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BBC presenters put Israel’s case in 252 interviews but the Palestinian case in only 15, study finds
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A view of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Headquarters in London, United Kingdom on July 14, 2023. [Raşid Necati Aslım – Anadolu Agency]
BBC News presenters repeatedly put Israel’s position to guests who criticised its conduct in Gaza, but rarely put the Palestinian position to guests who defended Israel, a new study of three years of the corporation’s coverage of the Gaza genocide has found.
The study, BBC: The Would Say Files, was published on 5 November by the media monitoring platform NewsCord and written by Nima Akram. It examined broadcast interviews and written articles from October 2023 to this month.
The researchers searched the subtitles of more than 51,000 BBC News channel programmes for phrases such as ‘Israel would say’, then checked each result by hand to confirm that a presenter was putting one side’s position to a guest from the other side.
The BBC Israel Would Say Files. The full results are in for both broadcast and articles.

Analysis of 267 broadcast interviews between October 2023 and October 2026:

– BBC presenters put Israel's case, in Israel's name, to guests criticising Israel's conduct in Gaza in 252… pic.twitter.com/xZ5kKGvP2v
— NewsCord (@newscord_org) November 10, 2026
Of 267 such interviews, BBC presenters put Israel’s case to critics of Israel in 252. They put the Palestinian case to Israel’s defenders in 15. The plainest form, “Israel would say”, was put to critics in 75 interviews, while “Palestinians would say”, or the same phrase naming any Palestinian group, was put to defenders in four.
NewsCord has compiled clips of these exchanges to show the scale of the gap. Its compilation of BBC presenters putting Israel’s case runs to 48 minutes and 12 seconds. The compilation of presenters putting the Palestinian case runs to 2 minutes and 38 seconds.
The study also found that the Palestinian case almost disappeared from BBC interviews after the first weeks of the genocide. Ten of the 15 cases came in the six weeks after 7 October 2023, and only five in the three years that followed. Presenters were still putting Israel’s case to its critics in 2026. NewsCord says this points to an editorial shift, in which the BBC stopped conveying what Palestinians were saying but continued to tell audiences what “Israel would say”.
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The same imbalance appeared in the BBC’s written coverage. In 1,618 articles, when the BBC reported criticism of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, it added Israel’s position 49 per cent of the time (1,771 of 3,648 claims). When it reported Israel’s claims, it added a Palestinian or UN position 38 per cent of the time (914 of 2,431), and a Palestinian position alone only 25 per cent of the time.
The gap was wider when the researchers compared official sources. When the authorities in Gaza made a claim against Israel, the BBC added Israel’s response 58 per cent of the time (334 of 575). When the Israeli government or army made a claim, it added a Palestinian or UN position 39 per cent of the time (855 of 2,165).
Looked at article by article, 71 per cent of articles reporting criticism of Israel gave Israel’s position at least once, compared with 53 per cent of articles reporting Israel’s claims that gave a Palestinian or UN position. NewsCord said this means Israel’s claims went entirely unchallenged in almost half of the articles in which it made them.
The study cites a ruling by the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit on an interview broadcast on 3 November 2023. In that ruling, the unit defended putting opposing views to public figures, saying this does not mean an interviewer endorses them. NewsCord’s findings question whether that principle has been applied equally to both sides. The full report, including every broadcast and article in the study, is free to read online.
The findings add to a growing body of evidence on the BBC’s coverage of Palestine. In 2024, a study by the Centre for Media Monitoring found that British media consistently favoured Israeli narratives over Palestinian perspectives in the first month of the genocide. An investigation by journalist Owen Jones, based on interviews with 13 current and former BBC journalists, described how senior figures skewed coverage in Israel’s favour and ignored internal complaints. The BBC also faced criticism for declining to air Gaza: Medics Under Fire, a documentary on attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers. More than 600 media figures signed a letter in 2025 urging the corporation to broadcast it.
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Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
12 November 2026
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12 November 2026
150,000 Tents Wait Just Outside Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Aid For Flood-Ravaged Exclave
Article by Stephen Prager republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
Displaced Palestinians inspect damaged tents after a sand dune collapsed on their tent encampment south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Palestine, on November 9, 2026. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“This is not simply the result of bad weather,” said a regional director at Save the Children. “This is a choice.”
As severe floods ravage Gaza, Israel is continuing to block the entry of tents, repair materials, and mobile homes despite the aid provisions of the October 2025 “ceasefire” agreement.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported Monday that more than 150,000 tents are ready to be sent to Gaza, where it said more vacuum trucks and mobile dewatering pumps were urgently needed.
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At least 70,000 tents were flooded in a single day this weekend. At least one infant reportedly drowned. A mother and her two children, along with three other children from the same family, were killed when a sandbank collapsed onto their tents.
“Over the weekend, while families slept, water flooded their tents and engulfed entire camps,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, Save the Children’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa. “Children shivered in the bitter cold without winter clothing, and families lost the few belongings they had left. It is heartbreaking, and it was entirely foreseeable.”
Initial reports indicate that a sand dune has collapsed onto two families sheltering in a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, leaving several people trapped beneath the sand.

