Will you write to the BBC’s Director General today to demand the BBC stops silencing Palestinian voices?

Posted: 24th February 2025

Last week the BBC removed from its platform the documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone”, which followed four young Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have been enduring and surviving Israel’s genocidal assault. Will you write to the BBC’s Director General today to demand the BBC stops silencing Palestinian voices?

We know that this is only one example of the BBC contributing to the dehumanisation of Palestinians which includes its failure to adequately platform Palestinian voices and suppression of the contemporary and historical realities of Palestinian life and Israel’s decades long violations of Palestinian rights.

The documentary itself represented one of the very few occasions where the BBC has allowed Palestinians to speak these truths, and it is shameful that the BBC has reached the point that it is now censuring Palestinian children.  

As outlined in a detailed investigation by the journalist Owen Jones, the extent of the BBC’s pro-Israel bias has even led to widespread dissent among BBC staff who have said that coverage is skewed by senior figures to “water down everything that’s too critical of Israel”. Staff have complained of the BBC’s persistent promotion of Israeli narratives, highlighting that “Palestinian sources need to be verified, but Israeli sources do not.”  

Similarly, the BBC rarely draws attention to the fact that international journalists are banned from entering the Gaza Strip, whilst simultaneously casting doubt on Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices, haranguing Palestinian guests, or silencing them completely.

The BBC is a publicly funded state broadcaster and is rightly accountable to you – we need as many people emailing the BBC as possible to demand that the documentary is restored, that it adheres to its own editorial values, and that it resists any further pressure from pro-Israel groups.  

Write to the BBC today using our e-action and please share widely with your friends and family to tell the BBC today: stop censoring Palestine.  

Thank you for all that you do.  
 

In solidarity,  
Celie
PSC Campaigns Officer