THE BBC’S director general fired off a warning to all staff yesterday amid claims of anti-Semitism at the corporation.
Tim Davie said there was no place at the BBC for “racist abuse”.
Tim Davie has sent a warning to BBC staff over fears of anti-semitismPA
He urged employees to report any anti-Semitic attacks, saying: “We must stand united against any form of abuse, prejudice or intolerance.
“There can be no place at the BBC for racist abuse of any kind, whether towards our Jewish colleagues or indeed colleagues from any background or belief.”
Mr Davie’s crackdown comes after Apprentice candidate Dr Asif Munaf was dropped from spin-off show You’re Fired! after making a string of anti-Semitic slurs.
And senior BBC Three scheduling coordinator Dawn Queva was sacked after she branded Jewish people “lying scum” and compared Israeli leaders to Adolf Hitler.
Figures released this week show anti-semitism hit an all-time high last year in an “explosion of hatred” against the Jewish community following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel.
The Community Security Trust (CST) said the surge in anti-Jewish attacks, threats and abuse amounted to a “celebration” of Hamas’s Oct 7 massacre by anti-Semites.
James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, branded the rise in anti-Semitism “utterly deplorable”.
Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said the rise was “appalling and intolerable” and a “stain on our society”.
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