This Canadian Doctor Slammed The BBC For Trying To "Both-Sides" Israel’s Genocide
"You don't ask the perpetrator of a genocide their opinion."
Canadian doctor Tanya Haj Hassan has slammed the BBC for trying to portray both sides of Israel's genocide in Gaza during a live interview.
Hassan had appeared on the BBC after an Israeli airstrike on Friday May 23 killed nine of Palestinian woman Dr. Alaa al-Najjar's ten children in Gaza and left only one child and her husband surviving.
During the interview, Hassan, who had just been working in Gaza in March with the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, described what had happened to Najjar, a doctor at Nasser Hospital, as well as her colleagues' and her own experiences on the ground, describing a healthcare system that has already collapsed with health workers being systematically targeted by the Israeli military.
However, the BBC anchor continued to insist on voicing Israel's response to the attacks, saying that the Israeli military had denied attacking civilians and the reports of genocide that have been found by some of the world's biggest human rights and humanitarian organizations, such as Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders and Human Rights Watch.
Hassan called out the anchor for giving the Israeli government's claims airtime, citing facts that the claims have mostly proven to be false, as well as the situation in Gaza, where 35 out of 36 hospitals have been attacked by the Israeli forces and most health workers have had either first or second degree relatives be killed by Israel's genocide.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of the genocide for their opinion," she said, adding that the BBC should at least mention the findings by the human rights organizations at the same time.
The BBC anchor then said "sorry to talk over you, but that is the response they give," cited the BBC's other reporting around the UN officials who had said Israel's actions were consistent with genocide and proceeded to end the interview.
Israel's genocide in Gaza has now killed more than 68,278 Palestinians in Gaza, including thousands still buried under the rubble.
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