A Jewish Bbc Reporter today resigned from his job because of his bosses’ refusal to describe Hamas as terrorists.

Noah Abrahams, who is 22 and worked on BBC Radio Derby, said the decision was ‘unjustified’ and ‘words have influence’.

He told TalkTV: ‘I have morals and I stick by them. The words justified and unjustified have been thrown around a lot since the weekend, and I think the BBC’s refusal to use the correct terminology is unjustified.

‘Words impact how we think, how we react, how we act. They have influence. The phrase freedom fighter distracts from the reality of terrorism.

‘To those easily influenced it implies what they’re not – they’re not freedom fighters, or gunman as John Simpson refers to them, they’re terrorists.

‘There are probably people watching who think I’ve thrown it all away for some words, but words – when neglected – have the power to fuel hate and put fuel on the fire.’

He added: ‘Jews are terrified, as am I. And I’ve just made a really monumental career and life decision. So as with everyone I’m going through a really hard time at the moment.’