PALESTINE solidarity protesters burned their TV licences in front of BBC Bristol’s HQ yesterday in protest at the broadcaster’s biased coverage of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.

Peace activists began their occupation of BBC Bristol’s grounds on Wednesday last week.

The act of civil disobedience came after campaigners handed a dossier to bosses that provides examples of biased reporting of Israel’s war on the Palestinians.

It came after the BBC issued “notice to quit” letters at the weekend that threaten court action if the protesters don’t end their “illegal occupation.”

But the group insists they will stay “until the BBC tells the real truth on Palestine.”

Alice, one of the protesters, said: “It’s ironic they are calling us an illegal occupation when they won’t say that about Israel.”

Campaigners are braced for a fight after they were tipped off that BBC bosses plan to kick them out by Wednesday.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign spokesman Ed Hill told the Morning Star: “A mole told us they’ve been meeting inside and the staff had been told we’ll be gone by Wednesday.”

A spokeswoman for BBC Bristol said it was policy “not to discuss matters of security.”

The Morning Star understands the group have plans to resist any eviction bid from what Mr Hill described as a “prime location” to raise public awareness of the attack on Gaza.

A 60ft Palestinian flag that declares “BBC occupied by friends of Gaza” stretches across the lawn and obscures much of the building.

Local people have flocked to the occupation for daily rallies and film showings at a pop-up cinema, while a dozen protesters sleeping in tents have maintained the camp at night.

Among them is Eddy Clarke of Bristol’s Palestine Museum, which seeks to educate British people about Palestine’s plight.

The museum, opened last June by the mayor of Bristol and Palestine’s ambassador to Britain, is believed to be the only permanent Palestine museum in the western hemisphere.

Mr Clarke criticised the “outrageous bias” of BBC reports, adding: “That’s why I’m here now standing up for the truth to be told.”