Media Release Today (13 October 2014), MPs in Westminster voted for a motion, tabled by Grahame Morris MP, calling for recognition of a Palestinian state. 274 voted for the motion; 12 against. MPs on all sides of the House supported the call for Palestinian statehood, including many Conservatives. In the event, the ‘no’ campaign …
An open letter signed by 7,000 people was today sent to the BBC calling for the removal of the broadcaster’s Head of Statistics from all reporting on Palestine and Israel. The demand followed an article published on the BBC website, in which the Head of Statistics, Anthony Reuben, misused Palestinian casualty figures in an attempt …
There was standing room only at all Palestine fringes at Labour Party Conference. Events by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Medical Aid for Palestinians and Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East were all packed out. Overall, there were more than 1,000 attendances combined at the events. We also had a stand at Labour Party Conference> …
Hundreds of supporters for Palestine met with MPs from all political parties at the Emergency Mass Lobby for Gaza on Tuesday 9 September. MPs from all sides of the House supported the Lobby for Gaza. In total, well over 100 MPs came to support the Lobby and met with constituents. Over 350 constituents were addressed …
The TUC’s commitment to ‘step up the campaign for a free Palestine’, endorsed today at TUC conference, has been welcome by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). In a statement from its General Council, the TUC condemns the ‘collective punishment of the people of Gaza’, and describes Israel’s latest land grab in the West Bank as ‘a …
Gaza: let down by the BBC and mainstream media? Palestine Solidarity Campaign brought together the film director Ken Loach, columnist and commentator Owen Jones, the BBC’s former Middle East correspondent, Tim Llewellyn, and Greg Philo, director of the Glasgow Media Group, to debate where the mainstream media got it right, and where it got it wrong, …
The BBC continues to flood its airwaves with Israeli spokespeople when reporting on the assault on Gaza, and it allows those spokespeople to trot out Israeli propaganda lines which are complete falsehoods. These propaganda lines go unchallenged by BBC interviewers and, the majority of the time, the BBC does not invite a Palestinian spokesperson onto …
David Cameron’s failure to condemn Israel’s massacre in Gaza was attacked by MPs and other speakers today at a mass rally in London’s Hyde Park in support of the Palestinians. Speakers also called for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel. More than 150,000 people marched from the BBC studios in Portland Place, past the …
press release Date of issue: Friday 8 August 2014 For immediate release March increases pressure on British Government Details of demonstration: assembling 12 noon outside BBC HQ, Portland Place, London to Hyde Park via US Embassy Calling for: An immediate and permanent lifting of the blockade on Gaza, allowing free movement of people, goods …