Mahmoud Abbas

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...

May 29, 2020

Weekend long read

1) NGO Monitor reports on ‘The Politics of OCHA’s COVID-19 Humanitarian Aid in the West Bank and...

May 26, 2020

BBC News ignores potential outcome of Abbas declaration

May 20th saw the appearance of an article headlined “Palestinians ‘ending accords with Israe...

March 13, 2020

The limits of BBC News reporting from PA controlled territories

The BBC's level of interest in internal Palestinian affairs is once again on display....

March 12, 2020

BBC News erases relevant background from report on Palestinian riot

Incitement and organisation were not included in the BBC's background information. ...

February 4, 2020

BBC Radio 4 news implies previous existence of Palestinian state in US plan report

Under Jeremy Bowen’s baton, BBC audiences were once again deprived of information necessary for th...

January 30, 2020

What does the Guardian think Palestinian leaders should do to advance peace?

If Guardian editors are not, as we argue, guilty of the bigotry of low expectations, and do impute m...

January 3, 2020

BBC News ignores Fatah Day rallies as usual

Once again the BBC ignores terror glorifying rallies by a party it describes as being committed to '...

August 30, 2019

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading....