Mick Hartley

A headline BBC Indepth piece today – Why British Jews are experiencing their biggest change in 60 years.

David Collier:

In typical BBC whitewash fashion – the long 1700+ word article does not mention Muslims, Islam, Islamism anywhere (SERIOUSLY!!) – even though it mentions both Bondi Beach and Manchester. The BBC erases the biggest change (on this subject) in the UK – in an article about the big changes happening here.

It gloats over a public fall of support for Zionism – without once considering this may be a sign of persecution and fear. Persecuted groups are KNOWN to be less confident in public about their identity….

The only thing it really wants to do is pretend more and more young Jews hate Israel. One of the BBC’s favourite pastimes.

To do that it gives voice to “Robert Cohen” and describes him as “a PhD student at Kings”. He may be – but he is also in his 50s and a veteran BDS supporters and anti-Zionist activist – who has stood alongside JVL, Corbyn, and has been part of the very Jewish bloc demonstrations in London he is meant to be impartially “researching”. Long battling against the claims of a rise in antisemitism, Cohen has proudly said “I’ve married out, my children are Christian, and my wife is a vicar.”” – but hey – the BBC does like “sharp practice” when it comes to reporting on Jews, and he has the name “Robert Cohen” – so why not just let his name do the heavy lifting.

And did I mention the piece was co-written by someone called “Aleem Maqbool” – a Muslim journalist – and a Catherine Wyatt – who has only been in this role a few weeks.

The article is gaslighting at its finest.