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British Jews furious at Sky News coverage: "Israel has a lust for revenge, Haniyeh was 'moderate'"

British Jewish leaders clash with Sky News over a special correspondent Alex Crawford's controversial characterization of Israel's actions, reigniting debates about antisemitic reporting at Sky News. (Footage has been included.)

Smartphone with Sky News logo (Photo: Shutterstock / Ralf Liebhold)

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has raised serious concerns about a Sky News journalist's recent reporting on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, accusing her of unprofessional conduct.

Alex Crawford, a special correspondent for Sky News based in Istanbul, drew criticism for an article published Monday on the network's website. In her piece, Crawford wrote that Lebanese authorities were "urging restraint whilst encouraging the Americans to leverage pressure on the Israelis to rein in their lust for revenge."

The article was published following a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Druze civilians, including children, in Majdal Shams, located in the Golan Heights.

A spokesperson for the Board of Deputies told The Jewish Chronicle, "This is a disgraceful lack of professionalism from a Sky News correspondent. We will be contacting Sky directly to ask exactly how such highly disturbing comments fit within their editorial guidelines."

In fact, just today, she said that Ismail Haniyeh was considered a “very moderate” leader of Hamas.

In November, the network came under fire when presenter Kay Burley asked then-Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy whether Israel's prisoner exchange deal with Hamas suggested that Israel values Palestinian lives less than Israeli ones.

More recently, in January, Sky News host Belle Donati apologized after comparing the idea of voluntary migration by Gazans to the treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust during an interview with Likud MK Danny Danon.

The Jewish Chronicle also reported that earlier this year, Crawford faced accusations of taking sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict after claiming on social media that Israel had committed "war crimes" and was deliberately blocking foreign journalists from entering Gaza.

Antisemitism Israel-Gaza war Hamas Gaza Ismail Haniyeh Hezbollah Majdal Shams Druze

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Shocking defamatory "journalism"!!!
Anonymous 31.07.24
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Just another day for the MSM.
The Jewish Patriarch 31.07.24


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