Despite more than 30 Palestinians, almost half of them children, being killed by Israel in the first two weeks of October, the BBC’s reporting has focused on the far fewer attacks which have been carried out against Israelis. The BBC has also refused to place October’s events in the context of the occupation. Many of …
This morning an 18- month-old Palestinian child, Ali Saad Dawabsha, was killed and three other family members were injured following an arson attack on their home in Duma near Nablus. This attack followed another hate-crime by a settler extremist just hours beforehand – with six people being stabbed at Jerusalem Pride. Extremism and hatred is …
The latest official government figures, collated by War on Want, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Campaign Against Arms Trade, reveal that the UK approved £4 million worth of arms sales to Israel in the four months that followed last year’s bombardment of Gaza. The licences cover equipment that is likely to be used if violence resumes; …
PSC analyses BBC Radio 4 ‘Live from Gaza: Business behind the blockade’ BBC News reaches 81% of the UK every week via tv, radio and online articles. That is a huge number of people to be misinforming about the nature of Israel’s occupation. PSC’s ‘Deconstructing the BBC’ series analyses BBC online articles and broadcasts to …
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of Palestinian land. They join other big names from the world of film and rock music, as well as 20,000 members of the public, who have signed …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called for urgent action to ensure that alleged Israeli war criminal, Shaul Mofaz, who is in London today, does not leave the country without facing the charges laid against him. Mofaz, who was Israel’s military chief of staff during the Second Intifada, is in London on a private visit. He stands …
The global security firm, G4S, has been found to be in violation of its human rights obligations under guidelines issued by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).The finding comes less than a week after a chaotic G4S annual general meeting was taken over by campaigners for Palestinian human rights demanding an end to …
The BBC has upheld complaints that an interview with Israel’s ‘defence’ minister on Radio 4 was biased in favour of Israel. Moshe Ya’alon was allowed to tell lie after lie on the Today programme on 19th March by BBC presenter, Sarah Montague, who remained completely silent for minutes on end as he spoke. Among the …
G4S, the global security company, will come under pressure at its annual general meeting on Thursday to disclose exactly when it will be withdrawing from its Israeli prison contracts. Chief executive, Ashley Almanza, indicated at last year’s AGM that the company was aiming to terminate its work with the Israel Prison Service but failed to …