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BBC to Reform Its Arabic News
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Ben Bloch - The BBC has introduced reforms to its Arabic news service - including dropping the controversial terrorist sympathizer Abdel Bari Atwan as a pundit - in the wake of widespread criticism. A source said four Output Monitors are being appointed to make sure Arabic-language reporting complies with guidelines. These include naming the Jewish state "Israel" rather than "Tel Aviv"; abandoning the term "Wailing Wall" to describe the Western Wall in Jerusalem; and ceasing to referring to Israeli towns as "settlements" and all Israelis as "settlers." Journalists were also instructed not to report that Israeli forces had entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque when they were only in the outer compound.