A daily sample of AMW media activity:

2006

December 30 - Arab News requested a quote from AMW regarding Saddam Hussein's execution.

December 29 - AMW member Taris Ahmad got a letter published in the Church Times in response to AMW's Action Alert over a letter claiming that Palestinian Christians were being persecuted by their Muslim compatriots. The response to the Alert was strong, and all three published letters were critical of the initial letter. Ahmad's is as follows:

"The Revd Tim Price (Letters 22 December) accuses the Bishop in Jerusalem, Rt Revd Abu El-Assal, of being far from reality. Mr Price, from his armchair in Tatworth, thinks he knows better than his colleague actually living in the distressed conditions of Palestine.

December 29 - AMW helped the BBC with interviewees on Saddam Hussein's execution.

December 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed twice by the Islam Channel regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

December 28 - AMW liaised with the Islam Channel about arranging an interview on the Golan Heights.

December 26 - AMW issued a press release to the British, Arab and American media calling for a ceasefire in Somalia and for an immediate Ethiopian withdrawal:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3563/AMW-calls-for-Somali-ceasefire-Ethiopian-withdrawal/Default.aspx

December 24 - AMW liaised with Rami Khouri of Lebanon's Daily Star.

December 23 - AMW arranged an interview for ITN with the Palestinian ambassador to the UK.

December 23 - AMW liaised with the BBC Arabic Service.

December 22 - AMW liaised with the press office of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding its invitation to a briefing by Tony Blair's spokesman on foreign affairs on the prime minister's Middle East visit.

December 22 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and helped with research regarding an interview between Sir David Frost and Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.

December 22 - AMW liaised with the Associated Press about its low Lebanese death toll from Israel's 2006 invasion.

December 22 - AMW issued an Action Alert to its members and the public to write to the Chruch Times to rebut a letter by the Reverend Tim Price, who claims that Palestinian Christians are persecuted by their Muslim compatriots.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/ActionAlerts/tabid/74/newsid397/3561/Write-to-Church-Times-re-Christians-in-Holy-Land/Default.aspx

December 21 - AMW patron Dr Ghada Karmi was interviewed about Palestinian refugees on Rageh Omaar's show on Al Jazeera.

December 21 - AMW was invited by the press office of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to a briefing by Tony Blair's spokesman on foreign affairs on the prime minister's Middle East visit.

December 20 - AMW liaised with the BBC, the Associated Press and the Syrian Media Centre.

December 20 - AMW helped Al Jazeera arrange an interview with the Palestinian ambassador to the UK.

December 19 - AMW advisor Dr Karma Nabulsi got a commentary on Palestine published in the Guardian entitled "This is an attempt to overturn our elections":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1975090,00.html

December 19 - AMW member Mazin Qumsiyeh got a commentary published in the Palestine Chronicle entitled "Holocaust deniers and the Iraq Study Group":

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story-122006122942.htm

December 19 - The director of media relations and public affairs at the Associated Press contacted AMW following our press release on its low Lebanese death toll from this summer's Israeli invasion.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3517/Associated-Press-refuses-to-explain-its-low-Lebanese-death-toll/Default.aspx

December 19 - AMW helped Al Jazeera with research in preparation for an interview by Sir David Frost with Tory leader David Cameron, and helped Gulf News with contacts of Arab experts for interview.

December 19 - AMW thanked its many members who participated in a survey on the Holy Land in the Tablet, a leading Catholic paper in the UK. The results were strongly in our favour:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3539/AMW-thanks-members--public-for-results-of-Holy-Land-survey/Default.aspx

December 18 - AMW helped Gulf News with contacts of Arab experts for interview.

December 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC Scotland about Tony Blair's press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

December 16 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera about our fact sheet and press release on Syria's Golan Heights, the Associated Press regarding our press release on its refusal to explain its low Lebanese death toll, and with journalists at the BBC and CBS News.

December 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi appeared on Al Jazeera's "Listening Post" programme, talking about journalism in Iraq.

December 15 - Following AMW's press release expressing its grave concern at the refusal of the Associated Press to explain its low Lebanese death toll, AP's director of media relations and public affairs told AMW that she would have an answer for us within a week.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3517/Associated-Press-refuses-to-explain-its-low-Lebanese-death-toll/Default.aspx

December 15 - AMW made contact with New Statesman regular columnist John Pilger about a forthcoming book on Lebanon.

December 15 - AMW thanked Independent regular columnist Johann Hari for his excellent recent articles from Palestine.

December 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi appeared on Al Jazeera's "Listening Post" programme, talking about journalism in Iraq.

December 15 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and the Islam Channel about our fact sheet and press release on Syria's Golan Heights, as well as with ABC News, Reuters and the BBC World Service, who said how pleased they were with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi's interview a day earlier on Holocaust denial and revisionism.

December 15 - AMW helped Al Jazeera arrange an interview with the Palestinian ambassador in the UK.

December 15 - AMW issued a press release to the British, Arab and American media, expressing its disappointment that the national British media ignored the 25th anniversary of Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan Heights.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3527/British-media-ignores-Golan-annexation-anniversary/Default.aspx

December 14 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the BBC World Service about the Iranian Holocaust conference and Jewish conspiracy theories with Iraqi Jew Sami Zubaida, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Birkbeck College.

December 14 - AMW issued a press release to the British, American and Arab media expressing its grave concern over the persistent refusal and failure of the Associated Press to explain how it came up with its curiously low Lebanese death toll from this summer's Israeli invasion:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3517/Associated-Press-refuses-to-explain-its-low-Lebanese-death-toll/Default.aspx

December 14 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera, ABC News and the editor-in-chief of Arab News.

December 13 - AMW liaised with a producer at the BBC World Service, and the editor-in-chief of Arab News.

December 13 - AMW was informed by the BBC World Service that a programme about the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed, in which AMW director Muna Nashashibi took part, won an award.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3525/BBC-programme-with-AMW-director-wins-award/Default.aspx

December 12 - AMW liaised with 2 Al Jazeera programmes and a correspondent from the Daily Mail.

December 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi had a meeting with 2 Al Jazeera staff from Doha.

December 11 - AMW liaised with the director of the Syrian Media Centre, who commended AMW on its fact sheet on the Golan Heights and prospects for Syrian-Israeli peace.

December 11 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW about the Golan Heights.

December 11 - AMW issued a fact sheet to the British, Arab and American media on the Golan Heights and prospects for Syrian-Israeli peace:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/3499/Fact-sheet-The-Golan-Heights-and-prospects-for-Syrian-Israeli-peace/Default.aspx

December 10 - AMW helped Al Jazeera arrange an interview with Israeli Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass.

