An independent panel report has found that no deliberate or systematic bias was found in BBC coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

In October 2005, the BBC board of governors commissioned the panel to investigate the impartiality of the BBC news and current affairs coverage of the Middle East conflict.

In response to the report published earlier this week, BBC News management said: "We welcome the report’s central finding of ‘no deliberate or systematic bias’ in our coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and our ‘commitment to be fair, accurate and impartial’."