# BBC criticised for not challenging guest over praise of Hamas attacks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/apologist-for-hamas-given-platform-on-bbcs-today-show/
- Published: 2026-10-31T01:22:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T01:32:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16253837/Apologist-Hamas-given-platform-BBCs-Today-show.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- BBC criticised over interview with Andreas Malm.
- Malm’s past comments about Hamas were not raised.
- His UK entry ban is part of a wider debate over protest and extremism.

## Summary

The BBC has faced criticism for interviewing Swedish activist and climate academic Andreas Malm on Radio 4’s Today Programme without asking about his past comments praising Hamas and describing the 7 October 2023 attacks as part of a “beautiful liberation struggle”. The interview focused on his complaint that the UK had barred him from entering, raising questions about how broadcasters scrutinise guests’ views.

Malm, 49, was refused entry after officials said his presence might not be conducive to the public good. The article says he has called Hamas “heroic” and “armed resistance”, while describing the massacre as “highly deplorable but not incomprehensible”; 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage in the attacks. The interview took place amid debate over the UK’s proscription of Palestine Action, and a Labour Against Antisemitism representative said the BBC had left Malm’s views unchallenged.

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