December 8 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and ABC News.

December 8 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on the Islam Channel.

December 7 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera.

December 6 - AMW liaised with CBS News.

December 5 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

December 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a letter published in the Daily Express on Lebanon and Syria:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3489/Arab-Media-Watch-letter-published-in-the-Daily-Express/Default.aspx

December 4 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and the Islam Channel.

December 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Sir David Frost on Al Jazeera with Israeli journalist Jerry Lewis about Israel/Palestine. Nashashibi was also interviewed on the Islam Channel about the political situation in Lebanon.

December 1 - AMW wrote official letters to the Daily Telegraph and Daily Express regarding their coverage of Lebanon and Syria.

November 30 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani was interviewed on Al Jazeera about Iraq.

November 30 - Al Hayat newspaper published an article about a dinner meeting on 29 November between the Foreign Office and an Arab delegation that included AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi.

November 29 - AMW liaised with Al Arab newspaper, which published AMW's primer on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails:

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\11\11-29\zfeaturez\960.htm&dismode=x&ts=29/11/2006%2012:30:12%20ã

November 28 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and the Islam Channel, and issued a press release to the British, Arab and American media about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

November 27 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera.

November 27 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW, and its help to arrange interviews with Lebanese spokespeople about the situation in Lebanon.

November 24 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani got a commentary on Iraq published in the Times Higher Education Supplement entitled "The war on intellectuals claims lives and hope":

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/Analysis/tabid/75/newsid395/3431/The-war-on-intellectuals-claims-lives-and-hope/Default.aspx

November 24 - AMW liaised with the Sun.

November 23 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera about the assassionation of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel.

November 22 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera and the Daily Mirror.

November 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC about Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, along with Brown Maddox, foreign editor of the Times.

November 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and advisor Zaki Boulos attended the launch party of Al Jazeera English, and liaised with employees from the corporation, as well as ABC, the Independent, the Amnesty International press office, and Al Quds Al Arabi.

November 21 - AMW arranged an interview for More4 with George Asseily of the Centre for Lebanese Studies regarding the assassionation of the country's industry minister.

November 21 - AMW liaised with the BBC and the Islam Channel.

November 21 - AMW issued press releases to the British, Arab and American media condemning the assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, and urging media attention on the plight of Iran's Arab minority.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3415/Arab-Media-Watch-condemns-assassination-of-Lebanese-Industry-Minister/Default.aspx

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3412/Arab-Media-Watch-urges-media-attention-on-plight-of-Iranian-Arabs/Default.aspx

November 20 - AMW liaised with Al Hiwar TV.

November 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and director Muna Nashashibi were invited for on interview on Al Hiwar TV about the impact of the Queen's speech.

November 17 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera.

November 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 about Al Jazeera's English channel.

November 16 - AMW member Rime Allaf got a commentary on Syria published in the Guardian entitled "Patching things up with the neighbours":

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/rime_allaf/2006/11/blairs_bizarre_overture.html

November 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on More4 about Al Jazeera's English channel.

November 15 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera, Al Hayat, the Jerusalem Post, and all of the British broadsheets and tabloids.

November 15 - AMW sent a press release to the British, Arab and American media welcoming the launch of Al Jazeera's English channel.

November 14 - AMW director Judith Brown got a letter published in the Daily Mail rebutting columnist Richard Littlejohn's offensive and inaccurate claims during Israel's latest war against Lebanon. Publication was agreed after a settlement was reached through the Press Complaints Commission:

"While we found much of the Mail's coverage of the conflict in Lebanon fair, we were dismayed at some of Richard Littlejohn's articles."

"Many humanitarian agencies disagree with his statement that Hezbollah militants 'use women and children as human shields'. Newswires also reported that Hezbollah did not fire rockets during the Israeli ceasefire; the barrage started again because of further Israeli bombardment."

"A further point of contention was his claim that those with an Arab-sounding accent are likely to lie, and he described false displays of destruction designed to fool reporters. In fact, Lebanon suffered very real and widespread devastation."

"Independent respected bodies have shown that Arab deaths and suffering were under-reported. That I can confirm from my own experiences as a humanitarian aid worker in Lebanon and Yemen. Peace means making concessions with people that you have previously learned to hate, so that mistaken perceptions can be changed."

Judith Brown, Arab Media Watch, London

November 14 - BBC Radio 5 requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi about the launch of Al Jazeera's English channel.

November 14 - AMW liaised with the Independent, the Guardian, the New Statesman, Al Hayat and Ireland's Newstalk 106 FM.

November 14 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW advisor Tahrir Swift about Iraq.

November 13 - AMW liaised with Associated Press, Al Hayat, Arab News and the Commission for Racial Equality.

November 12 - AMW liaised with Al Hayat.

November 10 - AMW liaised with ITN and Al Hayat.

November 9 - AMW liaised with Associated Press, the UK correspondent of the Jerusalem Post and Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.

November 8 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift was interviewed in two articles about Saddam's Hussein trial, one in the Bromley Times, the other in the News Shopper:

http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/newnews/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=news&tBrand=bmlytonline&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED08%20Nov%202006%2014%3A08%3A07%3A587

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/search/display.var.1009577.0.execution_wont_help_iraqi_people.php

November 8 - AMW liaised with Reuters, Associated Press, the Guardian and Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.

November 7 - AMW liaised with the BBC.

November 6 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Asia about the verdict of Saddam Hussein's trial.

November 6 - AMW issued a press release to the British, American and Arab media, saying that advisors Sami Ramadani and Tahrir Swift, both Iraqi exiles from Saddam Hussein's regime, were available for interview regarding his trial.

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/3331/AMW-Iraqi-advisors-available-for-interview-on-Saddams-trial/Default.aspx

November 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the Islam Channel about the verdict of Saddam Hussein's trial.

November 4 - AMW liaised with Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and New Statesman.

November 3 - AMW liaised with US TV news network ABC.

November 2 - AMW advisor Tahrir Numan got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "The political battle over Iraq":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1937108,00.html

November 2 - AMW laised with the BBC, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, the Guardian and ITN.

November 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC about Iraq, among other issues. He was also a speaker at a Labour party event on the Arab-Israeli conflict with the UK correspondent of the Jerusalem Post, and got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "The relative merits of neoconservatism":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1936132,00.html

November 1 - AMW liaised with Al Jazeera, the Jewish Chronicle and ITN.

