Revealed: BBC’s landmark payout after anti-Semitism claims

The BBC has made a landmark £400,000 payout after anti-Semitism claims by a Jewish documentary maker who says she was bullied out of the broadcaster.

Lucie Kon, an Emmy award winner, said she was victimised in the wake of the Oct 7 terrorist attacks in Israel by colleagues who told her Zionists like her were “evil”.

Ms Kon, who has family in Israel, claimed she was told that “if you want to call Hamas terrorists then you have to call Israel terrorists too” and that she should “think about what drove Hamas to do what they did”.

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00:00 Intro: Being a Jew in the BBC
01:34 Lucie’s Early Career at the BBC
02:23 Colleagues' Shifting Attitudes After October 7th
03:15 Setting up a Support Group and Meeting Tim Davie
05:10 Dispute Over October 7th Documentary
06:50 Raising a Formal Grievance
08:15 Sickness, Redundancy, and Forced Exit
09:06 Being a Zionist at the BBC

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