The incident occurred following heavy rainfall across the central Gaza Strip this evening.… pic.twitter.com/cXvfgFyjkU
— Hind Khoudary (@Hind_Gaza) November 8, 2026
“Israel is restricting access to shelter materials and has rendered 65% of Gaza off-limits. People have no safe place to go,” said Wassem Mushtaha, who leads Oxfam’s response in Gaza. The group has performed emergency maintenance on rainwater drainage networks and supplied tools for repairs.
He said that “urgent access is needed for spare parts, engine oil, pipes, and heavy machinery, in addition to shelter materials, to avoid more people being killed this winter.”
Most buildings in the territory were destroyed in Israel’s genocidal war over the past three years. Of the Gaza residents who are living in makeshift shelters, according to Save the Children, about 1.2 million people, including over 560,000 children, are living in “critical or catastrophic” conditions, including flimsy tents and improvised structures that are often ill-equipped to handle the elements.
“Tents and tarpaulins are not the answer to Gaza’s winter,” said Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “They cannot withstand heavy rain and strong winds, and many are already worn out after months of use far beyond their intended lifespan.”
OCHA reported Friday that no emergency shelter kits were available in Gaza because Israeli authorities had rejected timber shipments.
“Palestinians have the right to receive the assistance they need,” Egeland said. “States must press Israeli authorities to uphold their obligations and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and essential materials. Palestinians must not face another winter without adequate shelter. They cannot wait.”
This weekend, a massive winter storm battered Gaza. Our teams report that thousands of tents were damaged or destroyed.

Strong winds tore away makeshift shelters, while families waded through centimetres-deep floodwaters as rain soaked their few remaining belongings. People… pic.twitter.com/K57YmpiHxq
— Jan Egeland (@NRC_Egeland) November 8, 2026
The ceasefire agreement called for 60,000 mobile homes and prefabricated shelters to be allowed into Gaza to house displaced families, but Israel has allowed almost none to enter.
“All the tents are now damaged, torn, and covered in mud,” said Jaber al-Kaseeh, a man in his 70s whose family was forced to flee their tent in central Gaza’s az-Zawayda area this weekend after floodwaters began rushing in.
“We urgently need tents, tarpaulins, plastic sheets, mattresses, blankets, and carpets to protect us from the difficult days ahead,” he told Al Jazeera.
“We keep hearing about tents and tarpaulins being distributed, but we have received nothing,” he added. “We had hoped the mobile homes and temporary housing units promised under the ceasefire deal would allow us to rest and return to a life of safety and peace. But it was all just words in the air. We have seen nothing.”
🇵🇸 'This is not life': Rain heaps more woe on displaced Gazans

