In an August 29 segment for the CBC radio program Day 6, the program featured an extended audio commentary from Safinaz El-Solh, a Palestinian living in Canada, complaining that Ottawa has not done enough to import large numbers of Gazans into the country.

The segment entitled: “Why Palestinian-Canadians say a program meant to bring family to Canada from Gaza is failing,” was just the latest from Day 6, a program that continues to platform anti-Israel voices while failing to provide any meaningful semblance of balance.

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In the introductory audio clips, listeners were told by a Palestinian that Israel was committing a “genocide,” a scandalous claim that was allowed to stand unchallenged by the program. Elsewhere, it was alleged that Gazans are suffering from “starvation.”

The fact that such claims can be platformed without any challenge is nothing short of indefensible. Had a pre-recorded guest spread other hateful conspiracy theories, it is inconceivable that their clip would be broadcast unedited, and without any correction or fact-checking. But, yet again, when pro-Palestinian propaganda is spread, CBC allows it to be disseminated without filter.

By no definition is “genocide” taking place in Gaza, given that there is no evidence Israel has ever sought to exterminate the population, and in sharp contrast, has taken extensive and in fact unprecedented efforts to minimize harm to the civilian population, though this is easier said than done given Hamas’ widespread use of civilian infrastructure as human shields. Israel has facilitated aid deliveries, opened humanitarian corridors, and even paused military operations at times to limit civilian casualties—actions wholly inconsistent with the claim of genocide.

The segment is not just notable for what was said, but what went entirely unsaid.

Despite El-Solh speaking for an extended period about the challenges facing Gazans seeking to come to Canada under a special visa program, no mention was made about the concerns Canadians might have about the program.

Gaza is among the most radicalized places in the world, where support for Hamas remains high, as is support for violent Islamic terrorism against Israel. This is not a marginal or fringe reality, but one well-documented in opinion polls and reflected in Hamas’ continued grip on power.

With such a highly radicalized population and the inherent security concerns that correspond, it would have behooved Day 6 to—at minimum—offer an acknowledgement of this uncomfortable yet indisputable reality, yet it failed to do so.

Such concerns about radicalization could hardly be seen as irrelevant to mention. Over the last 23 months following the Palestinian massacres in southern Israel, much of the Western world – Canada included – has seen fanatical anti-Israel groups engaging in violence, hate speech and extremist rhetoric.

Consequently, importing large numbers of Gazans into Canada—without ensuring that they reject such extremism—is a significant public concern for Canadians, but apparently not at CBC, which blithely waves it away, pretending that the issue does not exist at all.