It is important for as many voices as possible to be raised against the BBC's wrong-headed decision not to screen the Gaza appeal. The claim that to do so would threaten public confidence in the corporation's impartiality is hopelessly contradictory.
It is surely the case that public confidence in its (supposed) impartiality is now ruined because it will not broadcast the appeal. The decision cannot do other than suggest that the BBC is bending to Israel's will.
Quite simply the appeal is about providing humanitarian aid for a people who have suffered terribly from the conflict. It is about helping to relieve the suffering of injured men, women and children. It's about providing shelter for people without homes. It's about compassion, not politics.
