David Cameron fordert die BBC auf, die Hamas als Terrororganisation zu bezeichnen

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1. >David Cameron has urged the BBC to describe Hamas as a terrorist organisation, reviving an accusation that the corporation shies away from a valid description of the Islamist group that is holding Israeli hostages.

   >The UK foreign secretary told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the organisation should reconsider its guidelines in light of a video released by Hamas showing the British-Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell, who the group said had died in Gaza.

   >Hamas released a statement on Saturday saying the 51-year-old had died after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike a month ago. The video showed him with a black eye.

2. “It added that “for some days we had not been using ‘militant’ as a default description for Hamas, as we have been finding this a less accurate description for our audiences as the situation evolves”.”

   WTF

3. But Cameron faces a problem. Many BBC reporters and commenters are Hamas supporters. How can they call it a terrorist organization?

4. Thats exactly what they are.

5. When you murder 1,200 innocent people you are a terrorist group.

6. Calling hamas a militant group is like calling a bear a dog like, while correct it’s misleading and dangerous

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8. Crazy how this is controversial when they on Oct 7th went house to house near Gaza and hunted civllians, kidnapped children and a baby and did mass rapes.

9. It’s sad he has to make this point to the BBC

10. The fact that this designation was controversial tells us everything we need to know about the BBC.

11. bbc is a corrupt biased institution which uses subtle anti Israel language on daily basis. It was also visible in the way they titled news and selected images to show related to the eurovision.

12. They are a terrorist organization. I don’t understand why they won’t refer to them as that. They literally go into countries and attack for no reason. i.e. terrorists. Israel has had enough and are defending themselves.

13. How about a militant group that has used terrorism to accomplish it’s goals?

14. I don’t understand the statements by the BBC that are quoted in the article.

    They do not want to appear to pick a side? Did they handle IS in the same way?

    They did not call Hamas militants for some days? What does that even mean?

15. So what position does this clown have nowadays?

16. From all the criticisms of the BBC, the terrorists thing is the least justified.

    Remember when they were told a man identified an F-35 in the night sky, saw a missile from it striking a hospital, and they just accepted it? No questions asked?

    And their corrections being basically hidden?

    Out of all things this is the least interesting criticism, created for headline generation.

17. I really don’t understand why they’re insisting on neutrality on this specific point.

    They’re a public service broadcaster, of the British public, whose country designates Hamas as a terrorist organization.

    Is it Algeria or Malaysia paying for the BBC’s operation that they care so diligently to not step on anybody’s sensibilities, or is it the British taxpayer who voted in government after government that continued to view Hamas as a terrorist organization?

18. There is a sizeable subsection of people who have no clue at all about the history or present day workings of hamas, and simply think that they are on the side of the “good guys” if they are criticising the side with greater military power. The amount of people raising their voice to be heard simply so that their voice can be heard rather than any coherent message is far too high. 

19. Looks like David Cameron is tired of beating around the bush. Time for the BBC to call Hamas what they really are – terrorists.

20. No matter if you are pro or anti-Israel. After October 7, there should not be any doubt that hamas is terrorist organization.