Viewers and listeners bombard BBC Director General over broadcasters links to G4S Over 2000 BBC viewers and listeners have contacted the BBC to urge it not to award G4S with a security contract worth £80 million. G4S services Israeli prisons to which Palestinian prisoners are illegally transferred in serious violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention …
Hundreds protest against Israel’s Gaza Blockade Date of issue: Saturday 18 January 2014 For immediate release More than 500 hundred gathered to protest against the on-going blockade and bombing of Gaza, on the 5th anniversary of the end of Israel’s massive military assault on Gaza. The protest took place close to the Israeli Embassy, and demonstrators heard from …
To mark 5 years since Israel’s massive onslaught against the Palestinian people in Gaza, Palestine Solidarity Campaign are stepping up the campaign for an end to the 6 year blockade of Gaza. On Friday 17th January 2014 a petition calling for a lifting of the blockade will be presented at Number 10, Downing Street. On Saturday …
letter to the Guardian on Gaza On the 27th and 28th December the Guardian published a letter from leading MPs, Peers and the Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, calling for the blockade on Gaza to be lifted. Today, five years on from when Israel’s War on Gaza began, and more than six years on from Israel’s …
Artists, musicians and authors speak out against Israel’s ethnic cleansing Over 50 artists, writers, academics, trade union leaders, activists and politicians have today signed a letter against the Prawer Plan, published in the Guardian. Author Gillian Slovo, sculptor Antony Gormley, directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, musicians Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno, actor Julie Christie, …
Media release For immediate release BBC upholds complaint on online article about Israeli settlers A BBC Online article about the life of Israeli settlers breached editorial guidelines on accuracy, the BBC has ruled. The article focused on two British men who had chosen to go and live in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West …
Have you made an appointment to lobby your MP on Palestine? Israel has announced another round of settlement building, while ordering house demolitions in East Jerusalem and the Hebron area. These actions coincide with the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ‘peace negotiations’. In the same week dozens of settler attacks have taken place against Palestinians and …
Do you think the BBC’s monopoly on news coverage should be challenged? Should an organisation which is unable to report clearly, fairly and impartially on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land enjoy a monopoly on the following scale: BBC News reaches 81% of the UK every week across all platforms (ie tv, radio, online) Overall BBC …
press release Unison tells G4S – stop doing business with Israel Unison, one of the largest trade unions in the UK, representing 1.3 million public sector workers, has publicly called on G4S to withdraw from its security contracts with Israel. Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis has written to the chief executive of G4S, Ashley Almanza, …
BBC: ‘We were wrong to hide commentator’s pro-Israeli credentials during Gaza assault’ The BBC has admitted it breached its own guidelines on accuracy in presenting a pro-Israeli commentator as an independent analyst during Israel’s assault on Gaza in November 2012.Jonathan Sacerdoti appeared on BBC News 24 four times over two days at the beginning of …