On Wednesday 4 February, Councillor Mick Bowman and Councillor David Stockdale took a Labour motion through Newcastle City Council, opposing the Tories plan to curb the power of Councils to divest from unethical companies or countries. The motion passed and was adopted as policy by the Council. Text of the Motion Notice of Motion – ethical policy …
Palestinians have been living under brutal occupation for decades. But the BBC’s reporting continues to present Palestinians as the aggressors. With your help we’ve been challenging that reporting. These are your most recent successes: In December you forced the BBC to admit that it broadcast misleading information about recent fatalities in the West Bank In January your …
Vice News published an exposé on 4 February 2016 of World Check, about its labelling respected individuals and organisations as ‘terrorist’: Read Vice News’ article> Palestine Solidarity Campaign is taking legal advice following a decision by the World-Check commercial database to label it as a terrorist organisation. Statement from PSC’s interim Director: Sara Apps, interim Director …
The BBC has admitted it was “inadvisable” for its serving Director of Television Danny Cohen to add his name to a letter opposing a cultural boycott of Israel. Cohen signed the letter in the Guardian in October, along with novelist J.K Rowling and several MPs who are members of the Conservative Friends of Israel. The …
The BBC has found that a broadcast by veteran presenter, John Humphrys, on Radio 4’s Today programme was in breach of the corporation’s editorial guidelines on accuracy. On 19th October, Humphrys and BBC Middle East Correspondent, Kevin Connolly, had a two-way conversation about the escalated violence in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Israel. Palestine …
Today the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has launched a legal case against the Co-operative Bank on the grounds of discrimination. Last month, PSC’s account was closed by the Co-operative Bank which cited “the Bank’s risk appetite” for the closure and has refused to elaborate further. Another 20[i] organisations working for Palestine – including a number …
The BBC’s Director of Television, Danny Cohen, has called for Israel to be protected from cultural boycotts. Cohen joined senior figures from the Parliamentary lobby groups, Conservative Friends of Israel and Labour Friends of Israel, in signing a letter published in the Guardian in October which claims that Israel is being singled out as a …
The BBC’s Director of Television has joined the Chair of Conservative Friends of Israel and the Vice Chair of Labour Friends of Israel in calling for Israel to be protected from cultural boycotts. Danny Cohen added his name to a letter published in the Guardian last week, claiming Israel was being singled out as a …
The BBC’s head of news and current affairs, and some of the organisation’s most senior presenters, have received innovative reminders this week that the Palestinians are an occupied people whose land is still being stolen from them. Palestine Solidarity Campaign has sent its mugs, printed with maps showing just how much of their land Palestinians …
Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel. All journalists and news organisations should know this basic fact. The BBC, apparently, doesn’t. On 14th October, the BBC’s nightly current affairs programme ‘Newsnight’ wrongly referred to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Reporting from East Jerusalem, the BBC’s Diplomatic Editor, Mark Urban, said: “This evening, there were …