We: Gaza/USA 11/5/2024

this morning (saturday 11th), 6.06-6.14am, 6.24-6.26am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.06-7.08am, 7.32-7.52am, 8.06-8.17am, and 8.54-8.55am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by krupa padhy) leads with …

“US says Israel may have breached international law.”

“Thousands of Palestinians look for safe space as Israel targets areas in Rafah.”

“Sweden is hosting the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.”

including contributions from …

• us diplomat gina abercrombie-winstanley

• ambassador gilad erdan

• bbc reporter john sudworth

• bbc reporter sarah rainsford

• journalist alan posener

• joe biden

• benjamin netanyahu

• analyst aaron david miller 

• analyst tamar hermann

• journalist jacquelin magnay

• bbc reporter mark savage

• israeli singer eden golan

We: Israel warns Gaza

this morning (sunday 8th), 6.06-6.24am, 6.37-6.46am, 6.56-6.59am, 7.06-7.26am, 7.30-7.31am, 7.33-7.38am, 7.55-7.58am, 8.07-8.21am, 8.30-8.31am, and 8.33-8.45am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Residents across Gaza are bracing themselves after the Israeli army warned of more airstrikes to destroy Hamas targets, in retaliation for Saturday’s major attack by the militant organisation.

Sirens have again sounded in parts of southern Israel, as more rockets were fired from Gaza overnight.

The Israeli army says fighting is still ongoing in several places inside Israeli territory.

Several Palestinian fighters are reported to have been killed. Nearly fifty hostages have been freed.”

including contributions from …

• journalist mohammed mhawish 

• hospital director medhat abbas 

• journalist jotam confino

• hamas spokesman ghazi hamad

• bbc reporter samantha simmonds 

• naftali bennett mk 

• former us envoy dennis ross 

• analyst jane kinninmont 

• journalist alan posener

• victim gili yoskovich 

• former ambassador mark regev 

• bbc reporter jo floto

• analyst sanam vakil

• major libby weiss, idf spokesperson

• activist francesca albanese, special rapporteur on the occupied palestinian territories 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895)

We/Nh: Jerusalem Christians

this morning (saturday 22nd), 7.19-7.29am, on bbc world service radio (partly repeated 9.25pm on newshour)

weekend (presented by gary odonoghue) includes …

“We hear from our reporter in Israel, where Orthodox Easter celebrations are taking place in Jerusalem amid complaints by local Christians of a rise in hostility.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• bishop william shomali, latIn patriachate 

• setrag balian, armenian quarter 

• daniel hasson, director, jerusalem intercultural centre 

• journalist alan posener 

• analyst karin von hippel, rusi 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65204037 and https://www.timesofisrael.com/holy-sepulchre-letter-undermines-church-allegations-on-israeli-worship-limits/)

We: Nuremberg 75

this morning (sunday 24th), 7.48-7.58am (repeated 2.51pm and 9.51pm on newshour without discussion), on bbc world service radio (repeated from 8.39am on tuesday on today on bbc radio 4, with added discussion)

weekend (presented by julian worricker) concludes with …

“It’s seventy-five years since judgment at Nuremberg, the trial that found nineteen high-ranking Nazis guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and waging illegal war.”

including contributions from …

• international lawyer philippe sands  

• karim khan, chief prosecutor, icc 

• robby dundas, daughter of nuremberg judge sir jeffrey lawrence

• navi pillay, former unhcr 

• howard morrison, retired judge, icc 

• theresa fallon, founder and director, creas (centre for russia europe and asia studies)  

• journalist alan posener, die welt