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BBC deputy director general rejects calls from MPs and Jewish leaders for an independent antisemitism inquiry after £400,000 producer payout

Lucie Kon, 57, received a £400,000 settlement from the BBC after alleging antisemitic harassment by colleagues who called Zionists "evil, like Hamas.
Lucie Kon, 57, received a £400,000 settlement from the BBC after alleging antisemitic harassment by colleagues who called Zionists "evil, like Hamas.

Lucie Kon, 57, a former BBC Storyville commissioning editor who won an Oscar for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin', says colleagues called Zionists "evil" and blocked her from overseeing a Nova music festival documentary because, as a Jew, she had "skin in the game." The BBC paid her £400,000 without admitting liability but acknowledged "shortcomings" in her treatment.

Kon warns Jewish BBC staff are now "being investigated for being Zionists" and says no antisemitism complaint she knows of has ever been upheld internally.

Deputy director general Rhodri Talfan Davies met the BBC's Jewish staff network but insisted: 'I don't believe there is institutional discrimination of any sort in the BBC.'

The Jewish Leadership Council, Board of Deputies, and both Labour and Conservative MPs are demanding an independent inquiry — which the BBC has refused.

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