Raffi Berg, the BBC's online Middle East editor, is suing Owen Jones for publishing an investigation in which numerous BBC whistleblowers accused him of skewing news in Israel’s favour.

Here Berg tells an interviewer that “as a Jewish person and admirer of the state of Israel” he gets “goosebumps” of pride hearing about operations by the Israeli spy agency Mossad.

On the wall behind Berg is a framed letter sent him by Benjamin Netanyahu. He counts at least one former Mossad agent as a close friend.

The BBC strictly demands public neutrality from even lowly news staff. Gary Lineker, who was its football commentator, repeatedly got into hot water for expressing political opinions.

But Berg appears untouchable. He continues to have the full backing of BBC execs, even as he has exposed himself as a fanboy of Israel – his actual area of news responsibility.

There is not even the pretence of objectivity. And yet no one in BBC management cares. What does that tell us?