This Nov. 4, 2026, Op-Ed by CAMERA’s Leah Benoz was published by Jerusalem News Syndicate.
The BBC is not having a good week. The corporation, which has been batting away allegation after allegation of anti-Israel bias for years, appears to be risking its reputation and potentially its future on a position which could, many argue, amount to institutional antisemitism. Or is it institutional anti-Zionism? Or are they just biased against Israel but not opposed to its existence per se? The fact is, it does not matter which it is. None is acceptable.
Impartiality is not just important to the BBC; impartiality is the BBC. Its royal charter states that it exists to “provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them: the BBC should provide duly accurate and impartial news, current affairs and factual programming to build people’s understanding of all parts of the United Kingdom and of the wider world.”
In the last week alone, five major scandals have hit the headlines regarding the BBC’s treatment of Jews and Israel. Filmmaker Lucie Kon was paid a £400,000 settlement in a case where she alleged antisemitism, bullying, and unfair dismissal due to being Jewish at the BBC. Kon reports that when an attempt was made to set up a Jewish staff group at the BBC, one diversity and inclusion officer said that there was no need for one because “Jews run the media.”
Read the rest of CAMERA’s Op-Ed at JNS.