October N/A - AMW apologises for the interruption of this service during this time.

September N/A - AMW apologises for the interruption of this service during this time.

Rest of August N/A - AMW apologises for the interruption of this service during this time.

August 11 - AMW member Fayez Khouri was interviewed by the Observer.

August 11 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was on Al Hiwar TV discussing the crisis in Lebanon.

August 10 - AMW member Omar Waraich was on the BBC World Service, discussing Arabs and Muslims in Britain.

August 10 - AMW liaised with BBC Newsnight.

August 10 - An AMW delegation met with Daily Mirror Middle East correspondent Jon Clements, who just returned from Beirut.

August 9 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Hiwar TV about the crisis in Lebanon.

August 8 - AMW helped arrange Arabic-speaking English interviewees for Al Hiwar TV on the crisis in Lebanon, and was told by a Beirut correspondent for a national British newspaper that he regularly refers to our website.

August 8 - AMW intern Guy Gabriel got an article published in Al Arab entitled "Hezbollah threatening Israel post-withdrawal?"

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\08\08-08\zopinionz\968.htm&dismode=x&ts=08/08/2006%2011:57:16%20ã

August 8 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM with blogger Richard North about the claim that some photographs of death and destruction in Lebanon were staged. Nashashibi also got an article published in Al Arab entitled "Israel the lone democracy in the Middle East?"

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\08\08-08\zopinionz\967.htm&dismode=x&ts=08/08/2006%2011:53:29%20ã

August 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al Jazeera International about the reaction of Arab youth to the crisis in Lebanon, with George Asseily of the Centre for Lebanese Studies and Michael Tarazi, former adviser to the Palestinian Authority.

August 4 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi liaised with the Islam Channel.

August 4 - AMW members Nadine Hallak and Muna Wehbe took part in a BBC Radio 5 Live interview about Lebanon. 

August 4 - AMW letter-writers Fayez Khouri and Marwan Taher were interviewed by Al Jazeera International about Lebanon and Palestine, and Khouri was approached by ITV for an interview. 

August 4 - AMW advisor Karma Nabulsi's article "The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come" was published in Al Arab newspaper:

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\08\08-04\zopinionz\966.htm&dismode=x&ts=04/08/2006%2007:04:11%20ã

August 3 - AMW advisor Karma Nabulsi got an article published in The Hindu newspaper and Arab News entitled "The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come":

http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/03/stories/2006080305491100.htm

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=85987&d=3&m=8&y=2006

August 3 - AMW liaised twice with Al Jazeera International, and helped them find interviewees.

August 3 - AMW letter-writers Nadine Hallak, Penny List and Chucri Chelhot got letters published in the Sun. Here they are in respective order:

"How did Fergus Shanahan conclude that the reaction to 9/11 is comparable to Israel's current 'operation massacre' on Lebanon? In the former approximately 5,000 innocent people died. The latter is an over-reaction to the capture of two soldiers who had broken international law by crossing over on to Lebanese soil."

"From where I'm standing, Israel looks as much like 'murderous fanatics' as anyone else in this conflict. Israel's brutality is excused as an accident when Shanahan describes the killing of four UN observers, despite Israel ignoring repeated warnings that it was bombing close to the UN post."

"Mr Shanahan alleges that Israel's military response is proportionate. Overwhelming evidence shows quite the contrary. Instead of going after Hezbollah as it claims, it seems Israel is targeting the whole country. Once again it is getting away with prolonged use of gross and excessive force."

August 3 - AMW letter-writer Bahi Ghubril got a letter published in the Times:

August 3 - Al Arab emailed AMW to say how "impressed" they were with our articles.

August 2 - AMW director Victor Kattan got an article published by the Palestine Media Centre entitled "Israel, Hezbollah, and the Use and Abuse of Self-defence in International Law":

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=4&id=3461

August 2 - AMW advisor Karma Nabulsi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1835121,00.html

August 2 - AMW member Tarek Malouf got a letter published in the Evening Standard:

"It amazes me that so many Diaspora Jews continue to believe that anything Israel does in the guise of self-defense is acceptable and never seem to question its motives. I am British of Lebanese descent, and I would never, and indeed don't, blindly support the actions of either the UK or Lebanon. The current situation is so upsetting and frustrating for people like me who have hoped for peace between the two sides.

"We are seeing the destruction of not only Lebanon's infrastructure and civilian population, but also its fragile democracy and moderate values. The vast majority of Lebanese just want to live their lives in peace in a country that values freedom, tolerance and democratic values - a way of life that we take for granted in the UK. Instead, the Lebanese have Israel trying to kill all of this. Israel is no longer the weak, struggling victim of aggression - Lebanon is."

August 2 - AMW liaised with the Guardian and More4, and helped Al Hiwar TV with contacts of human rights groups.

August 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got an article published in Al Arab newspaper and the Palestine Media Centre entitled "Leave or Die: Is Prior Warning Justification for Killing Civilians?"

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\08\08-02\zfeaturez\970.htm&dismode=x&ts=02/08/2006%2009:38:44%20ã

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=3&id=1392

Nashashibi also got an article published by the Palestine Media Centre entitled "Human Shields: Shielding the Truth":

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=4&id=3463

August 2 - AMW letter-writer Ashraf Fahim got a letter published in the Daily Express entitled "Lebanon killings dwarf any 'threat' to attacker":

"No, Mr McKinstry, Israel is not engaged in a struggle for its survival. Since Israel was forced to end its brutal occupation of South Lebanon in 2000, only six Israeli civilians have been killed in cross-border violence. This hardly constitutes an existential threat.

"It is ironic that Mr McKinstry claims that Hezbollah endangers the existence of Israel while Israel is busy destroying Lebanon's civilian infrastructure, killing more than 500 civilians in only 20 days.

"Mr McKinstry's suggestion that criticism of Israeli policy is anti-Semitic and on a par with the Holocaust is beyonjg the pale and an attempt to stifle debate.

"Name-calling is not a substitute for a coherent argument."

August 1 - AMW liaised with the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail.

August 1 - AMW letter-writer Fayez Khouri got a letter published in the Daily Express entitled "Forsyth is twisting Middle East facts into fiction":

"Frederick Forsyth's article contained a vast amount of errors ('War images don't tell the full story', July 28)."

"He stated that about 90 per cent of media coverage comes from Lebanon. Untrue. Sky News, for example, has been anchoring its coverage from Haifa. He stated that Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel before the capture of two Israeli soldiers. Again, untrue. Hezbollah only began firing after Israel had attacked Lebanon. Moreover, Hezbollah hit Haifa only after Israel bombed Beirut.

