At CBC News, the anti-Israel bias permeating the broadcaster’s coverage is often on open display, just by the stories that are told (and which go untold).

Producer Yasmine Hassan, who has produced a long list of reports over the last two years with an overwhelming focus on Palestinian narratives, devoted the months of September and October to penning articles with a continued myopic lens.

Her September 5 article, “Israeli reservists are risking jail time rather than serve in Gaza again,” co-authored with Sheena Goodyear, tells readers about a small group of Israeli soldiers who refused to fight in Gaza on moral grounds, quoting a recent interview on the radio program As It Happens.

Despite the article acknowledging that the figures are in the low hundreds, it nevertheless garnered sympathetic coverage of those activists, making clear that even for a reporter ostensibly focused on Gaza, when Israelis speak out against their country, it merits CBC coverage.

More egregiously, Hassan and Goodyear write that “Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, as well as the International Association of Genocide Scholars, have all accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, something Israel fiercely denies. The International Court of Justice is pursuing a genocide case against the country, brought forward by South Africa.”

Despite rattling off a litany of actors accusing Israel of genocide, the authors do not quote a single scholar or expert who says otherwise, nor do they itemize the steps Israel took to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza. It does not even remotely resemble a balanced report.

On September 23, her article, “Palestinians in Gaza City say sheltering at this hospital is their last hope,” tells an extended heart-wrenching tale about the impact of war in Gaza, writing that “in Gaza City, the Al-Quds hospital still stands along the once vibrant Tal el Hawa road. Though its windows have been blown out and parts of its sign are missing, the hospital is still a beacon for those seeking treatment and shelter.”

In extensive detail, she elaborates about how Palestinians have been displaced amidst war, quoting anti-Israel propagandist and CBC videographer Mohamed El Saife, yet somehow omits to report how widely Hamas has used hospitals and other civilian infrastructure for its operations, effectively weaponizing much of Gaza in the process, and instead framing Israel as the bad actor.

In a September 26 article – with files from Mohamed El Saife – “This doctor takes us through a day at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City,” Hassan continued her streak of reporting by profiling Palestinian doctor Nada Abu Al-Rub, who works at the local Al-Shifa hospital. While the article extensively features vivid descriptions of injuries in Gaza, and quotes Abu Al-Rub as calling the enclave “a terror movie,” she only in passing acknowledges the most important context of all: “Israel has consistently claimed that Hamas uses hospitals as bases for its fighters and as weapons depots to justify targeting them. Hamas has denied those claims.”

In fact, Israel does more than offer such “claims.” It produces evidence of Hamas’ usage of hospitals, including providing footage of Hamas terrorists firing from Al-Shifa, the same hospital where Abu Al-Rub worked.

When the US-mediated ceasefire was being proposed, Hassan’s October 1 article, “What Palestinians think of Trump’s proposed ceasefire plan,” relying again on files from El Saife, surveys Gazans about their feedback. Uncharasterically, it featured diverse voices, including Palestinians opposing Hamas’ presence in the future.

But soon, Hassan’s reporting reverted to a familiar pattern. Her October 6 article, co-authored with Raffy Boudjikanian, “This family applied to leave Gaza on 1st day of Canada’s visa program. 21 months later, they’re still waiting,” profiles the Alatbash family in Gaza but trying to come to Canada, stymied, it would appear, by bureaucratic hurdles.

The report details the steps taken by Gazans looking to come to Canada, describing one member of the family killed, according to her “in an Israeli sniper attack,” though no further details are provided. Nor are readers told about the serious security considerations regarding Gaza, namely widespread extremism and support for terrorist groups like Hamas in the territory. Instead, it is taken almost as a given that the relatively low numbers of Gazans coming to Canada is a problem to be fixed.

Yasmine Hassan’s reporting continues to largely highlight Palestinian narratives and suffering while downplaying essential context.