We: Gaza 17/12/2023

this morning (sunday 17th), 6.06-6.16am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.17-7.28am, 7.32-7.52am, 8.06-8.22am, and 8.32-8.59am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Britain and Germany call for ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza.

Pressure grows on Israel to secure hostage release.”

including contributions from …

• juliette touma, unrwa

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• released kidnapped danielle aloni

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• journalist shashank joshi

• journalist michaela kuefner

• jon polin, father of kidnapped hersh goldberg-polin

“We don’t know if he’s still alive.”

• hostage negotiator gershon baskin

• riyad mansour, palestinian ambassador to un

• pollster khalil shikaki 

• journalist masha gessen

“Gaza is like a ghetto.”

• helga trupel, german-israeli society of bremen

• historian michael wolffsohn

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:11 to 0:10:00 and 0:24:33 to 0:25:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z37m3xzg6mc, from 0:11:30 to 0:22:30 and 0:26:48 to 0:46:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z37m3xzgbch, and from 0:00:21 to 0:16:15 and 0:26:48 to 0:53:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172z37m3xzgg3m)