"Mr Forsyth belittles the killing of 400 civilians by comparing them to many more in Iraq. Such deaths are unacceptable when Israel boasts about the precise capabilities of its weaponry.

"Finally and most horrendously, he 'guesses' that 95 per cent of Israeli Air Force strikes hit their targets and that the reason there are civilian casualties is because Hezbollah hides behind women and children.

"According to all the human rights organizations that I have contacted, there is no evidence that Hezbollah uses women and children as shields.

"Shame on you, Mr Forsyth, for twisting the facts to turn them into fiction."

July 31 - AMW liaised with the Guardian.

July 30 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a thank-you email from Oren Ben-Dor, to whom he had sent a letter after writing a commentary on 26 July in the Independent. Nashashibi also liaised with Steven Rose of the BBC's Moral Maze radio programme.

July 29 - AMW liaised with the Islam Channel.

July 28 - AMW member Tarek Malouf was interviewed by the Evening Standard about a feature on the Lebanese community in London.

July 28 - AMW letter-writer Marwan Taher got a letter published in the Independent in response to an AMW Action Alert:

"I commend Oren Ben-Dor's courage in stating the reality of events through the smoke-screen of spin and doublespeak. In Professor Ben-Dor's case, as his hometown Nahariya has been directly affected, it is a special act of bravery to speak out with clarity and reason.

"Israel repeatedly hides its actions behind the justification that it is waging war on terror and terrorists. Its government officials and military spokespersons continually use the word 'terror'. Everyone who stands against them, it seems, politically or militarily, is a terrorist.

"If terrorism is the creation of terror and panic in civilian populations to achieve political ends, Israel fits the bill. Its actions in Gaza and Lebanon cannot be justified as a military response on a military adversary, but are clearly an act of collective punishment against entire populations. This can only breed more hatred and extremism and continue the cycle of violence. Is this really what Israel desires?"

July 28 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Daily Telegraph:

"Britain once had a neutral position on the Arab-Israeli conflict, occasional influence on both sides, and a position grounded in international law ('UK airport used to fly bombs to Israel,' July 26). But with no mandate from Parliament, and probably minimal discussion in Cabinet, Tony Blair has copied the flawed decision of Eden to make Israel a strategic ally.

"The only ethical position is to stop supplying weapons to either side. Or what is the point of aid to Lebanon while colluding in the replenishment of Israel's arsenal, used daily to flatten Lebanon?"

July 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was invited for an interview on the Islam Channel regarding the crisis in Lebanon, and got a letter published in the Evening Standard:

"I am baffled by Amos Oz's claim that Hezbollah 'often uses Lebanese civilians as human sandbags' ('Why Israeli missiles strike for peace' - 20 July 2006), and the Evening Standard's decision to publish this unsubstantiated allegation on its front page ('The Human Sandbags').

"I spoke to a dozen international human rights groups and British journalists on the ground in Lebanon, all of whom said they had seen no evidence that Hezbollah was deliberately setting civilians up to be killed, not least because it draws its support from the population.

"What does hold more weight and credibility is a press release published on 21 July by Oxfam and Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem, accusing Israel of 'using [Palestinian] civilians as human shields.'

"Oz's claim that 'Israel is targetting mostly Hezbollah' is equally preposterous, given the fact that almost all casualties and targets in Lebanon have been civilian, rightly drawing worldwide condemnation. If he wants to 'dramatically enhance the chances of peace in the region,' he should start with abandoning propaganda."

July 28 - AMW liaised with More4.

July 27 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by More4 about Arab media reaction to Israel's onslaught in Lebanon. He was also invited for an interview with the Islam Channel and Channel S.

July 27 - AMW liaised with the Evening Standard, and was approached for help by the BBC regarding a programme on faith and spirituality.

July 27 - AMW member Naomi Wimborne-Idriss got a letter published in the Daily Mail:

"As a Jew stricken with horror by the endless violence in the Middle East, I made a doomed attempt on Sunday to engage in a dialogue with supporters of Israel attending a rally in north west London.

"I tried to put the case argued so eloquently by Peter McKay in your columns recently - that slaughter cannot end the conflict and that Israel's savage attempt to destroy Lebanon is utterly without justification.

"The response from those arriving to show solidarity with the Israeli war machine was vicious - spitting, abuse, faces distorted with hatred. "Yes, we are happy to kill 10 Arabs for every Jew who dies. It should be more" they shrieked.

"Smash, destroy, kill. This was the language we encountered from well-dressed men and women of all ages, many accompanied by little children learning to hate from their cradles.

"This, sadly, is the attitude we have to contend with in Israel. This is how they approach relations with Palestinians desperate for a viable state of their own. This, as McKay pointed out, is the attitude supported to the hilt by the Bush administration. And Blair is no better.

"Whispering in Ehud Olmert's ear that a little less slaughter might win Israel more friends will have no effect. As long as Israel has funds and arms from Uncle Sam and tacit encouragement from other Western governments, it will go on pulverising its Arab neighbours, provoking more anguish and despair among Palestinians, Lebanese and muslim sympathisers everywhere.

"No "war on terror" can succeed as long as Israeli state terrorism is tolerated and the plight of dispossessed Palestinians is ignored."

July 26 - Electronic Intifada published an article by AMW director Victor Kattan entitled "Israel, Hezbollah, and the use and abuse of self-defence in international law":

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5277.shtml

July 26 - AMW liaised with the Guardian.

July 25 - The BBC called AMW member Omar Nashashibi to discuss his experience leaving Lebanon during Israel's attacks.

July 25 - AMW liaised with the Guardian, Independent, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.

July 25 - Former AMW intern Faerlie Wilson got an article published by the Electronic Intifada entitled "Why I'm Not Leaving Beirut":

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5278.shtml

July 24 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Evening Standard:

"It is no surprise to find Israel flattening Lebanon nor Hezbollah rocketing northern Israeli towns, but it is staggering to witness the change in Britain's position. That Tony Blair cannot call for a ceasefire and an end to killings on all sides is tantamount to excusing Israel of war crimes.

"The longer the violence continues, the more extremism will win.

"History proves that brute military force on a civilian population does not work. Recruits will flock, not just to Hezbollah and Hamas, but potentially, as these organisations' capabilities are damaged, to al Qaeda groups, grateful for yet another battlefield alongside Iraq and Afghanistan from where they can ply their murderous trade.

