"To know who rules over you, simply notice who you are not allowed to criticize" - UnknownOpen letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza
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#72The BBC having 21,000 employees (5500 journalists). Only 100 signed. From my perspective the BBC is extremely anti-Israeli but for some people this is obviously not good enough. They want the BBC to champion their cause. Naturally people supporting the anti-Israeli cause who only get anti-Israeli content will feel that the BBC is "pro" Israel. Nothing could be farther from the truth and Pro-Israeli media looks nothin…
That definition of Terrorism would make Israel a terrorist state.
I guess it's hard to define words. Surely terrorism has this vague meaning of doing very evil and violent things.
But a picked up a random dictionary and it says: "the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims".
I struggle to understand what political aim Israel is pursuing when using unlawful violence and intimidation.
If you believe that Israel is performing a genocide what is the point of explicitly instilling more fear in the victims? Just sadism? I genuinely don't understand what advantage would Israel have in employing terror tactics against Palestinians. Is the idea that they do so in order to make them even more angry so they can justify their genocide? Is that the argument? Or am I not giving the same meaning to the word "terrorism" as you do?
I don't want to argue about which side is on the right side or whatnot; I found that this kind of conversation is is highly unproductive online. But I am interested in understanding how words have changed their meaning over time. Is terrorist now just a synonym for "murdering civilians"?
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#73Watch how quickly this disappears from the front page despite getting the most upvotes.
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#75I still cannot get over the fact that we, in Europe, have banned RT on the grounds that it is a publication sponsored by a "foreign" government and, as such, it cannot be trusted.
For one, so many publications here in Europe are financed by the local governments and we have no problem allowing them to function and act in the interest or said governments. Two, it flies in the face of an independent, free individual who can choose what to read and discern what the truth is. By blocking it, you are saying, "You, as an individual, are not able to take your own decisions, you are not able to separate truth from lies and fiction." If, supposing the later is actually the case, then all this "free" media is actually dangerous as it becomes a game of "don't trust them, trust us!" and whoever has the better image, the best marketing and exposure wins over the others.
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#76It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo
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The second paragraph from your link says the calls were to the “IDF”.
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#77It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo
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Wasn't it calling for death to a military force leading a campaign of total war, and not a death call against Israelis in general?
Like nobody would say "death to the Khmer Rouge" is a death call against Cambodians. It technically would be, since it was Cambodians in the Khmer Rouge who were killing innocent children, but it's a specific subset of Cambodians (the Khmer Rouge) and only those who were actually doing the killing.
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#78This is a non exhaustive list of news where the BBC started by blaming Israel of some war crime since the October 7th massacre occurred, and then had to remove, recant or apologize about after overwhelming evidence against it came to light:
- Al-Ahli hospital explosion (Oct 2023)
- Al-Shifa hospital “medical teams targeted” (Nov 2023)
- Summary executions claim (Dec 24)
- Aid‑centre shooting attribution (Jun 2025)
- Al‑Shifa “raid on medical teams” redux (Jun 2025)
Imagine if the journalists weren’t “forced to do pro Israel PR”.
BBC needs a proper external investigation on the levels of anti semitism that clearly permeate the ranks of their so called journalists.
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#79It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo
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Bob Vylan said "death to the IDF." He didn't call for the death of Israelis. It's the difference between saying "death to the RMP" in Ireland during the troubles versus calling for the deaths of British people themselves.
You can disagree with Mr. Vylan or that the BBC should have cut the broadcast but let's not misrepresent the situation.
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