Heavy rain has flooded tens of thousands of displaced Gazans' tents in the war-devastated territory, according to Palestinian authorities, leaving them without shelter. Displaced families have been fleeing their… pic.twitter.com/0UfHN3YoCy
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 9, 2026
Over the past two winters in Gaza, dozens of people—among them at least 26 children, including newborns—have died from hypothermia due to a lack of adequate shelter.
“This is not simply the result of bad weather,” Alhendawi said. “Tents, shelter kits, and fuel are waiting at Gaza’s borders while children sleep in floodwater because the Israeli authorities are blocking their entry. This is a choice, and children are paying the price.”
“As the occupying power, Israel has a legal obligation to ensure civilians receive the supplies they need to survive,” he added. “Instead, it is depriving families of the most basic means to protect their children, and it must be held accountable for any child deaths that result.”
“Israel’s ongoing genocide has resulted in the near collapse of all functioning systems in Gaza,” Mushtaha said. “Governments must insist that Israel allows for unimpeded access to recovery and repair materials to restore essential infrastructure and ensure Palestinian-led reconstruction efforts across Gaza.”
Article by Stephen Prager republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister. He asks who could possibly object to the IDF starving people to death, conducting forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing all Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He says they’ve got a genocide to do for Israel and to stop objecting.
Ed Miliband claims that he and Andy Burnham have reformulated Blair’s triangulation strategy. Their new formulation entails acknowledging that they were wrong on Israel and Palestine but entails doing absolutely nothing about it and continuing exactly the same policies hoping that you’re too stupid to notice.
‘Enough. Have Mercy on Us!’ Suffering in Gaza Escalates as 70,000 Tents Destroyed by Floods ›
11 November 2026
‘The President’s Answer Here Is Nonsense’: Forbes Reporter Debunks Trump Lies About $3 Billion Wealth Surge
Article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
US President Donald Trump shouts back a response to the media after landing aboard Marine One on November 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
“All this dealmaking leads to staggering amounts of cash.”
Forbes reporter Dan Alexander on Sunday thoroughly debunked claims made by President Donald Trump that his net worth grew by $3 billion since his return to office solely due to gains in the stock market.
During an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” Trump was asked by Ross Douthat about a Forbes estimate showing that Trump’s net worth had grown from $3.9 billion in 2024 to $7 billion in 2026.
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“Your net worth went up by $3 billion…” Douthat began.
“So did everyone’s!” Trump replied.
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“My net worth did not go up by $3 billion,” Douthat shot back.
“Well, you should have had stock,” Trump said.
Trump then claimed that he didn’t pay too much attention to his net worth and said, “I guess it’s gone up” over the last two years.
Alexander responded to Trump’s claims in a social media post, giving detailed breakdown of how Trump’s net worth grew by $3 billion, and emphasizing that “the president’s answer here is nonsense.”
Alexander began the story in 2024, when Trump grew his net worth by $1.8 billion while running for president when the Trump Media and Technology Group became a publicly traded company after a merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp.
The Forbes reporter emphasized that this was just the start of Trump’s political profiteering, which he would really kick into high gear in the latter half of 2024.
“Just before the election, Trump kicked off a venture named World Liberty Financial, selling a crypto token and offering vague promises of a ‘financial revolution,’” Alexander explained. “For Trump, the proposition was clearer: a 52.5% cut of every dollar investors put in after the initial $30 million.”
Twenty days after Trump’s triumph in the election, Chinese billionaire Justin Sun invested $30 million into World Liberty Financial, which ensured that the Trump family “would collect,” wrote Alexander.
“The crypto community went wild, and money started pouring in, especially as the inauguration approached,” Alexander continued. “One day before Trump took office, Sun announced another $45 million investment.”
During this period, Trump also launched his official meme coin, which quickly shot up in value before crashing back down, leaving most of its investors billions of dollars underwater.
Alexander noted that foreign investments into World Liberty Financial continued pouring in after the election, especially from firms located in the United Arab Emirates.
