


Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the BBC's headquarters in London on Monday night after they were upset over the news network's refusal to refer to Hamas as terrorists.
The protest had been organized by the National Jewish Assembly, a nonprofit organization that supports Israel and opposes antisemitism. Many protesters were seen carrying Israeli flags, with at least one protester holding a sign that read, "BBC if the king can call Hamas terrorists so can you."
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Hundreds of British Jews and supporters of Israel chant “shame on you” at the BBC for their biased reporting on the Israel-Palestine conflict and their refusal to call Hamas terrorists. pic.twitter.com/Xh2a3VbLwS
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The BBC explained in an article that it does not refer to Hamas as a terrorist group because "terrorism is a loaded word" and that it is not up to the network to decide "who are the good guys and who are the bad guys."
The National Jewish Assembly have organised a protest outside the BBC over the broadcaster's refusal to label Hamas as terrorists.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 16, 2023
Sky's @IvorBennett reports live from Central London.
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"Let us make it clear," the NJA wrote on social media. "We aren’t here to harm anyone. We aren’t here to cause trouble. We are here to defend ourselves. We are here to get the BBC to do fair coverage of the war and call Hamas terrorists in their reports."
Let us make it clear.
— NJA (@NJA_UK) October 16, 2023
We aren’t here to harm anyone. We aren’t here to cause trouble.
We are here to defend ourselves. We are here to get the BBC to do fair coverage of the war and call Hamas terrorists in their reports.#HamasAreTerrorists #StandWithIsrael pic.twitter.com/XHoHJItVcO
The National Jewish Assembly said online that 1,500 protesters were present during its demonstration on Monday night. The nonprofit group has also shared an online petition asking the BBC to change its internal policy and refer to Hamas as a terrorist group. As of Tuesday morning, the petition has 39,272 signatures.
Last night the NJA held a protest where over 1500 gathered outside the #BBC against its ongoing refusal to refer to #Hamas as terrorists.
— NJA (@NJA_UK) October 17, 2023
The pressure must be kept up so...
Please sign this petition by clicking this link NOW!https://t.co/GcMxE9jZlm#HamasAreTerrorists pic.twitter.com/wHb2No805n
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The demonstration comes after the BBC issued an apology for its coverage of the pro-Palestinian protests in which the network said that the protesters were supporters of Hamas. The apology was both aired live on television and was posted to social media in a written form.
Earlier we reported on some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the weekend.We spoke about “several demonstrations across Britain during which people voiced their backing for Hamas”.
— Maryam Moshiri (@BBCMaryam) October 16, 2023
We accept this was poorly phrased and was a misleading description of the demonstrations.
"Earlier we reported on some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the weekend," read the statement from Maryam Moshiri, a chief BBC presenter. "We spoke about 'several demonstrations across Britain during which people voiced their backing for Hamas.' We accept this was poorly phrased and was a misleading description of the demonstrations."
The statement was not enough for one BBC Radio journalist, who has since left the organization.
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Reporter Noah Abrahams says he resigned from his job at the broadcaster after they failed to call Hamas "terrorists".
— TalkTV (@TalkTV) October 12, 2023
"The BBC's refusal to use the correct terminology is unjustified... as a Jewish person - there's already enough fuel on the fire!"@petercardwell pic.twitter.com/qjRHfh2hP8
"I have morals and I stick by them," Noah Abrahams said in an interview with Talk TV. "I don't feel like I can stand by the BBC any longer with their stance on their terminology."