Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday, after the

Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as “a proscribed terrorist organisation” or simply “Hamas.” This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday, after the

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      According to Israel, because of historic persecution, no jew can ever be racist, genocidal, nationalist, fascist, corrupt, a war criminal… or anything else that’s considered bad… and if evidence results in you believing otherwise, you’re an anti-semite!

    • emax_gomax@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 months ago

      Well terrorism isn’t purely a threat, its actual violence with the goal of demotivating or convincing an enemy to submit to your demands. But I get your point.