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"BBC Breaks Law by Failing to Say If It Made Calls to Israeli Embassy. Has the Beeb got something to hide?" novaramedia.com/2026/03/16/bbc…

It's no surprise that the BBC is trying to shield itself from accountability for its shameful anti-Palestinian bias. The BBC is fundamentally failing to report the truth about Israel’s ongoing genocide. It must act to address this immediately. novaramedia.com/2026/03/16/bbc…

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Sky News has run a misleading piece attacking campaigners in Brighton, including PSC members, organising a mass boycott of Israeli goods. The report ignores why we are taking this action: to stand with Palestinians facing Israel's genocide, military occupation and apartheid (1/7)

The government’s close relationship with Palantir is abhorrent. We must act to put a stop to it. Take action today and tell Starmer to terminate all contracts with Palantir: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/cancelpalantir… (8/8)

“We are putting Palantir on notice. This is a military surveillance company tied to authoritarian surveillance and the devastation in Gaza — and it has no role in our NHS.” Green Party leader Zack Polanski on why Palantir must be kept out of the National Health Service.

🚨Breaking - we're protesting at the International Armoured Vehicles arms fair in Farnborough, Hampshire. The companies here supply weapons used in Israel's genocide. Arms embargo now!

The Times has published a ridiculous article attacking our Councillor Pledge for Palestine. The pledge asks councillors to take steps to ensure their councils are not complicit in Israel's grave violations of international law, including by divesting pension funds from companies complicit in Israel's crimes. Polling shows this action is strongly supported by the British people. But the Times’ reporting – and the accompanying quotes from some of the usual suspects – suggests there is something wrong with it, as if constituents shouldn't ask their elected representatives to help end their council's complicity in Israel's genocide and apartheid. Our research has found that local government pension scheme funds invest £12+ billion in companies complicit in Israel’s crimes, including in arms companies that manufacture the bombs and bullets used to murder Palestinians. The Times' reporting is as absurd as it is malicious. Accountability is an important part of the democratic process, and it bizarre for The Times to suggest that voters are wrong to expect high ethical and legal standard from their elected representatives, which is all the pledge asks. In the 1980s, the right-wing press was similarly hostile to the 120+ councils in Britain that acted in support of the South African anti-apartheid struggle. The right-wing press were on the wrong side of history then, and they’re on the wrong side of history now. We know what they really fear: People across Britain – from all walks of life, growing in number every day – who refuse to be silent in the face of Israel's horrific crimes and our Government’s complicity in these atrocities. We will not be deterred by these smears. Join us in standing up for the rights of the Palestinian people and write to your local councillor today to ask them to Pledge for Palestine: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/CouncillorPled…

🚨 PSC statement on the hunger strike PSC expresses its immense relief that that imprisoned activists Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello have ended their hunger strikes. This announcement follows the disclosure that Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems has been denied a £2billion army training contract by the Ministry of Defence. We remain concerned for the safety of Umer Khalid, who is on day 6 of his resumed hunger strike. We welcome that as a result of the hunger strike, some of the prisoners have started to receive withheld mail and that a meeting between leaders of prison healthcare and representatives of the prisoners has taken place. However, we continue to demand that prison authorities do everything required to ensure the safety and rights of these prisoners, including providing them with the necessary ongoing medical care and that they be held in prisons accessible to visits from family and loved ones as is their right. We thank all PSC members and supporters who joined protests, lobbied their MPs, and phoned the prisons in order to support the hunger strikers. The continued imprisonment of Palestine solidarity activists is a disgrace. It is the architects and enablers of Israel’s genocide in Palestine – both arms companies like Elbit Systems and the British political leaders who provide Israel with diplomatic, military and political support – who should be facing trial. As Kamran says in his moving statement, referencing the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, “perhaps the government thinks that they’ve turned out our lights. But the wick remains long and full, ready for me and you to continue being a candle in the dark.” We must all redouble our efforts to end Britain’s shameful complicity in Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

It's reported that Keir Starmer will accept a seat on Trump's so-called 'Board of Peace', the colonial body set to rule over Gaza. This would amount a grotesque new low for Starmer, once again deepening his complicity in the denial of Palestinian rights. 1/4

The health of the Palestine hunger strikers is rapidly deteriorating. Heba Muraisi, who is on day 65 of her strike, is suffering from muscle spasms and breathing problems, while Kamran Ahmed, on day 58, is experiencing hearing loss. The government must urgently engage with the prisoners’ representatives.

Right now, Palestinians in Gaza are facing cold weather and heavy rainfall, which is flooding the tents that more than 1 million displaced Palestinians live in. This ban risks collapsing aid delivery in Gaza. (2/6) x.com/AJEnglish/stat…

Israel to suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), over failure to meet new rules for aid groups in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverages: aje.io/og9wv9

As we bid farewell to 2025, my thoughts are with the #children of #Palestine and children everywhere. At a recent event at the UK Parliament, a group of sick and injured children from #Gaza receiving treatment in UK hospitals was hosted. I heard words no child should ever have to say: stop killing children, and save those left injured behind in Gaza. May the new year bring life, dignity, justice — and peace for all our children and the world at large. #NewYearsEve

PSC Statement: We are delighted that Natalie Strecker @JerseyPSC has today been found not guilty of inviting support for proscribed organisations by Jersey’s Royal Court. However, this case should never have gone ahead in the first place. Full statement: palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-…

🚨BDS WINS: Swansea and Caerphilly Councils have voted to support the divestment of their pension funds from companies enabling Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians. (1/5)

Serious criminals are to be released early under a government scheme, while direct action activists and peaceful protestors are kept in jail for no good reason. Palestine Action activists in jail go on hunger strike, demanding bail theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/o…

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"A boycott is in place until further notice." Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel, shattering a taboo. This is the result of strategic, principled work by students & university staff. loom.ly/8324gMs