Tom Bower and HarperCollins have withdrawn their false allegation that the PRC had blamed the Jewish people for the Holocaust, which appeared in the hardback version of Mr Bower’s biography of Jeremy Corbyn. In a joint press release with PRC, Mr Bower and the publisher have expressed their regret and acknowledged that the allegation should never have been made.
See here the full press release
Notes to Editors:
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is an organisation in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2015. The PRC is also an accredited NGO member of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) since 2003. The organisation focuses on the historical, political and legal aspects of the Palestinian refugees issue. The organisation offers expert advice to various actors and agencies on the question of Palestinian refugees within the context of the Nakba - the catastrophe following the forced displacement of Palestinians in 1948 - and serves as an information repository on other related aspects of the Palestine question and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It specialises in the research, analysis, and monitoring of issues pertaining to the dispersed Palestinians and their internationally recognised legal right to return.