
Aimee Shalan
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Director of Makan and Chair of British Palestinian Committee. Views my own, RT ≠ endorsement.
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27-01-2011 08:40:24
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On BBC radio this morning Tom Fletcher said that 14,000 babies in Gaza will die over the next 48 hours unless they can get aid to them. 14000 babies.



So The New York Times published a less than mediocre piece on Project Esther last week. As Maura Finkelstein pointed out, it fails to investigate the ludicrous claim that there is such a thing as a “Hamas Support Network” and the serious implications it has for Palestinian solidarity in the





Today we wrote to David Lammy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office asking for urgent clarity - why is the UK Trade Envoy for Israel meeting Israeli officials to promote trade following last week’s announcement? We outlined further immediate steps the govt should take to end its participation in Israeli





Over 100 BBC staff have signed a letter criticising the board’s choice not to air the Gaza medics film. In my latest The Guardian piece, I talk about the BBC’s cowardice over #Gaza, and what it was like to spearhead staff organising while I was a journalist there.


