Danny Cohen

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danny Cohen

Earlier this week, the BBC admitted it had broadcast an hour of primetime television narrated by the son of a Hamas terrorist leader. This connection to terrorism was not initially disclosed to audiences. This is a very serious crisis for the BBC. It means that our national broadcaster distributed terrorist propaganda to the homes of licence-fee payers. In an initial statement, the corporation confirmed that it had “full editorial control” of the programme.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danny Cohen

In recent days some outlandish proposals have been made about the future of Israel and Gaza. Yet the secret to Middle East peace is, in the end, deceptively simple. It always has been. Middle East peace is possible if the people of the region accept Israel’s right to exist and stop trying to kill Jews. It can happen if the nations, militias, terrorist organisations and anti-Semites that surround the Jewish homeland end their decades-long efforts to destroy the country.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danny Cohen

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign claims to be “a community of people working together for peace, equality, and justice”. Yet now we learn their leaders reacted to the breaking news of the mass terror attack carried out by Hamas on October 7 by immediately plotting to demonstrate against Israel, even as the slaughter continued.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Danny Cohen

It is impossible to imagine what the Israeli hostages have been through since the October 7 attacks. Yet even on their release their suffering has been cruelly exploited. The release of the hostages has become a sickening ritual, carefully choreographed by the terrorists of Hamas as a shameless propaganda spectacle. Last week, when four female hostages were released, Hamas forced the women to wear ill-fitting army uniforms and made them wave and smile from a specially-constructed stage.

Jan 14, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Danny Cohen

The imminent release of up to 34 hostages from Gaza is a time of both immense relief and aching sadness. Overwhelming relief for the hostages who have made it out alive. Hope for those who may still be released with breath in their bodies. Profound, gut-punch sadness and pain for the dozens of kidnapped Jewish men, women and children who died in captivity. It is also a moment to remind ourselves of the evil and depravity of Hamas and what it is that Israel has been fighting.