Senior corporation executive, Rhodri Talfan Davies and director of editorial policy David Jordan, appeared at the South Hampstead Synagogue, for an event aimed at building 'trust'.
BBC bosses have admitted that the corporation has made mistakes over its coverage of the Middle-East conflict, but denied that the corporation was guilty of systematic anti-Semitism.
He pointed out the BBC had put its 'hands up' when it got things wrong, also acknowledging the 'fear factor' for the Jewish community was 'significant'. Its refusal to use the word terrorists to describe the Hamas fighters that slaughtered Israeli civilians has sparked huge controversy, including criticism from Israeli president Isaac Herzog.
During the discussion, there was anger directed at the BBC over the reporting of its international editor Jeremy Bowen, who was faced claims he was anti-Israeli. Others singled out the corporation's coverage of the hospital explosion and claims it always seemed to blame Israel. The BBC original reporting in 2021, had suggested there had also been an anti-Muslim comment from someone in the bus. But this was contested by Jewish groups.
When asked about the dangers of making mistakes, Mr Davies said: 'Our job as independent journalists is to gather the evidence and to tell the story as we see it.The meeting also revealed the scale of disillusionment felt by significant numbers in the Jewish community about the BBC's reporting.
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