by John Pilger, August 23, 2007www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=451 In a column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes his first encounter with a Palestinian refugee camp and what Nelson Mandela has called “the greatest moral issue of our age” – justice for the Palestinians. ‘Something has changed’, he writes, referring to the world view of sanctions and a…
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Northern Ireland’s biggest trade union unanimously supports Boycott and Divestment against Israel (more…)
The BBC’s flagship programme Today is as deeply flawed in its coverage of Israel and Palestine as the rest of the BBC. Their rule of thumb is to bully and badger any Arab they allow onto the programme, and to fawn over any Israeli. This clip from the end of last Monday’s programme is no more…
The two countries with mostly positive attitudes about Israel do so in modest numbers. Forty-five percent of Nigerians and 41 percent of Americans have positive views of Israel’s influence in the world, while nearly one-third in each country has negative views. Kenya and India have populations with divided views of Israel. BBC World Service March…
Television news is the main source of information on the Israel-Palestine conflict for about 80% of the population. Yet the quality of what they see and hear is so confused and partial that it is impossible to have a sensible public debate about the reasons for the conflict or how it might be resolved. by…
In May, the Glasgow University Media Group, distinguished for its pioneering media analysis, published a study of the reporting of the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict. It ought to be required reading in newsrooms and media schools. The research showed that the public’s lack of understanding of the conflict and its origins was compounded by news reporting,…