"Blair's immoral, incompetent and illegal inaction jeopardizes British interests, our security and possibly our lives. He has spurned his chance to cure his impotence on the world stage by failing to stand up for British values of democracy, fairness and the rule of law."

July 24 - AMW liaised with the office of Veronica Wadley, editor of the Evening Standard, as well as the newspaper's comments editor, about the claim of Hezbollah using children as human shields, which was reported in the 20 July edition.

July 23 - Gulf News approached AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi for research help for an article on Lebanon.

July 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by Gulf News and Sahar TV about the situation in Lebanon.

July 22 - AMW member Omar Nashashibi was interviewed on the Islam Channel about his experience in Lebanon during Israel's attacks.

July 21 - AMW sent an email to journalists about the 22 July demonstration against Israel's aggression against Lebanon and Palestine, and threats against Syria and Iran. AMW also announced that Omar Nashashibi, just returned from Lebanon, was available for interview.

July 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about the crisis in Lebanon with Ephraim Halevy, former head of Mossad, and discussed media coverage with Professor Greg Philo of the Glasgow University Media Group.

July 20 - AMW helped the BBC arrange an interview with Lebanese journalist Jihad Khazen of Al Hayat newspaper for the Dateline programme, and was asked by Channel 4 to help them find guests for their Shariah TV series.

July 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the Islam Channel, liaised with the BBC and Gulf News about the crisis in Lebanon, and got a letter published in the Evening Standard:

"I am outraged at the Government's handling of the evacuation of Britons from the Lebanon. My younger brother called me from there earlier in the week - I heard bombs and screaming women in the background - to say he loved me because he thought he might not have a chance to say it again.

"He added the British Embassy in Beirut had been 'totally useless' - its helpine was usually engaged or unanswered, and its advice was simply to 'stay put'.

"It telephoned the Foreign Office helpline, only to be cut off twice and then, when I got through, was told to call the Embassy in Beirut, where there were staff round-the-clock. I was given the wrong number and when I got hold of the right one, there was no one there to help me.

"I called the Foreign Office again, only to be patronised by a sarcastic employee who said the Government was doing a great job and to call the Embassy the next day, when, in fact, it was closed.

"The number of Brits evacuated so far has been small. My brother gave up hope in the process, and found an exit route through Syria to Jordan.

"A week into the crisis, is this the best the Government can do?"

July 19 - The Daily Express, Daily Mirror and BBC contacted AMW following our press release on media coverage of Israel's attacks against Lebanon:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/2895/AMW-concerned-at-predominance-of-news-from-Israel-vis-a-vis-Lebanon/Default.aspx

July 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC with Times foreign editor Bronwen Maddox about the situations in Lebanon and Iraq.

July 18 - AMW arranged drivers for the Sun's reporter in Lebanon, as well as contacts there for the newspaper, and issued a press release expressing concern at the predominance of British news coming out of Israel as opposed to Lebanon:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/2895/AMW-concerned-at-predominance-of-news-from-Israel-vis-a-vis-Lebanon/Default.aspx

July 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC about media coverage of Israel's attacks against Lebanon. He was also interviewed on the same topic by Ireland's Newstalk 106FM with Israeli historian Benny Morris, and was invited for an interview by the Islam Channel.

July 18 - AMW member Riyad Tibi got a letter published in the Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/07/18/dt1801.xml

July 17 - AMW arranged contacts in Lebanon for Channel 4, and contacted all of Britain's national newspapers and broadcasters about their correspondents, or lack of, in Israel and Lebanon, in preparation for a press release.

July 17 - Gulf News approached AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi for help with an article on the crisis in Lebanon.

July 16 - A Guardian journalist called AMW to discuss our press release condemning the claim by Maureen Lipman on BBC 1 that "human life is not cheap to the Israelis, and human life on the other side is quite cheap actually..."

July 14 - Arab News published AMW's press release condemning Israel's attacks against Lebanon:

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=85344&d=14&m=7&y=2006

July 14 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by the BBC about Arab reaction to Israel's onslaught against Lebanon.

July 14 - AMW director Victor Kattan was interviewed on the Islam Channel about the situations in Palestine and Lebanon.

July 13 - Al Arab newspaper published AMW's press release condemning Israel's aggression against Lebanon:

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\07\07-13\zalsoz\924.htm&dismode=x&ts=13/07/2006%2009:48:55%20ã

July 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi discussed the organisation with Chris Kelly of BBC Monitoring, and invited the Sun's Trevor Kavanagh to a dialogue involving some of the points raised in his commentary "Just because Israel is paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get it".

July 11 - The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh published AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi's letter on his blog in response to his commentary, which was the subject of an AMW Action Alert, entitled "Just because Israel is paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get it":

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006170521,00.html

July 10 - AMW member Ruth Tenne got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "Gaza crisis threatens to become a calamity":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1816623,00.html

July 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106 FM about the anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings, and on the Islam Channel about the Israeli killing of 22 Palestinians a day earlier.

July 7 - AMW's press release "Media coverage: Are Israeli lives worth more than Palestinian?" was published by What Really Happened, Electronic Intifada and Al Arab newspaper:

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4924.shtml

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006%5C07%5C07-07%5Czalsoz%5C924.htm&dismode=x&ts=07/07/2006%2011:28:07%20%C3%A3

July 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Belfast about the situation in the Gaza Strip.

July 4 - The Islam Channel requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

July 3 - A film company producing a documentary on Muslim attitudes in Britain asked AMW to help find suitable interviewees.

July 3 - The Daily Star, Lebanon's leading English-language daily, published AMW's press release on Israel's Gaza invasion:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_ID=10&article_ID=73623&categ_id=2

July 3 - A leading national British columnist emailed AMW, describing its press release on Israel's Gaza invasion as "excellent and thorough".

July 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on the Islam Channel about Israel's invasion of Gaza, and was asked by the Asian Channel S to help arrange an interview with someone on third-world poverty.

July 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi helped Al 'Alam TV arrange an interview with Arab academic Mona Baker.

June 30 - AMW director Victor Kattan's interview on Israel/Palestine with the Asian Channel S was repeated.

June 29 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106 FM with the former managing editor of the Jerusalem Post, about Israel's invasion of Gaza.

June 29 - Al Arab newspaper published an AMW press release entitled "Orde Wingate: military hero or war criminal?":

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\06\06-28\zopinionz\968.htm&dismode=x&ts=29/06/2006%2002:13:52%20Õ

June 28 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on the Islam Channel about Israel/Palestine.

