The question: how is it the BBC consistently platform witnesses who are publicly aligned with Hamas (a few examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)?
The latest BBC witness
Yesterday, the BBC ran another story about a ‘massacre’ in Gaza. We have now seen it countless times – Hamas propaganda make an empty claim – and the BBC rush to promote it.
The latest headline covered both Gaza and Lebanon.
‘Israeli strikes on north Lebanon and Gaza kill dozens, officials and rescuers say’.
The only named Gazan based source for the claims in the BBC article was a Dr Fadel Naim, director of the Al-Ahly hopsital:
The report from the good doctor is grim. Of the 17 bodies his facility received ‘nine’ were women – thus strongly implying this was a random attack that killed women – not terrorists.
But is there any reason the BBC should not have reproduced the claim of Fadel Naim? Did the BBC do the slightest bit of due diligence on this witness, before sharing his lies to the world?
The answer is no. They could not have checked at all.
The timeline of the doctor
Unusually for Gazan based witnesses these days, Fadel Naim does not hide his social media behind confusing variations of his name. Search for a ‘Fadel Naim’ in Gaza on Facebook and you quickly find his account.
When you search his account to see what he was posting on October 7 2023 – it quickly becomes apparent this is not the type of person any of us would recognise as a doctor. His timeline is full of open support for the October 7 atrocities:
It is not just about October 7. On 27 January 2023, Hamas terrorists slaughtered seven Jews outside a synagogue in Jerusalem. Fadel Naim took the opportunity to celebrate the attack:
If the BBC journalists had even bothered to look – they would have seen that this man openly supports terrorism and should not be trusted. In the end, it is left to people like me to do their job for them.
The Hamas doctor
From scanning the photos on his own public timeline, it soon becomes apparent that this doctor is no idle supporter of terrorism. This is an image from his daughter’s wedding. The top table at the event included not just Fadel Naim, the BBC ‘witness’ – but also Ismail Haniyeh – the (then) leader of Hamas in Gaza:
And here are the two of them together at the same event:
We can conclude that this doctor is closely aligned to the top Hamas leadership – and no western media organisation should be relying on him as a witness. It is kind of obvious anyway. A basic truth completely ignored by western media is that Hamas control Gaza – so if a person has ‘made it in Gaza’ – (for example becoming a director at a hospital) – it is a near certainty that his family is aligned with Hamas.
What makes this all worse – is that the Associated Press used him before – and was notified of the doctor’s terrorist associations.
The single Q&A
The question I asked at the outset: how is it the BBC consistently platform witnesses who are publicly aligned with Hamas?
Given these ease with which the evidence is found, the answer really has to be one of these two options:
1. BBC News journalists are just over-promoted amateur hacks
2. They see the Hamas asssociations and just do not care.
Whatever the truth – given that the BBC’s fake news is pumping raw antisemitism into the veins of our society – this is alls inexcusable, unacceptable, and it really is long overdue that someone step in and stop it.
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Dear David
You are a true hero for having the intelligence, diligence and courage to reveal the their blatantly antisemitic reporting. How do you hold them to account and what “successes” have you had, if any in this respect. I would willingly contribute towards your amazing work but am really interested to know whether you are preaching to the converted, so to speak.
Thanks Rebecca. No, this is not about preaching to the converted- far from it. This is about creating evidence and supplying it to those who need it so they can act. The fight against Corbyn is a good example – a fight which helped make sure he was suitably battered in 2019. There are numerous battles – whether against hard-left politicians, journos, academics or NGOs – and each of these battles is ‘evidence thirsty’. You only need to look at the ‘funding UNRWA’ argument to know that with diligent investigative work – it is possible to create discussions in the halls of power. This has nowt to do with being trapped in our own echo chamber (also countless Journos, politicians and academics are subscribed here)..I have been doing this a long time. We got Hezbollah and Hamas proscribed – we want an investigation in the BBC – we want the IRGC proscribed – we need to continue to discredit NGOs like Amnesty, highlight the toxic academics on campus, have Wikipedia’s bias thoroughly exposed etc etc. The list is a long one – and we only make headway if we continue to fight.
Thanks for sharing- are you notifying the Uk government antisemitism department?
I would love to know what they have to say.
Well done- we need something done about the BBC as soon as possible 😣
The UK doesn’t have an antisemitism department…. but yes, people are working hard to try to bring the BBC to account.
Have you ever looked in ‘Scottish’ ex first minister humza yousef? His brother in law was also a doctor in Gaza.