Title: President Herzog Accuses BBC of One-Sided Coverage in Unaired Interview
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In an unaired interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog accused the media outlet of biased coverage regarding the ongoing conflict in the region. The interview, which lasted nearly half an hour, included Herzog discussing various aspects of the conflict that were ultimately edited out of the final broadcast.
Herzog criticized the BBC’s one-sided coverage during the interview, stating, “We don’t want to cause suffering to citizens – we call on them to move within the Strip.” He also referred to the humanitarian aid provided to the Gaza Strip, claiming that if certain restrictions were not implemented, it would result in more attacks.
“For the past two years, I have unfortunately gone to grieving families almost every week,” Herzog revealed in the unaired portion of the interview. “These family members were killed in terrorist activities. In the past, I said – the core of the problem with the Palestinians is terrorism.”
When asked about the BBC’s objectivity, Herzog responded, “I don’t want to get into the corner of ‘Is the BBC objective or not’. I really don’t want to be there.” He further elaborated on the situation in Gaza by stating, “Hamas, and this is agreed by everyone, took down the electricity grid in Gaza, and that’s why they have more rockets.”
Herzog also made comparisons to other terrorist organizations, stating, “There is a bad culture shared by ISIS, Hamas, and Al-Qaeda – it’s planning 9/11, it’s beheading in Europe, it’s torturing people like the Houthis do in the south. It’s in the whole region – oh, we’re fighting them or that we don’t fight at all.” He likened the response to Churchill’s actions against the Nazis during World War II.
“We paid the price,” Herzog expressed regretfully. “We repeatedly allowed cease-fires – and what happened? On October 7, the largest number of Jews was murdered since World War II, since the Holocaust. Relatively, it’s like 8 times 9/11. What else can we do? We don’t want to cause suffering – we tell the citizens to move in the Strip.”
The BBC has faced criticism regarding its coverage of the conflict, including its initial refusal to call Hamas terrorists and referring to them as “fighting forces.” After internal review, the broadcasting corporation decided to describe Hamas as a “terrorist organization outlawed by the British government and others.”
As the propaganda war intensifies, President Herzog’s allegations against the BBC shed light on the ongoing battle for objective reporting in the midst of a highly complex conflict.
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