London, UK – The BBC is facing a firestorm of criticism after resurfaced social media posts by Gazan contributor Samer Elzaenen revealed a chilling history of antisemitic rhetoric, including a 2011 Facebook post where he wrote, “We shall burn you as Hitler did, but this time we won’t have a single one of you left.” The revelations, detailed in a Telegraph report on April 26 [], have conservatives on X, like @MAGAForce2024, slamming the broadcaster: “BBC’s credibility is in the gutter—harboring antisemites who praise Hamas!”
Elzaenen, who has appeared on BBC Arabic over a dozen times since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, per The Jerusalem Post [], posted in 2011, “My message to the Zionist Jews: We are going to take our land back, we love death for Allah’s sake the same way you love life.” In 2022, he wrote, “When things go awry for us, shoot the Jews, it fixes everything,” per Independent Sentinel []. He also celebrated over 30 terror attacks, calling Hamas “resistance fighters” and glorifying a February 2023 Jerusalem car-ramming that killed three as sending victims “to hell,” per Jewish News []. Another contributor, Ahmed Alagha, praised the October 7 attacks as “taking initiative,” per The Telegraph [].
Conservatives are livid at the BBC’s pattern of bias, especially after last month’s revelation that the broadcaster paid a relative of a Hamas official for its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, prompting anti-terror investigation calls, per BBC News on March 4 []. @PatriotPulse wrote, “Elzaenen openly praises Hamas terrorists as ‘heroes’—how is the BBC platforming this hatred?” @America1stMAGA added, “This is the deep rot of left-wing ideology—BBC’s been caught red-handed!” The broadcaster claimed ignorance of Elzaenen’s posts, condemning antisemitism but noting he was a contributor, not staff, per Independent Sentinel [].
The viral backlash, with Elzaenen’s posts gaining traction on X, has conservatives demanding accountability. @JusticeForAll22 wrote, “BBC’s history of antisemitic narratives is undeniable—time to defund them!” With the broadcaster’s credibility already under scrutiny—69% of UK Jews reported distrust in its Israel coverage in a 2024 survey, per Jewish News []—this scandal has conservatives rallying to expose what they see as systemic bias, seeing Elzaenen’s remarks as a damning indictment of the BBC’s moral failure.
