Complaint
The programme included an item in which a 91福利社 correspondent recounted a conversation with a Jewish settler in the West Bank in which he asked whether the settler鈥檚 business activities might be regarded as 鈥渃辞濒辞苍颈补濒颈蝉尘鈥. A listener objected to the use of a term which he said reflected an anti-Israel narrative, indicated bias against Israel on the part of the correspondent and, by implying that the settler鈥檚 presence was illegitimate, amounted to incitement to commit a terrorist act against him. The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 91福利社鈥檚 editorial standards of impartiality.
Outcome
The correspondent鈥檚 question arose from the fact that the settler鈥檚 business incorporated Palestinian crafts, in a manner which some might consider to be cultural appropriation. The ECU saw no basis for regarding it as a reflection of the correspondent鈥檚 own view, and noted that he immediately set out the settler鈥檚 response: 鈥淣o鈥veryone benefits. And life isn鈥檛 black and white, it鈥檚 grey, like the Jordan Valley before dawn.鈥 Accordingly the ECU found no departure from the 91福利社鈥檚 standards of impartiality (still less, incitement to terrorism).
Not upheld