West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and University of Birmingham Students for Justice in Palestine and other campaigners for Palestinian human rights in the West Midlands have called a "die-in" on the steps of the BBC at the Mailbox in Birmingham on Thursday evening 22d November 2012, to protest against its biased reporting on the recent Israeli assault on Gaza.

New York, November 16, 2012: International development leaders and experts highlighted the importance of Zakat in advancing global development at a forum titled "Linking Muslim Giving to the MDGs". The forum was co-hosted at the United Nations headquarters by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), The World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, and the UN Millennium Campaign.

Palestine supporters and anti-war activists in Bristol are shocked at the recent attacks on Gaza by Israel . 

In Bristol , the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Bristol-Stop-The-War, the SWP, and other groups are calling a protest on the Centre (opposite the Hippodrome) in Bristol tomorrow, FRIDAY 16th November from 5.00-6.00pm. 

In September, Bristol man Sakir Yildirm raised money by donation, bought an ambulance, and drove across Europe to deliver it to medical teams in Syria on what he called a “one man mercy mission”. During this trip he saw the desperate living conditions for ordinary people in Syria including their struggle for food.