Ahmed Shalabi
shalabi.bsky.social
Ahmed Shalabi
@shalabi.bsky.social
Gastroenterologist by day, batman 🦇 by night. Always look after your residents/juniors. Speak truth to power. Protect the NHS. #medsky #gastrosky #endoscopysky

Advanced endoscopist. Bowel cancer screener.
If you are treated as and portray yourself as a Western democracy then you should behave as one.. The other countries you mentioned are openly authoritarian and dictatorial..
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The difference is the history of the conflict and there is an occupying state and an occupied people.

But yes all the other conflicts should be reported on in equal vigour.

Another difference is Israel gets military aid, assistance, contracts, etc and is treated as a "Western democracy"
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's an easy narrative to push. Not sure how you can accept a Hamas narrative when they are not interviewed to push said narrative? Sounds odd.. Except if "everyone is Hamas".....
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So two things. This is not a conflict, this is a genocide and the images, videos and testimonies speak for themselves. Saying this does not mean one supports Hamas, that's ridiculous and just an attempt to deligitimise fair criticism. Yes the BBC has a bias towards coverage of Israeli talking points
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And I could go on and on and on. Ultimately it comes down to the occupying state has no interest in ever allowing the the occupied people to have their own state. Part of this is pushing a certain narrative in Western media while continuing to steal land and displace people over and over again
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Same with allegations of rape. If an allegation is made from an Israeli captive it is reported. But look the Palestinian who was allegedly raped in an Israeli prison. Scanty coverage at best, until the the person who leaked is arrested and then that person is the headline not the actual allegation!
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And the BBC is not alone in this.
A Palestinian life is not given the same value as an Israeli life. Look at the reports of the remains of Israeli hostages which are headlines when a return is announced, whereas Palestinian remains are just dumped with zero significance attached.
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Not necessarily. You can report the facts and put context in. I see it through the lens of justice. From that perspective the. BBC is heavily biased not necessarily towards Israel itself but towards Israeli talking points which are often reported verbatim as fact even when they are later debunked
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We are at a stage where she is the headline. But the rape of a prisoner waa never worthy of one..
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM