Foreign secretary’s call comes after group releases video of British-Israeli hostage it says died after being wounded in Israeli airstrike

Foreign secretary’s call comes after group releases video of British-Israeli hostage it says died after being wounded in Israeli airstrike

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.

  • Atin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Hamas are every bit as much a terrorist organisation as Isis, the IRA, FARC, Red Army faction, Al Qaeda or UDF have been.

    • homura1650@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      None of which are called terrorists by the BBC.

      The BBC has a long standing policy against calling people/organizations terrorists.

      Their position in this case says nothing about how they view Hamas. The position of those complaining about it says a lot about how they view the role news organizations.

      • Atin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Meh, if you commit acts of terrorism, you are a terrorist. We have nouns for a reason.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago
          • Hamas: A population largely under the age of 18 who have been ruthlessly bombed, sniped, and starved for months while they are bottled up at the southern border in a concentration camp

          Terrorists

          • The IDF: Leveraging sophisticated AI tools to assassinate entire families, demolishing whole city blocks in a fit of religious zeal, systematically kidnapping and torturing dissidents and journalists, infiltrating foreign governments to assassinate democratically elected leaders, and spreading a toxic ideology of hatred and bigotry in hopes of terrorizing their regional rivals into compliance with their demands.

          Not Terrorists