David Cameron urges BBC to describe Hamas as terrorist organisation

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David Cameron has urged the BBC to describe Hamas as a terrorist organisation, reviving an accusation that the corporation shies away from a valid description of the Islamist group that is holding Israeli hostages.

He said he had met Popplewell’s family and knew what “heartbreak they’ve been going through for over 200 days”. He added: “And when you see what Hamas are prepared to do, you just realise the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with.The BBC calls Hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation, but has been reluctant to go further for fear it could be seen to be taking sides in the conflict.

It added that “for some days we had not been using ‘militant’ as a default description for Hamas, as we have been finding this a less accurate description for our audiences as the situation evolves”.

 

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