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He said: \u201cHamas, which is a terrorist organisation – I just want to make sure that you recognise that in your reporting, they are not militants, they are terrorists.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe murders they perpetrated in Israel, the kidnaps that they have perpetrated and the threats of summary executions which will be televised and broadcast, these are all terrorist attacks and I would urge you to reflect that in your reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Cleverly joins a rank of politicians on both the left and the right to have criticised the BBC\u2019s limp-wristed reporting of the acts of terror.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Speaking at a moving vigil for British Jews on Whitehall last night, senior minister Robert Jenrick – whose wife Michal is the daughter of Holocaust survivors – got a massive cheer from the crowd when attacking the BBC\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThese weren\u2019t, as the BBC wrongly continues to say, militants or fighters – these were terrorists!<\/p>\n \u201cThis was not a political resistance. The events of the last 48 hours are not a story with two sides to tell. It was pure terror, fuelled by anti-Jewish hate and inflicted upon one of Judaism\u2019s holiest days.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Labour MP Luciana Berger said: \u201cThere’s a responsibility on all the media\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThese people are terrorists. Hamas is a terrorist organisation… Language matters. When you treat countries differently you exacerbate the problem.<\/p>\n “If you don’t call it out for what it is, you have to ask yourself why is it that you treat what happens in Israel differently from any other country? This would not have been acceptable in the other atrocities that we’ve seen.<\/p>\n “Why in this conflict is it treated differently?\u201d<\/p>\n Writing in the Telegraph, former BBC executive Danny Cohen said the BBC appears to have a diktat forbidding use of the T-word.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cOn the BBC, my former employer, there appears to be a diktat not to use the word \u2018terrorism\u2019 even when the acts being reported are terrorism of the most egregious and barbaric kind.<\/p>\n \u201cAcross its platforms, the BBC describes the actions of \u2018militants\u2019, as if shooting children in cold blood is some part of conventional military warfare. It is nothing of the sort. It is murder, pure and simple. It is terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n
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