Nd/T: Gaza 20/6/2024

this morning (thursday 20th), 5.12-5.18am (repeated 6.49am) on bbc world service radio, and 8.05-8.06am and 8.50-8.56am on bbc radio 4

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) and today (presented by nick robinson and amol rajan) include …

“The Lebanese Islamist movement, Hezbollah, has threatened neighbouring Cyprus if its airport facilties are used by Israeli war planes.”

including contributions from …

• journalist kareem chehayeb

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• released kidnap victim ada sagi 75, nir oz

• rami elhanan, parents circle

• bassam aramin, parents circle

BoT: Ada Sagi

last wednesday morning (19th june), podcasr, 22 minutes (full interview, of which part was broadcast on today), on bbc radio 4

released israeli hostage: i don’t believe in peace (in the best of today series) (presented by emma barnett)

“Ada Sagi, who was held hostage for 53 days, speaks to Emma Barnett.

On 7 October last year, Ada Sagi’s life changed forever.

The 75-year-old grandmother of six – who has spent most of her life working towards peace between Israelis and Palestinians – was having a morning coffee at home on the Nir Oz Kibbutz, on the border with Gaza, when suddenly several men working for Hamas burst into her home, and forced her barefoot by gunpoint onto a motorbike and took her hostage, alongside scores of others.”

including interview with …

• released kidnap victim ada sagi 75, nir oz

Nh/OS: Gaza 19/6/2024

this afternoon (wednesday 19th), 2.06-2.19pm and 4.32-4.53pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by tim franks) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) include …

“The displaced Gazan families forced to live next to vast rubbish dumps.”

“Ada Sagi, an Israeli peace activist who was seized from her home on 7 October and held hostage for 53 days in Gaza, has told the BBC how her ordeal destroyed her belief that peace is possible between Palestinians and Israelis.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• sam rose, unrwa

• released kidnap victim ada sagi 75, nir oz

• bbc reporter jon donnison

• sanabel 17, gaza

Nd: Gaza 5/12/2023

BBC bias: BBC reporter Jeremy Bowen lies that Arabs and Jews “started fighting over every grain of soil” over a century ago.

this morning (tuesday 5th), 5.06-5.18am, 5.30-5.31am, 6.06-6.13am, 6.46-6.51am, 7.06-7.16am, 7.46-7.51am, 8.06-8.16am, and 8.33-8.40am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by devina gupta and rob young) leads with …

“Palestinians say that Israeli settlers are increasing attacks on their communities there.

Humanitarian concerns rise as Israel moves tanks into south Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• james elder, unicef

• mustafa barghouti 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

“Arabs and Jews started fighting over every grain of soil in the land both sides believe should be theirs, more than a century ago. Here, it still comes down to that, in every rocky field.”

• national security advisor jake sullivan

• journalist chemi shalev

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• noam sagi, son of released kidnapped ada sagi 75, nir oz

Nh: Gaza 29/11/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 29th), 2.06-2.19pm and 2.36-2.41pm, on bbc world service radio

newshour (presented by tim franks) leads with …

“Hopes of Gaza truce extension as more hostages and prisoners set to be freed in deal.

What it’s like to hold your mother, freed after fifty days of being held hostage? We speak to Noam Sagi, reunited with his 75 year old mother Ada last night.”

including contributions from …

• noam sagi, son of released kidnapped ada sagi 75, nir oz

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• teacher farida adel algoul, gaza 

• bbc reporter mary oreilly

T: Gaza 29/11/2023

this morning (wednesday 29th), 6.01-6.02am, 6.33-6.37am, 7.00-7..01am, 7.09-7.15am, 8.00-8.02am, 8.10-8.25am, and 8.49-8.55am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain and nick robinson) includes …

“Israel has indicated it’s willing to extend its deal with Hamas to allow more hostages to be freed.”

including contributions from …

• noam sagi, son of released kidnapped ada sagi 75, nir oz

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• bbc reporter orla guerin

• activist budour hassan, amnesty international

• thomas white, unrwa

• nadia el-nakla, cousin of gaza residents

T: Gaza 7/11/2023

this morning (tuesday 7th), 6.02-6.03am, 6.08am, 6.09-6.12am, 7.03-7.04am, 7.09-7.17am, 7.22-7.28am, 7.51-7.58am, 8.03-8.05am, and 8.19-8.22am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain and justin webb) includes …

“The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again ruled out calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, but has said that there could be short pauses in the military operation.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• juliette touma, unrwa

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• pat mcfadden mp

• noam sagi, son of kidnap victim ada sagi

• najla shawa, oxfam, gaza 

• surgeon abdul qader hammad 

OS: Gaza 30/10/2023

this afternoon (monday 30th), 4.06-4.15pm, 4.16-4.23pm, 4.33-4.47pm, 4.50-4.59pm, 5.06-5.26pm, and 5.32-5.40pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Hamas has released a video which appears to show three Israeli hostages. One of them is fiercely critical of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and demands to be released immediately.

We explain what happened in Dagestan, where crowds shouting anti-semitic slogans and waving Palestinian flags stormed an airport on Sunday.”

including contributions from …

• former ambassador mark regev 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc verify reporter olga robinson

• bbc reporter paul adams

• leila american-israeli jewish and thayad israeli palestinian muslim

• dave rich, community security trust

• iman atta, tell mama

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• bbc reporter sergei goryashko

• benjamin netanyahu

T: Gaza 28/10/2023

this morning (saturday 28th), 7.01-7.04am, 7.10-7.18am, 7.32-7.43am, 8.01-8.05am, 8.10-8.24am, 8.36-8.36am, 8.45-8.55am, and 8.59am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain and simon jack) leads with …

“How can such an operation be done, to save the lives of the hostages who may be in those tunnels?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• bbc reporter nada tawfik

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• diplomat gilad erdan 

• security analyst justin crump, sibylline

• international prosecutor geoffrey nice kc

“Medical facilities, when they’re used for this purpose, they are liable to lose their protection from attack, is that correct?”

“It is correct.”

• jeremy hopkins, unicef

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• palestinian activist nour odeh 

• noam sagi, son of kidnap victim ada sagi

Nd: Gaza 25/10/2023

this morning (wednesday 25th), 5.06-5.16am, 5.24-5.29am, 5.30-5.31am, 6.06-6.15am, 6.25-6.29am, 6.30-6.31am, 6.33-6.39am, 6.55-6.59am, 7.06-7.13am, 7.30-7.31am, 7.33-7.38am, 7.42-7.43am, and 7.52-7.59am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by devina gupta and james copnall) leads with  …

“UN chief denounces violations of international law in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• un secretary-general antonio guterres

• eli cohen mk

• riyad al-maliki

• analyst aaron david miller 

• arad haggai, nephew of missing judith haggai 72 and gad haggai 73, nir oz

• bbc reporter fergal keane

• mustafa barghouti 

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• khaled, jabalyia

• bbc reporter anna foster

• ohad tal mk

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• meir simcha, illegal settlement

• haytham arah, fatah revolutionary council, jalazone

• fikr shalltoot, medical aid for palestinians 

• historian and diplomat elie barnavi