OS/PM: Gaza/Lebanon 18/6/2024

this afternoon (tuesday 18th), 5.41-5.49pm (partly repeated from 4.41pm) on bbc world service radio, and 5.35-5.43pm on bbc radio 4

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) and pm (presented by evan davis) include …

“We’ll hear from conscientious objectors from Thailand Israel and Finland.”

“The draft bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox religious men from compulsory miltary service.”

including contributions from …

• eitan hus, israeli conscientious objector 

• bbc reporter jon donnison

• analyst amal saad

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-biden-aide-in-israel-to-try-to-head-off-war-with-hezbollah/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-warns-hezbollah-bringing-israel-to-the-brink-of-a-wider-escalation)

(if you missed it, available from 0:35:44 to 0:43:50 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbj28v42x6x, and from 0:37:00 to 0:43:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00208dg)