Isn’t that right, Sky News?

It seems that, after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Kay Burley repeatedly stated on that channel that Husam Zomlot, Palestine’s ambassador to the UK, had said “Israel had it coming”.

And the fact?

It’s entirely understandable that Dr Zomlot called for “accurate and responsible” reporting – and sad that Sky News did not take his words to heart.

Instead, we get this:

The first thing to note is that Yara Eid was entirely correct to point out the misleading language in the Sky reporter’s introduction: “You said more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel and more than 4,000 in Palestine have died… As a journalist, you have the moral responsibility to report on what’s happening. Palestinians don’t just die, they get killed.”

Second: “You also mentioned that this is a Hamas-Israel war. This is not it, and framing it as such is very misleading… It poses the thing that Israel is an equal power – but it is an occupying power, and it actually has the responsibility of protecting all civilian lives and children in Gaza.

“But what we have been seeing is more than 1,700 of those who are killed are children.

“So this is not really a war against Hamas… So many Israeli spokespersons went on TV and said this is a war against Palestinians in Gaza.”

Third: “This is a 75-year-old occupation, ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians and you need, as a journalist, to report on what’s happening and say it as it is.”

And the response? “When Hamas launched the attack on Israel… what did you expect would happen next?”

Ms Eid came back well: “You are misleading by saying it’s a Hamas attack. You need to say what’s been happening. We can’t look at it just by looking at what’s happened on October 7. Why are you not talking about all the other attacks, on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, kidnapping women and raping them in Israeli jails, all these Palestinians who are being killed in the West Bank? Why are you not asking me about them?”

There was no answer. The reporter, realising Ms Eid was not going to provide whatever message the channel wanted, ended the interview.

What good is an apology if the lesson is not learned?

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