June 27 - The Palestine Media Centre published an article by AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek entitled "Palestinian Doctor at Israeli Hospital":

http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=3&id=1295

June 27 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC news 24 about the kidnapping by Palestinians of an Israeli soldier.

June 27 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got an article published in Al Arab newspaper entitled "Arab participation at Cannes":

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\06\06-27\zculturez\972.htm&dismode=x&ts=27/06/2006%2010:20:20%20ã

June 26 - AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek got an article published by Electronic Intifada entitled "A doctor of peace":

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4849.shtml

June 26 - AMW director Victor Kattan was interviewed on the Asian Channel S on Israel/Palestine.

June 22 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the New Statesman entitled "Seaside murders":

"The success of propagandists in claiming innocence for Israeli crimes is staggering ('The war on children', 19 June). Even when children are slaughtered on the beach at Gaza and there is horrific film of a little girl witnessing the bodies of her family torn to pieces, Israel 'apologises' and then, like a schoolboy caught with his fingers in the cookie jar, denies it.

"Kofi Annan has euphemistically called this denial 'odd', yet most of the US/UK media report it as if the claim should be considered seriously. The Palestinians have asked for a UN inquiry. Israel has made the same noises as it did over a proposed report into Jenin, and we know what happened to that."

June 21 - The BBC World Service requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on Fatah and Hamas.

June 20 - AMW member Omar Waraich got an article published by CounterPunch entitled "Watching Blair sink":

http://www.counterpunch.org/waraich06202006.html

June 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got 2 articles published in the July/August edition of the British-Arab lifestyle magazine Sharq, one entitled "Comoran elections and Arab democracy", the other entitled "...and across the Channel...", about Arab participation and success at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

June 14 - AMW advisor Karma Nabulsi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "Despite the divisions, the national consensus holds":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1796854,00.html

June 14 - AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek was interviewed by BBC World Update about the salary crisis in the Palestinian territories.

June 13 - US TV news network ABC requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

June 11 - AMW's Tahrir Swift was interviewed on Al Hiwar TV about the organisation.

June 9 - The Guardian published an item about the response by the Sun, Daily Express and Daily Star to AMW's press release about their failure to report coalition abuses in Iraq:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,,1793475,00.html

June 8 - Al Arab newspaper published AMW's initial press release regarding the lack of coverage by the Sun, Daily Express and Daily Star of abuses by coalition forces in Iraq:

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\06\06-08\zalsoz\924.htm&dismode=x&ts=08/06/2006%2001:25:37%20ã

June 8 - AMW member Omar Waraich was interviewed on the BBC Asia Network about the killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in Iraq.

June 8 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC about the killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in Iraq.

June 8 - AMW issued another press release to journalists, in response to the Daily Star and Daily Express responding to AMW's initial press release about their lack of coverage of coalition abuses in Iraq, including the Haditha and Ishaqi massacres:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/2692/Daily-Express-and-Daily-Star-respond-to-Arab-Media-Watch-press-release/Default.aspx

June 8 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland about the killing of terrorist leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi in Iraq.

June 7 - The Daily Star and Daily Express responded to the AMW press release about their lack of coverage of coalition abuses in Iraq, including the Haditha and Ishaqi massacres.

June 6 - AMW spoke with the Sun, the Daily Express and the Daily Star about their lack of coverage of coalition abuses in Iraq, including the Haditha and Ishaqi massacres, prior to issuing a press release about this to journalists:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/Articles/PressReleases/tabid/77/newsid391/2680/AMW-concern-at-lack-of-coverage-of-Iraq-massacres-in-Sun-Express--Star/Default.aspx

June 6 - Al 'Alam TV requested an interview from AMW concerning EU-Iranian relations.

June 6 - Al Arab newspaper provided a link on its website to AMW:

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\06\06-06\zfeaturez\966.htm

June 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and member Omar Waraich met with Patrick Cockburn, Iraq correspondent for the Independent.

June 5 - AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek got an article published on the Electronic Intifada website entitled "Palestinian blacksmith dreams of returning to job in Israel":

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4764.shtml

June 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was quoted in an article by AOL News on coalition abuses in Iraq:

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/new-evidence-may-undermine-us-civilian/20060605232109990009

June 4 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Observer entitled "Melanie Phillips is inciting hatred":

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1789893,00.html

June 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was quoted in an article on the ABC News website about coalition abuses in Iraq:

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=2036887&page=1

June 3 - Al Arab newspaper published an article about AMW's submission to the BBC regarding its impartiality review, entitled "Is this London or Tel Aviv?"

http://www.alarabonline.org/Previouspages/Arab%20Weekly/2006/06-2006/A-W-%2003-06-2006/w09.PDF

June 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC about the massacres by US Marines of Iraqi civilians in Haditha and Ishaqi.

May 31 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift was interviewed on the Islam Channel about Iraq.

May 29 - AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek got 2 articles published on the Electronic Intifada website, one entitled "'TV on demand all the rage in the West Bank", the second entitled "Hamas's militant arm turns to fighting internal chaos":

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4748.shtml

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4749.shtml

The second was also published in Israel's Occupation magazine:

http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=14191

May 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got an article published in Al Arab newspaper entitled "BBC'ing the Arab perspective", about AMW's latest monitoring study of the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was also published in Sharq magazine in March.

http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2006\05\05-26\zfeaturez\967.htm&dismode=x&ts=26/05/2006%2002:06:28%20ã

May 24 - The Ahwaz Studies Center published a commentary by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi entitled "Freedom granted, freedom denied":

http://www.ahwazstudies.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=678&Itemid=47&lang=EN 

May 24 - AMW correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek got a feature published in the Daily Star, Lebanon's leading English-language newspaper, entitled "'TV on demand' all the rage in West Bank".

May 24 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi appeared on US TV news network ABC with Mary Dejevsky of the Independent, during which they discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, and Amnesty International's latest annual human rights report.

May 23 - AMW director Victor Kattan was interviewed on Al Hiwar TV about a meeting of the British-Arab community with the new UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, which included an AMW delegation.

May 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got an article published in the Daily Star, Lebanon's leading English-language newspaper, entitled "Comoran elections stand as signpost of democratic wave":

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=24616

May 16 - US TV news network ABC requested an interview with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

May 15 - AMW patron Dr Ghada Karmi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "Where is the global outcry against this continuing cruelty?":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1774765,00.html

May 12 - AMW advisor Dr Karma Nabulsi got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "The great catastrophe", about the 1948 Nakba:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1773020,00.html

May 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi discussed Iranian-US hostilities with Al 'Alam TV.

