Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the BBC’s reluctance to label the Palestinian Hamas movement a terrorist organization was a distortion of the facts. He announced this at a press conference following his meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. RIA News.
“We are facing one of the worst terrorist organizations in the world… What else do they need to see to understand that this is a brutal terrorist organization?” Herzog said, adding that the company’s attitude should be opposed and this organization should be opposed. The situation needs to be corrected.
In response, the British Prime Minister said it was a call in spades and noted that the Hamas attacks were “a barbaric act of terrorism carried out by an evil terrorist organisation”.
The BBC had previously come under criticism for refusing to label Hamas as terrorists; This included condemnation from British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, who called the company’s position “borderline disgraceful”.
14 October reportedThe BBC’s headquarters in London was reportedly painted red because it refused to call Hamas terrorists.
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