Mahmoud Abbas

March 22, 2021

BBC audiences still in the dark on domestic Palestinian politics

Over the past two months we have been taking an occasional look at developments in a story that the ...

March 19, 2021

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Michael Milstein discusses the scheduled Palestinian elections. “An unusual convergenc...

March 12, 2021

Weekend long read

1) Writing at the Jewish Journal, Gerald Steinberg discusses ‘20 Years of NGO Lawfare’. “The a...

February 26, 2021

BBC silence on scheduled Palestinian elections continues

Over a month ago we noted that BBC audiences had seen no coverage whatsoever of Mahmoud Abbas’ pre...

January 22, 2021

BBC News ignores Palestinian elections decree

A week has passed since an event which one might have thought would be deemed newsworthy by the BBC,...

November 15, 2020

Economist piece on Erekat rewrites history of the peace process

An Economist article on the death of long-time Palestinian spokesman Saeb Erekat (“Saeb Erekat...

July 22, 2020

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ lets PLO rep’s falsehoods slide, avoids tough questions

Previously we saw how the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ presented the guest interviewed in its July 1...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

June 14, 2020

BBC News silent on practicalities of PA’s ending of agreements with Israel

On May 20th the BBC News website reported that: “Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas has ...

June 5, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At the JCPA Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh discuss ‘Mahmoud Abbas’ Strategy of Selective Com...