Protesters brand the BBC 'the British Biased Association' after not calling Hamas terrorists
· 17.10.2023 · 10:51:58 ··· ··· Tuesday ·· 2 (2)
Evening Standard Hundreds of protesters booed the BBC and demanded the corporation labels Hamas as “terrorists” at a rally in central London.
Demonstrators chanted “BBC, Shame on you” and “don’t pay the licence” outside Broadcasting House on Monday evening.
The National Jewish Assembly hosted the rally alongside the UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) and the European Jewish Association.
Protesters placed posters of kidnapped Israelis on a wall opposite Broadcasting House while others chanted, prayed and waved Israeli flags for around 90 minutes.
Gideon Falter, speaking on the behalf of the CAA, told crowds: “When it comes down to it ,the BBC has used the word ‘terrorists’. I’m sure you can all remember where you were in 2005 during the London bombings. Do you know what the BBC called that, a ‘terrorist atrocity’.
“What do you call it when Hamas terrorists cross into Israel and gun people down at a music festival?”
He added: “It is not impartial to call a terrorist a militant. It is excusing the terrorist.”
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