May 11 - AMW arranged an interview for Al Jazeera with Ghaith Armanazi, director of the Syrian Media Centre.

May 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 about the BBC's impartiality review of its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

May 9 - AMW patron Dr Ghada Karmi was interviewed on BBC News 24.

May 9 - BBC Radio 4 discussed Palestinian aid cuts with AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi.

May 8 - AMW helped the BBC arrange an interview with Palestinian Dr Iyad Sarraj.

May 7 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was mentioned in an article in Syria's Chem Press.

May 4 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk FM about MTV's decision to air a cartoon series mocking the Pope and Christianity.

May 4 - AMW member Dr Ala Khazendar got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "Balance, the BBC and the Middle East":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1767292,00.html

May 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi discussed the BBC's impartiality review of its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with More 4.

May 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was mentioned in an article in the Saudi Gazette about the British-Arab lifestyle magazine Sharq, of which he is editorial coordinator.

May 2 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's PM programme, with Jeff Barak of the Jewish Chronicle, about the BBC's impartiality review of its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

May 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi helped Al Hiwar TV arrange an interview for a programme discussing Western perceptions of Arabs.

April 28 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani got an article published in the Guardian entitled "Does Zarqawi read the Washington Post?":

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sami_ramadani/2006/04/does_zarqawi_read_the_washingt.html

April 27 - AMW Gaza correspondent Yasser Abu Moailek was interviewed on BBC radio's News Hour about French President Jacques Chirac's statement on establishing a special fund for Palestinian government employees.

April 25 - The BBC asked AMW to help them get secular Palestinian writers living in Israel/Palestine to take part in a programme to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of Israel in 2008. 

April 24 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "Barren and barons", about Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1759670,00.html

April 18 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk FM about the Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

April 17 - AMW arranged an interviewee for BBC Radio 5 regarding the relationship between Islamic Jihad and Hamas.

April 11-13 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi attended the Sixth Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade, during which he liaised with such media figures as Al Quds Al Arabi editor Abdul Bari Atwan, Al Hayat regular columnist Jihad Khazen, Gulf News reporter Manal Alafrangi, BBC Arabic's Fouad Razek, and Daily Mail special correspondent Anne Leslie.

April 6 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Guardian entitled "Britain should not break with conventions":

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1747648,00.html

April 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC with Robert Fox, the Evening Standard's defence editor, about Iraq and Israel/Palestine.

April 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got a letter published in the Financial Times entitled "Thanks for a balanced approach to Mideast":

"Your editorial (A small earthquake in a fractious Israel, March 30) deserves strong praise for condemning Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's proposed land grab of what little is left of Palestine.   "It also crucially reminds readers of the fairness and mutual benefit of negotiating along the lines of the quickly-forgotten, Israeli-rejected Arab peace initiative, which rewards Israel with full Arab recognition and relations in return for finally abiding by international law and withdrawing fully from occupied territory.   "Kudos, as always, for your balanced, informed approach to the Middle East conflict."

April 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi helped Gulf News with sources for a piece on US media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

March 30 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC Essex about the Israeli elections. He also discussed the issue with ITN.

March 30 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by Lebanon's Al Manar TV about a conference she attended in Beirut on resisting occupation.

March 26 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al 'Alam TV about Syrian-Lebanese relations.

March 23 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the International Herald Tribune about Israel's West Bank barrier:

"Irshad Manji ('How I learned to love the wall', Views, 20 March 2006) sadly glosses over the real debate about the wall that Israel has erected. The wall snakes across Palestinian land, dividing up the West Bank and effectively annexing huge areas of occupied land to Israel. Once again, security is being abused as an excuse to steal land.

"In the short term, for a variety of reasons we may see a decline in suicide bombings. But the wall will just breed more anger, hatred and violence. The wall will not end this awful and costly conflict, it will just prolong it."

March 23 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the New Statesman entitled "Plea for Palestine":

"Your article 'You won't be going to Jericho' by Rachel Aspden (20 March), good as it was, surely made it clear that Palestine doesn't need 'art initiatives'. Palestine needs food and shelter and human rights, and above all support for the enforcement of international law: help to resist Israeli/US/UK abuse."

March 21 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi got the following published in British-Arab magazine Sharq: a feature on Iranian Arabs, an analysis on the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an overview of leadership changes in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, a review of the documentaries "Visit Palestine" and "I See the Stars at Noon" (about a Moroccan emigrant), and a review of the books "Peace Journalism" by BBC presenter Jake Lynch, and "Occupied Minds" by AMW member Arthur Neslen.

March 21 - AMW member Omar Waraich got a feature published in British-Arab magazine Sharq about MP George Galloway following his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.

March 20 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, director Muna Nashashibi and member Chris Doyle met with Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.

March 20 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the Palestine Chronicle entitled "Sad Day for Democracy":

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=032006215644

March 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk FM about the Guardian's plan to launch a free-speech forum.

March 16 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Iran's Sahar TV about Israel's raid on a Palestinian jail in Jericho.

March 15 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC with Robert Fox, defence editor for London's Evening Standard, about Iraq, Iran, Israel's raid on a Palestinian jail in Jericho, and bird flu in the Middle East. Nashashibi was also interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk FM with the Jerusalem Post's former managing editor about Israel's jail raid.

March 14 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC  News 24 with Middle East analyst Adel Darwish about Israel's raid on a Palestinian jail in Jericho.

March 10 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on Voice of Palestine radio about the organisation.

March 10 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the Palestine Chronicle:

http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php? sid=03100625830

March 7 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi and member Chris Doyle had a lunch meeting with the BBC's director of news Helen Boaden, head of newsgathering Francesca Unsworth, and Middle East consultant Malcolm Balen.

March 1 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed in Syrian magazine Laha about the organisation.

February 27 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Guardian condemning the suspension of London mayor Ken Livingstone:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1718954,00.html

February 26 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift was interviewed about Iraq on Pakistan's Prime TV, with professor Gavin MacFayden of the Centre for Investigative Journalism at City University.

February 26 - Al 'Alam TV called AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi to get his views on Iran's nuclear programme.

February 24 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "Exit without a strategy", in which he says that the popular response to Iraq's latest atrocities has been to blame the occupation, not rival sects:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1716754,00.html

February 24 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift got a letter published in the Kent Messenger:

"It was excruciatingly painful for me to watch the edited footage of the British soldiers in Amarra, repeatedly beating and kicking defenceless Iraqi teenagers who were protesting about the poor state of services. Apart from the sickening commentary on the video, what is not seen is soldiers kicking an Iraqi corpse and holding his head up for the camera, as if it is a trophy.

