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epja ◴[] No.44496563[source]
It's worth noting the BBC has also been accused of an anti-Israel bias including but not limited to airing a documentary produced by a Hamas linked individuals[1].

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07zz5937llo

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YZF[dead post] ◴[] No.44496629[source]
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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.44496780[source]
Wasn't it calling for death to a military force leading a campaign of total war, and not a death call against Israelis in general?

Like nobody would say "death to the Khmer Rouge" is a death call against Cambodians. It technically would be, since it was Cambodians in the Khmer Rouge who were killing innocent children, but it's a specific subset of Cambodians (the Khmer Rouge) and only those who were actually doing the killing.

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troad ◴[] No.44496898[source]
Yes, the coverage of this has been a weird one to watch.

How does this remark differ from what the Israeli government regularly says about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, just as much an official body in Iran as the IDF is in Israel? No one, to my knowledge, would consider calling for the demise of the IRGC to be hate speech against Iranians. No one has ever shut off a live transmission of a Netanyahu speech because he advocated for violence against the IRGC.

(Not defending the IRGC here, they are ghouls. Just noting the intellectual dishonesty.)

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YZF ◴[] No.44497328[source]
Nobody chants "death to the IRGC" in music festivals in Israel (or anywhere in Israel). Not to mention we're talking a third party here, the UK.

The Israeli government doesn't say "Death to the IRGC". Iran however regularly (like weekly) has massive crowds chanting "Death to the USA" and "death to Israel", stepping on and burning Israeli and American flags.

Israel consistently says they consider the Iranians their friends who are also oppressed by the regime. There are zero calls for death of anyone from Israel.

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1. troad ◴[] No.44498979[source]
And Iran sponsors Jewish groups that are critical of the state of Israel. Both sides claim to be critical solely of the other's state, never the people. Sadly, neither side is credible in this, there's ample evidence of prejudice and hatred all round.