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When will it be time for the BBC news to take down the 'war on gaza' tab?

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mids2019 · 25/11/2025 07:19

The peace fire seems on the whole to be holding and therefore there is limited news from this region so why don't the BBC pull any articles on the middle east into the main site of at least into a middle East section?

There are many conflicts around the world that (Sudan, Somalia etc) that deserve attention yet still the BBC have a whole section up for war ended by a ceasefire? It has been shown there was bias within the BBC which is currently suffering a lot of aspirational damage so surely it could help itself by having equal coverage of conflicts around the world apart from focussing one that involves Israelis and Jews? Anti semitism has been well documented in this country and I think one way to reduce e it is to look at areas where there is an over focus on one particular conflict showing an anti Israel agenda.

The Guardian have stopped their exclusive sub heading so why can't the BBC follow?

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SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 17:48

Celestialmoods · 25/11/2025 17:20

Maybe they could put another one next to it about Israel’s illegal attacks on Lebanon that seem to be ignored completely.

Yes, great idea.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 17:47

Kendodd · 25/11/2025 17:32

Does it say 'War ON Gaza'?
Or 'War IN Gaza' or 'Gaza War' or something more neutral like that?

You can see what it says. I screenshotted it. The title is not the issue.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 17:46

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:20

And I should imagine that you are not either.

This is not a technical question. This is an editorial question about an understanding of the significance of different news stories. I am absolutely qualified to make that judgement.

Kendodd · 25/11/2025 17:32

Does it say 'War ON Gaza'?
Or 'War IN Gaza' or 'Gaza War' or something more neutral like that?

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:29

I mentioned that earlier, but was told that I was historically inaccurate. Oh dear.

Celestialmoods · 25/11/2025 17:20

Maybe they could put another one next to it about Israel’s illegal attacks on Lebanon that seem to be ignored completely.

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:20

And I should imagine that you are not either.

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:18

I don’t man the BBC website, so I’m not qualified to answer your question.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 17:11

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:05

Why should it still not have its own tab? The violence hasn’t stopped, and thus it gets reported on.

On that basis all the ongoing conflicts in the world should have a separate tab. The Global Peace index apparently says there are ongoing conflicts currently in 35 countries. What's so special about Israel-Gaza?

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 17:05

Why should it still not have its own tab? The violence hasn’t stopped, and thus it gets reported on.

Twiglets1 · 25/11/2025 13:29

Everexpanding · 25/11/2025 10:40

@Twiglets1 on another thread you professesed care for civilians in Gaza and the dire conditions they are currently living under are you now suggesting this should not be reported in the news?Surely you would like to see it highlighted, if you do care?

I've never suggested that the Gaza war shouldn't be reported in the news.

But there's limited new things to report on since the ceasefire so I agree with the OP that maybe it's time for the BBC to consider losing the tab they devote to the "Israel-Gaza war."

The Guardian's subheading is Middle East which enables them to put news stories together from the whole of the region regarding things that are both war related and non war related.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 12:24

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 12:14

Main story on Reuters, Ukraine and Russia, main story on CNN, Ukraine and Russia, main story on the BBC, Ukraine and Russia. The conflict in Gaza on the BBC is under another tab. It is not being elevated over other news stories.

Yes, that's the point. It has its own tab on the bbc (screenshot below). On a par with Russia/Ukraine which is a vastly more consequential war at the moment.

There is no ceasefire, it is on the continent of Europe, Russia threatens all of Europe, it impacts European energy supplies and therefore the world economy, and the way Trump is managing the negotiations threatens to upend the entire world order since the close of the second world war. And we have spent vastly more in economic support to Ukraine.

When will it be time for the BBC news to take down the 'war on gaza' tab?
thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 12:14

Main story on Reuters, Ukraine and Russia, main story on CNN, Ukraine and Russia, main story on the BBC, Ukraine and Russia. The conflict in Gaza on the BBC is under another tab. It is not being elevated over other news stories.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 11:47

Everexpanding · 25/11/2025 10:40

@Twiglets1 on another thread you professesed care for civilians in Gaza and the dire conditions they are currently living under are you now suggesting this should not be reported in the news?Surely you would like to see it highlighted, if you do care?

Noone said anything about not reporting. Its about elevating it over other news.

Everexpanding · 25/11/2025 10:40

Twiglets1 · 25/11/2025 09:18

This thread is about the BBC and their obsession with the war in Gaza (currently in ceasefire) over other wars.

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@Twiglets1 on another thread you professesed care for civilians in Gaza and the dire conditions they are currently living under are you now suggesting this should not be reported in the news?Surely you would like to see it highlighted, if you do care?

TomeTome · 25/11/2025 10:07

There’s a really easy way to get Israel out of the news. Stop behaving like jackasses, let the aid in, stop shooting bombing and demolishing things in Gaza, try your war criminals, pay reparation for damages, and reeducate your population to respect ALL human life. Give us something to talk about that doesn’t involve the slaughter and subjugation of Palestine.

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 09:28

An obsession? Yeah, right.

Twiglets1 · 25/11/2025 09:18

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 08:54

The current thread on Al Jazeera is the Russian/Ukraine war, but I guess that doesn’t suit your narrative.

This thread is about the BBC and their obsession with the war in Gaza (currently in ceasefire) over other wars.

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 25/11/2025 09:02

OP, I don’t think it matters very much TBH.

If any particular anti-Israel story loses its news value or is shown to be wrong, anti-Israel campaigners just move to, often back to, another ‘grievance’ against the country.

The point about this industry is that it’s anti-Israel, not pro- anything or anyone.

And we all know why that is.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 09:00

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 08:54

The current thread on Al Jazeera is the Russian/Ukraine war, but I guess that doesn’t suit your narrative.

What narrative? Whose narrative? Who said there was no coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war?

Andromed1 · 25/11/2025 08:58

Eh? The peace is holding?
More propaganda! Yes there are terrible things going on all over the world, but UK is involved in the situation in Gaza so we need to focus on it.

HarryVanderspeigle · 25/11/2025 08:55

Civil wars will never get as much attention as ones between multiple nations. From the point of view of news, nations are allowed to kill as many of their own citizens as they like, but not anyone else's.

thingsarelookingupfornigel · 25/11/2025 08:54

The current thread on Al Jazeera is the Russian/Ukraine war, but I guess that doesn’t suit your narrative.

SharonEllis · 25/11/2025 08:52

Twiglets1 · 25/11/2025 08:50

From Al Jazeera:

The RSF (Rapid Support Forces) which has been fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, killed at least 1,500 people over the past three days as civilians tried to flee the besieged city, the Sudan Doctors Network said on Wednesday. The group, which tracks the country’s civil war, described the situation as “a true genocide”.

Not as newsworthy as Gaza though, apparently.

Just Africans. Nobody ever bloody cares and its been the same for decades.

Twiglets1 · 25/11/2025 08:50

From Al Jazeera:

The RSF (Rapid Support Forces) which has been fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, killed at least 1,500 people over the past three days as civilians tried to flee the besieged city, the Sudan Doctors Network said on Wednesday. The group, which tracks the country’s civil war, described the situation as “a true genocide”.

Not as newsworthy as Gaza though, apparently.

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