6 June 2025: Caabu Meeting with BBC Senior Management
As part of its continued engagement with the BBC, the Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu) had a meeting with senior BBC Management about its coverage of Palestine.
Caabu raised numerous issues of serious concern with the BBC. These included:
The taking down of the “How to Survive a Warzone” documentary and delay to broadcasting the “Gaza Medics Under Fire” documentary.
The historical context and framing of the conflict
The language and context used with regards to international law, including the ICC arrest warrants, ICJ Advisory Opinion, and current South Africa v Israel ICJ case on the genocide convention.
How the BBC covers genocide and genocidal comments by Israeli leaders
Diminishing and belittling of Israeli role in the conflict where coverage is not clear about responsibility for atrocities in Gaza
The BBC is an outlet to which millions across the world turn. Yet, the BBC has been accused of falling short on the quality of its overall coverage of Israel-Gaza with respect to provision of context, framing of issues, and language used. Whilst there have been some excellent reports and journalism, much of it has also fallen short in Caabu’s view of the mission to accurately report the gravity of the situation facing Palestinians particularly in Gaza.