The Wall Street Journal would later report that many of these investments were made by associates of an Abu Dhabi royal family member who “secretly signed a deal with the Trump family to purchase a 49% stake in their fledgling cryptocurrency venture for” $500 million.
“All this dealmaking leads to staggering amounts of cash by the end of 2025,” Alexander explained, with World Liberty Financial and the Trump meme coin producing “$1,425,000,000 of liquidity… in one year.”
In addition to crypto schemes, Trump also vastly expanded his overseas licensing empire, which in 2025 generated 10 times more income than it did just two years prior, Alexander wrote.
Summing up his findings, Alexander wrote that Trump over the last two years had made $1 billion off World Liberty Financial dealings, $1 billion from the sale of crypto tokens, $400 million in branding ventures, and $500 million after an appeals court wiped out a fine he had been ordered to pay as part of a civil financial fraud case.
This means that Trump’s vast enrichment over the last two years has come from his own personal business dealings, not just gains in the stock market.
“In fact, almost none of Trump’s $3 billion in gains from the fall of 2024 to the fall of 2025 came from stock,” wrote Alexander. “In the fall of 2024, we estimated that the president’s liquid assets totaled about $415 million. After analyzing his financial disclosure, we pegged about 10% of that in stock.”
Article by Brad Reed republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
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‘Beaten and Disinterested’ Trump Makes ‘Flaccid’ Claim That Midterms Were Rigged
Article by Brett Wilkins republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida on November 6, 2026.
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“Trump can’t admit his policies fucked the midterms,” said one critic. “Nothing is ever his fault. So now the accusation is that red states cheated against themselves.”
As Republicans reel from last week’s “blue tsunami” midterm wipeout, President Donald Trump—who previously congratulated Democrats on their historic takeback of both houses of Congress—on Monday reverted to the kind of election denial that sparked the 2021 Capitol insurrection, making a baseless claim of voting machine fraud.
“Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting ‘dumps’ were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote. It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!”
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I was just thinking how weird it was that Trump didn’t call the midterms rigged.Well…
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2026-11-09T15:16:01.015Z
On Election Night, Trump said during a phone call to Fox News: “Congratulations to the Democrats. I think the Democrats did a good job. I really do. I think they did a good job. They fought hard. They were, you know, they’ve been fighting for a long time. They’ve been fighting me for a long time. This fight’s been going on for ages.”
However, as unfounded claims of fraud proliferated on social media—and amid posts promoting a January 3 “Million Crusader Cross March” on the Capitol headlined by racist provocateur Jake Lang—the president changed his tune.
“Trump now claims the midterms were rigged,” noted the political action group Blue Georgia. “It was just a matter of time.”
Conspiracy theory journalist Mike Rothschild said on Bluesky: “After a week of meekly accepting the midterm results, Trump has veered into ‘the machines are rigged’ denial.” But this is a pale shadow of 2020 denialism. He sounds beaten and disinterested.“
Former Chicago Tribune metro editor Mark Jacobs also took to Bluesky, touting his prediction that the president would cry fraud and writing, “I knew Trump could never resist the impulse to declare that the election was rigged if he lost.”
Now the “stolen election” idiocy is starting.

Trump can’t admit his policies fucked the midterms. Nothing is ever his fault. So now the accusation is that red states cheated against themselves.

And it’s a dumb allegation. FL went red statewide but lost congressional seats.…
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) November 9, 2026
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said on X, “Lather, rinse, repeat.”
Former Obama and Biden administration appointee Andrew Weinstein said: “Losing isn’t proof of fraud. It’s proof you lost.”
Tangle News founder Isaac Saul also took to X, opining that Trump’s denial “feels pretty flaccid.”
“Nobody *actually* thinks these results are nefarious, and it seems like there’s a lot of impatience on the right with anyone suggesting these losses were due to fraud and not policy,” he added. “Even Trump seems to be offering this as an afterthought.”
That right-wing impatience was evident in just two words from commentator Megyn Kelly, who posted, “Just stop.”
Article by Brett Wilkins republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
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