Palestine Action trash BBC HQ for downplaying Israeli crimes in Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
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17 Feb 2025 21:45
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The Palestine Action activist group announces targeting the BBC headquarters in London, accusing them of complicity in the Gaza genocide.

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The BBC logo covered in blood-red paint after Palestine Action activists targeted the broadcaster's HQs, February 17, 2025 (X/Pal_Action)

Palestine Action announced that its activists targeted the BBC headquarters in Portland Place, London, early on Monday, splattering the outer ground floor with blood-red paint and smashing windows.

BREAKING: Palestine Action target the BBC headquarters in Portland Place, London.

The BBC's systematic bias manufactures consent for the genocide of Palestinians and the ethnic cleansing of their homeland. pic.twitter.com/ylvHJZOPR9
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) February 17, 2025

The group accused the BBC of "downplaying Israeli war crimes" and neglecting to "amplify Palestinian voices," stressing that this makes the broadcaster "complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

This marks the second time the group has targeted the building.

In November, more than 100 BBC employees accused the British broadcaster of exhibiting a clear bias toward "Israel" while covering the entity's ongoing year-long war against Palestinians in Gaza.

In a letter addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie and signed by over 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff, the signatories urged the broadcaster to "recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality" in its reporting on Israeli actions in Gaza.

The letter criticized the BBC for not meeting its editorial standards, citing a lack of "consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism" in its coverage of the situation, as reported by The Independent, which obtained the letter.

Among the signatories are British politician Sayeeda Warsi and actress Juliet Stevenson. They called on the BBC to report “without fear or favor” and to “recommit to the highest editorial standards—with emphasis on fairness, accuracy, and due impartiality.”