"The mantra of a few rotten apples being behind this serious assault is difficult to accept, especially that the abuse happened in broad daylight and in full view of everyone. British soldiers are seen in the video filing past the abusers as if it is business as usual.

"All British patriots worried about the high standards and the reputation of the British army should call for the immediate withdrawal of the British forces from Iraq and handing over of responsibilities to neutral countries under the auspices of the UN."

February 22 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the Los Angeles Times on the threat of aid cuts to the Palestinians:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-wednesday22.2feb22,0,3916284.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters

February 17 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al 'Alam TV about Arab reaction against published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

February 16 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani was among 16 academics who co-signed a letter published in the Guardian on an academic boycott of Israel:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1710529,00.html

February 16 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift was the subject of an article in the Bromley Times, in which she opposed Iranian cartoons satirising the Holocaust:

http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=News&itemid=WeED16%20Feb%202006%2014:53:05:780&tBrand=BMLYTOnline&tCategory=search

She also got a letter published against the published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed:

http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/content/bromley/times/newpostbag/story.aspx?brand=BMLYTOnline&category=postbag&tBrand=bmlytonline&tCategory=zpostbag&itemid=WeED16%20Feb%202006%2015%3A53%3A17%3A453

February 14 - AMW member Abdulhadi Ayyad got a letter published in the Independent against Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories:

http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article345294.ece

February 12 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on Syrian TV about the organisation.

February 11 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed by the BBC World Service for its Reporting Religion programme, in which she was asked to comment on an exhibition entitled "Was Jesus Heterosexual?" in the context of the published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

February 10 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed by BBC Radio 5 about the London demonstration against the published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

February 9 - AMW advisor Tahrir Swift was photographed and quoted extensively in an article in the Bromley Times about the published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

February 8 - AMW advisor Sami Ramadani, a political exile from Saddam's regime and a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University, got a commentary published in the Guardian entitled "Iraqi voices are drowned out in a blizzard of occupiers' spin", in which he says the deception that launched the invasion now increasingly shapes media coverage of the occupation:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1704901,00.html

February 6 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM, along with Robert Fisk among others, about Arab reaction against Denmark over offensive drawings in a newspaper of the Prophet Muhammed. He was consulted by Gulf News about the same issue. He also interviewed BBC journalist Jake Lynch about his new book Peace Journalism, and met with Lauren Booth, regular columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the New Statesman.

February 6 - AMW advisor Chris Leadbeater got a letter published in the Chicago Tribune about lack of balance in the US media regarding Israel/Palestine:

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_opinion_letters/ 2006/02/lack_of_balance.html

February 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about Arab reaction against Denmark over offensive drawings published in a newspaper of the Prophet Muhammed. Gulf News also called him to discuss the same issue.

February 3 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Iran's Sahar TV about the Palestinian elections, and on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about Arab reaction against Denmark over offensive drawings published in a newspaper of the Prophet Muhammed.

February 1 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze about the Palestinian elections by a panel consisting of Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Steven Rose and Ian Hargreave. One of the panel e-mailed Nashashibi the day after saying: "Congratulations on your stalwart performance." He was also interviewed on US TV news network ABC about the Palestinian elections and Arab reaction against Denmark over offensive drawings published in a newspaper of the Prophet Muhammed.

January 31 - AMW provided Gulf News with a list of experts on Iraq, including AMW's Tahrir Swift and Sami Ramadani, in response to their request for interviewees on the trial of Saddam Hussein.

January 31 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Northern Ireland about the Palestinian elections.

January 30 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Guardian about Hamas, Palestine and the prospects for peace:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1697690,00.html

January 28 - AMW member Omar Waraich got an article published in the Daily Star, Lebanon's leading English-language daily, about Hanif Kureshi's new book "The Word and the Bomb", which explores the Western-Islamic divide:

http://dailystar.com.lb/article.asp? edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=21767

January 27 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on US TV news network ABC and Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about the Palestinian elections.

January 26 - AMW helped CNN arrange interviews with Palestinian spokespeople from various factions regarding the elections.

January 26 - AMW member Chris Doyle was interviewed twice on CNN about the Palestinian elections.

January 25 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 and BBC Scotland about the Palestinian elections.

January 25 - AMW patron Dr. Ghada Karmi was interviewed on BBC Newsnight about the Palestinian elections.

January 24 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about the Palestinian elections.

January 22 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Scotland and BBC Wales about the Palestinian elections.

January 20 - AMW arranged an interview for US TV news network ABC with Al Hayat regular columnist Jihad Khazen regarding the new bin Laden tape.

January 19 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Ireland's Newstalk 106FM about the new audio tape allegedly of Osama bin Laden.

January 19 - AMW provided More 4 with contact details of interviewees regarding Steven Speilberg's film Munich and Holocaust Memorial Day.

January 19 - AMW director Muna Nashashibi was interviewed on Al 'Alam TV about France's nuclear policy and its impact on the Middle East.

January 13 - AMW member Chris Doyle got a letter published in the Evening Standard:   "You reported many disgusting comments allegedly made by Abu Hamza - but wanting a 'Muslim in the White House' in itself isn't one of them. The day the American electorate chooses a Muslim president will be a victory for inter-faith relations; surely this prospect can be no less appealing than a president who claims to talk to God?"

January 12 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on Al 'Alam TV about the Saudi-UAE border dispute.

January 12 - The new issue of British-Arab magazine Sharq was published, containing a feature by AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi on changes in the Arab diplomatic corps in the UK, and an interview by him with Al Jazeera's Riz Khan, formerly of CNN and the BBC, about his new book on Saudi prince, business tycoon and billionaire Alwaleed.

January 11 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was a guest with the Daily Mail political editor on US TV news network ABC discussing various Middle East issues.

January 11 - An AMW delegation met with a distinguished panel at the BBC to discuss AMW's invited submission to the BBC's impartiality review on its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One member of the panel e-mailed AMW saying: "They very much appreciated the time and trouble you took both to submit your evidence and to prepare for the oral session. They enjoyed talking to you." AMW's report is based on thorough monitoring for a 1-month period of the BBC's TV, radio and online output.

January 5 - AMW chairman Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi was interviewed on BBC Northern Ireland and More4 about the effect of Ariel Sharon's health on developments in Israel and Palestine.