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Imogen Garfinkel

Imogen Garfinkel

Reporter

Imogen Garfinkel is a reporter at the Jewish Chronicle

You can reach her at igarfinkel@thejc.com

Latest from Imogen Garfinkel

Catalogue of shame: how the BBC keeps getting it wrong on Jews and Israel

The broadcaster has been accused of platforming Hamas propaganda and breaching its own editorial standards

By Imogen Garfinkel

12 min read

The BBC has sparked outrage in the UK Jewish community over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war since October 7 (Getty)

Students from Kings College London rally in support of Dr Rana Baker, a controversial professor who has previously distributed a Hamas propaganda document to students for a seminar

Gaza mob hunts down terrified Jewish student who organised campus peace event

6 min read

Jewish sitcom writer Robert Popper will be speaking at Jewish Book Week tomorrow about his new comedy book 'The Elsie Drake Letters'

The Friday Night Dinner writer on his latest ‘mad creative adventure’

5 min read

Counter-terror police have been called in to assess complaints about the BBC's controversial documentary on Gaza which featured the son of a senior Hamas official as its narrator. (Getty)

BBC could face terror probe after admission that Hamas family was paid during making of Gaza film

2 min read

More from Imogen Garfinkel

Netanyahu’s office admits intelligence officer didn’t pass on warning hours before October 7 attack

The Prime Minister’s Office defended the decision as the memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity was framed as non-urgent

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March 2, 2025 11:19

Netanyahu's intelligence officer received a memo indicating suspicious Hamas activity prior to the October 7 massacre and didn't pass it on, according to a Channel 12 report. (Getty)

Ben-Gvir refuses to apologise to freed hostages who claim his treatment of Palestinian prisoners worsened their torture

The former national security minister said he was ‘proud’ of his conduct when questioned by journalists

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March 2, 2025 09:51

The far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned from his government position in January to protest the hostage-ceasefire deal. (Getty)

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

The board of the corporation said the errors were ‘serious and damaging’ and says the production company knew of narrator’s Hamas links before airing

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February 28, 2025 11:28

The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

Golden towers, sports cars and bearded belly dancers: Trump posts bizarre Gaza AI video

The US president posted the clip on Truth Social in the early hours of Wednesday morning

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February 26, 2025 14:38

The AI-generated video published on Trump's platform Truth Social shows the US president and Benjamin Netanyahu lounging shirtless by a pool in a redeveloped Gaza

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

Demontrators carried placards accusing the broadcaster of being the spokeperson for ‘terrorists’

2 min read

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February 26, 2025 12:37

The rally outside the BBC's London headquarters was organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (Photo: CAA)

Hospital trust reviews uniform policy after complaint about medical staff wearing pro-Palestine insignia

Head nurses at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington allegedly donned pro-Gaza badges and lanyards

1 min read

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February 25, 2025 17:13

UK Lawyers for Israel alleged that two head nurses at St Mary's Hospital wore pro-Palestine badges and lanyards while on duty

Pro-Gaza protestors accused of stealing ‘commercial secrets’ from University of Cambridge

Activists allegedly raided an administrative building containing sensitive documents

2 min read

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February 21, 2025 14:53

Pro-Gaza activists have been accused of stealing sensitive documents from the University of Cambridge (Getty Images)

‘The terrorist who murdered my family has been set free — but I back the Israel-Hamas deal’

Oran Almog was only 10 when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Haifa restaurant and killed his family

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February 21, 2025 14:51

(From left) Oran, his father Moshik, and his little brother Tomer. Moshik, Tomer, Almog's cousin Assaf, and his grandparents Ze'evik and Ruthie were killed in a 2003 terrorist attack. (Courtesy of Oran Almog)

Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights official

The bodies of Israeli mother Shiri Bibas, her young sons Ariel and Kfir and peace activist Oded Lifshitz were transferred back to Israel this morning

1 min read

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February 20, 2025 12:54

The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said that the parading of hostages' coffins in Gaza this morning violated international law (Image: Getty)

Hamas says it will free all remaining hostages in single swap in phase two of ceasefire deal

The terror group is reportedly demanding a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and permanent ceasefire in return

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February 19, 2025 15:53

Posters of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Kfir and Ariel, plastered outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square". (Getty Images)

BBC accused of using child narrator with Hamas family ties in ‘propaganda’ documentary

The teen is alleged to be the son of a senior Hamas official and the nephew of the director of an NGO with ‘links to the PFLP’

2 min read

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February 19, 2025 14:00

The BBC has been criticised for platforming 'Hamas propaganda' in its latest Gaza documentary. (Credit: BBC)

‘Hate crime’ investigation launched after Holocaust memorial damaged in Plymouth

Vandals tried to remove a plaque dedicated to ‘all victims of genocide’

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February 19, 2025 13:06

Police are investigating a potential 'hate crime' after a Holocaust memorial was vandalised in Plymouth (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)

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