service is investigating as a hate crime an attack on
A BBC presenter has been accused of repeatedly comparing Israel to Nazis and calling for “Death to you Zionist scum.” According to media watchdog HonestReporting, Nasima Begum, an occasional presenter for BBC Radio
The BBC has edited the blurb for a French period drama on iplayer that described the wrongly-convicted French military officer Alfred Dreyfus as a “notorious Jewish spy”. In its description of the
Campaign Against Antisemitism has published a new teachers’ guide on antisemitism for non-denominational schools, to complement our existing guides designed for Church of England and Catholic Schools which have been endorsed by BBC Teach. The new guide, Love
BBC Bargain Hunt expert Tim Weeks has apologised after it was revealed that Nazi memorabilia was due to be sold at his auction house. Some of the items that were
A journalist who tweeted “Hitler was right” and other antisemitic comments and images has revealed that she was fired from the BBC in a supposedly “heartfelt apology” in which she blames “industrial scale
A journalist who tweeted “Hitler was right” and other antisemitic comments and images “no longer works for the BBC”. Tala Halawa, until recently a Palestine Affairs Specialist at the BBC Monitoring Service,
Campaign Against Antisemitism has submitted a complaint to the BBC in connection with an employee who allegedly tweeted “Hitler was right“, and other antisemitic themes. Tala Halawa, a Palestine Affairs
Matthew Offord, the Conservative MP for the heavily-Jewish constituency of Hendon in North London, has written to the BBC’s Director-General, Tim Davie, to request that the BBC not broadcast the
Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling for the BBC to dismiss its Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, over a tweet on his official BBC Twitter account, posted today, instructing “every Jew”
Campaign Against Antisemitism will be writing to Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director-General, after our concerns over a BBC journalist’s social media activity were dismissed by BBC Arabic’s Head of Daily
The BBC has been forced to amend its website to confirm that Jews are indeed considered an ethnic minority, after Campaign Against Antisemitism demanded an apology in response to the
A BBC journalist has shared an article on Twitter which has defended Prof. David Miller over recent inflammatory comments that he has made. The article shared by Nour Eddine Zorgui,
Campaign Against Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on the BBC to apologise after airing a segment on its Politics Live show titled “Should Jews count as an ethnic minority?”, a question that the
The BBC World Service has been accused of failing to ensure its foreign-language content meets BBC editorial guidelines after a presenter on the BBC World Service failed to challenge an
Campaign Against Antisemitism is proud that our teachers’ guide on antisemitism for Years 5-13 is now also available through BBC Teach. The guide is available in two versions: Love Thy Neighbour, designed specifically for Church
Today, Campaign Against Antisemitism publishes its latest Antisemitism Barometer, comprising a survey of the British public’s views toward Jews and a poll of the Jewish community. The Barometer’s poll of
The BBC has reportedly denied a request by the father of a teenage victim of an antisemitic terrorist attack to address the staff who broadcast a sympathetic interview with her
The Head of the BBC World Service has personally apologised after the Corporation gave sympathetic coverage to an antisemitic mass murderer. Jamie Angus, the Director of BBC World Service, described the sympathetic
Campaign Against Antisemitism contacted the BBC this week for an update on how it has dealt with an employee caught in a controversy over antisemitic and trolling tweets, but the BBC refused
Campaign Against Antisemitism can reveal that the BBC journalist, Nimesh Thaker, who has recently been criticised for antisemitic comments on his anonymous Twitter account, also had another – now-deleted –
The High Court has rejected a challenge to Ofcom’s decision not to sanction the BBC over the Panorama investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party. The challenge was brought by Justin Schlosberg, a
The BBC has reportedly ordered its television presenters not to wear Black Lives Matter (BLM) badges on air after Campaign Against Antisemitism exposed worrying antisemitism in the movement and its
Campaign Against Antisemitism has called on the BBC to ban Maxine Peake for appearances on its television and radio platforms until she makes amends for promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Ms Peake is
Prof. John Ashton has claimed that the scandal of his antisemitism recently unearthed is a “political” conspiracy, while the number of signatories to Campaign Against Antisemitism’s petition urging broadcasters to stop
BBC Panorama has been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award in the category of ‘current affairs’ for its programme titled “Is Labour Antisemitic?”, which explored antisemitism in the Labour Party.
An investigation by Campaign Against Antisemitism has revealed that Prof. John Ashton’s racism toward Jews goes even deeper than previously realised. In one instance, Prof. Ashton trolled the BBC on
Campaign Against Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on the BBC, ITV and Sky News to stop featuring Prof. John Ashton, who has a long history of making antisemitic statements,
The BBC and Sky News have demonstrated their apparent willingness to tolerate antisemitism by defending antisemitic remarks by Prof. John Ashton as just “political views.” Last week, Campaign Against Antisemitism called
Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling for the BBC, Sky News and other channels to ban appearances of the public health expert John Ashton, after the JC published his tweets comparing
The BBC has compared the policies of Israel’s Government to that of the Nazis yet again, even as it tries to dismiss Campaign Against Antisemitism’s ongoing complaint about controversial journalist
The BBC stands by the desecration of the Holocaust by its International Correspondent, Orla Guerin, as former Corporation executives describe it as “unjustifiably offensive”. Ms Guerin appallingly used a primetime
Orla Guerin, the BBC’s International Correspondent, has appallingly used a primetime segment on the BBC’s flagship News at Ten programme to link the murder of six million Jews in the
Video has re-emerged of Jeremy Corbyn telling Press TV that the BBC is biased towards saying “Israel has a right to exist”. The Labour leader, who was a backbench MP
BBC Panorama is a finalist in the British Journalism Awards in the category of ‘Investigation’ for its programme titled “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?”, which explored antisemitism in the Labour Party. The
Joshua Garfield, a Jewish councillor who appeared on BBC’s Panorama investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn, has been selected as a parliamentary candidate for the Party.
The BBC is expected to dismiss a complaint by the Labour Party claiming that the Panorama investigation into Labour antisemitism was a “one-sided authored polemic”. In the episode, which was