Nh: Gaza 31/12/2023

this afternoon and evening (sunday 31st), 1.20-1.29pm and 1.51-1.56pm (repeated 9.51pm), 9.06-9.14pm, and 9.20-9.25pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by lyse doucet) includes …

  “US Navy sinks three Houthi boats in the Red Sea.

Reports say at least ten rebels were killed; a fourth Houthi boat escaped.

The Houthis say their attacks on shipping are in response to the war in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter martin vennard

• journalist ghada ouda

• journalist anshel pfeffer 

• survivor shir golan, 22

• bbc reporter owen bennett jones

• ahmed yousef, hamas

• former ambassador mark regev 

•  bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• danny danon mk 

• journalist shashank joshi

• analyst joost hiltermann

• analyst gabriel haritos 

We: Gaza 31/12/2023

this morning (sunday 31st), 6.06-6.09am, 6.31am, 6.32-6.34am, 6.36-6.37am, 6.42-6.45am, 7.11-7.17am, 7.33-7.46am, 8.12-8.15am, 8.17-8.20am, 8.26-8.27am, 8.41-8.57am, and 8.58am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has given a defiant TV address, saying Israel was fighting on ‘all fronts’ in a war that would last many more months until victory was achieved.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• thomas white, unrwa

• journalist noga tarnopolsky 

• novelist kaya genc

• activist sulaiman khatib, combatants for peace

• activist avner wishnitzer, combatants for peace

• former diplomat mark malloch brown

• activist amjad iraqi, 972 magazine

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

Sunday: MCB on Gaza

this morning (sunday 31st), 7.46-7.47am, 7.49-7.50am, and 7.51-7.52am, on bbc radio 4 

sunday (presented by emily buchanan) includes contributions from …

• rabbi charley baginsky, ceo, liberal judaism

• miqdaad versi, media spokesman, muslim council of britain

“On the international scene, obviously, the challenge of Gaza’s the one that’s going to be the hardest one to overcome …

The goal has to be one where we don’t have five hundred thousand people dying when it comes to humanitarian disaster that’s unfolding in Gaza right now because of the public health issues as well as the bombing.

When we see some of the things that the South African government have done in both the Genocide Convention and hopefully getting more and more people around the table to recognise the scale of what’s happening, and stopping what’s happening, and we can get the international community together to help and seek closure, or at least movement in the positive direction.”

5mo: London antisemitism

thursday 14th december, podcast (5 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

being a young jew in britain (presented by lucy manning) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“In this edition of our 5 Minutes On podcast, teenagers at the biggest Jewish school in the UK speak candidly about their own experiences of antisemitism, and what it’s like to be Jewish in Britain today.”

(available at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gzbm3n)

5mo: Reporting in Gaza

tuesday 31st october, podcast (5 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

reporting inside gaza (presented by fergal keane) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“In this episode of 5 Minutes On, we’ll hear what it’s like to report from the front line, in what Fergal describes as ‘journalism in extremis’.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter mahmoud bassam 

• sherif mansour, committee to protect journalists

• bbc reporter yara eid

(available at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gpt6qj)

5mo: West Bank violence

wednesday 25th october, podcast (7 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

inside the west bank (presented by jeremy bowen) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“The number of West Bank Palestinians killed since 7th October is now around 100.

The West Bank is roughly between Jerusalem and the river Jordan, and Israel has settled hundreds of thousands of Jews there, illegally under international law, since it captured the area in the 1967 Middle East war.”

including contributions from …

• avishai hilltop youth

• meir simcha,

• haitham arar, revolutionary council, fatah

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gnmgkq)

5mo: A freed hostage

tuesday 24th october, podcast (6 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

inside the hamas spider’s web – the story of a freed hostage (presented by katya adler) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“As we record this podcast – news organisations around the world are reporting the release of two hostages… two elderly women.”

including interview with …

• released hostage yocheved lifshitz, 85, from nir oz

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gngqft)

5mo: In Lebanon

BBC bias: BBC presenter Hugo Bachega presents a completely one-sided report on the Israel-Lebanon violence, reporting from inside Lebanon but not mentioning the 100,000 Israelis evacuated from northern Israel.

friday 20th october, podcast (5 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

lebanon – a country on edge (presented by hugo bachega) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“In the days since Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking hundreds of others hostage, tensions have been high along Lebanon’s border with Israel.

There’ve been frequent exchanges of fire between heavily armed fighters in Lebanon and the Israeli army.

Towns not far from the frontier in Lebanon have fallen quiet, with most shops closed.

But in the nation’s capital, Beirut, tensions rose further following an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Hundreds of followers of the formidable Lebanese military, political and social movement Hezbollah took part in a protest chanting both anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans. The border skirmishes have prompted fears that the violence could escalate into a bigger confrontation. ”

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/about-200000-israelis-internally-displaced-amid-ongoing-gaza-war-tensions-in-north/)

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gmlz5v)

5mo: Gaza, day 5

wednesday 11th october, podcast (5 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

two people, one war – first-hand accounts from israel and gaza (presented by dan johnson) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“There is no relief. Day after day, the number of dead continues to rise. 

As we record this podcast, Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks have now killed more than 1,000 people – while Israel says the number dead from Hamas’s attacks has exceeded 1,200.

Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate with food and power shortages – and few places to find safety.”

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gktj5k)

5mo: Hostages plan?

thursday 19th october, podcast (6 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

israel’s hostages – what’s netanyahu’s plan? (presented by dan johnson) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“The Hamas attack – the many deaths and the plight of hostages – has left Israelis united in shock and sadness. But there’s frustration about the lack of a plan, at least publicly, to secure the return of those kidnapped.

In his 17th year in office over three terms, the country’s longest-serving leader is also facing charges of corruption. So what are his plans – and can he survive?”

including interviews with …

• shira elbag, mother of kidnapped liri, 18

• shlomit kubner, friend of missing maayan hershkovitz

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gmdvkx)