This June 10, 2026 Op-Ed by CAMERA Arabic’s David Grom (a pen name) appeared in The Jewish Chronicle.
BBC Arabic’s whitewashing of Ahlam Tamimi is by no means a novelty. The service has a longstanding policy of quoting Palestinian terrorists as sources, only insofar as their statements are not self-incriminating.
As a result, the murderers’ proudly proclaimed responsibility for their crimes and expressions of hatred is constantly reframed as a position attributed to other parties – with Israel and the United States often cast as the sole “accusers”. The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit has repeatedly stood by such material omissions, failing to keep the Arabic service aligned with basic journalistic standards.
One clear example is the case of unrepentant terrorist Ismat Mansour. Convicted as a teenager of killing a civilian in 1993, Mansour was released from prison in Israel after nearly 20 years.
By 2024, he had already become a regular contributor to BBC Arabic, at times introduced as an “analyst” of Israeli affairs.
Read the rest of CAMERA Arabic’s Op-Ed in The Jewish Chronicle.