BH: Gaza/Iran 14/4/2024

this morning (sunday 14th), 9.00-9.06am, 9.07-9.28pm, and 9.48-9.28pm, on bbc radio 4 

broadcasting house (presented by paddy oconnell) leads with …

“Iran has launched airstrikes on Israel, the first time it’s done so direcrtly from its own soil.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter james landale

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson  

• bbc reporter will vernon

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• lt col jonathan conricus, former idf spokesman 

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• lt col peter lerner, idf spokesman 

• sharone lifschitz, daughter of released yocheved lifshitz 85 and kidnapped oded lifshitz with lung disease 83, from nir oz

• former diplomat tom fletcher, author, the naked dimplomat

• analyst sanam vakil

• alistair burt, former mp

NC: Gaza 5/4/2024

last friday morning (5th april), 9.03-9.34am and 9.39-10.00am, on bbc radio 5 live

nicky campbell (phone-in programme) leads with …

“Stop selling arms to Israel?”

including contributions from …

• antony blinken

• journalist emanuel fabian

• diplomat richard dalton

• analyst philip ingram

• alistair burt, former mp

• charlie, barrow-in-furness, • howard, elstree, • sophie, • graham, • alice, doncaster, jacob, milton keynes, • clive (holocaust comparison), • danny, barnet

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza 2/4/2024

this evening (tuesday 2nd), 9.06-9.19pm and 9.36-9.41pm on bbc world service radio, 10.01-10.03pm and 10.07-10.27pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.31-10.32pm and 10.32-10.48pm on bbc 2 tv 

newshour (presented by tim franks), the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), and newsnight (presented by faisal islam, with joe inwood), lead with …

“Israel condemned over killing of seven aid workers.”

including contributions from …

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson 

• mayesa, gaza

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• sean carroll, anera

• security adviser ophir falk 

• congresswoman madeleine dean

• activist jan egeland 

• rear adm john kirby, white house spokesman

• bbc reporter james landale

• peace coordinator jamie mcgoldrick

• alistair burt, former mp

• eye-witness suhaib al-jarees

• nikos christodoulides, president of cyprus

• avi hyman, israeli government spokesman

• activist bushra khalidi

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68716499)

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza 11/1/2024

this evening (thursday 11th), 9.06-9.18pm and 9.36-9.41pm on bbc world service radio, 10.02-10.03pm and 10.08-10.34pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.32-10.58pm on bbc 2 tv  

newshour (presented by james menendez), the world tonight (presented by nuala mcgovern), and newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire with mark urban) lead with, …

“Israel’s prime minister has described accusations of genocide against his government as being based on hypocrisy and lies.

Rishi Sunak briefs cabinet on possible military action against Yemen’s Houthis.”

including contributions from …

• former ambassador mark regev 

• alon liel, former israeli ambassador to south africa

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• nadin abdullatif 13, junior hamas spokesperson

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• bbc reporter anna holligan 

• bbc reporter mark urban

• journalist iona craig

• vice-admiral kevin donegal

• alistair burt, former mp

• lawyer blinne bi ghralaigh

• former international prosecutor luis moreno ocampo

• analyst karin von hippel, rusi 

• naval analyst tom sharpe

• diplomat william patey

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

Nh: Gaza 15/12/2023

yesterday afternoon (friday 15th), 2.06-2.15pm, 2.36-2.42pm, and 9.06-9.18pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by tim franks and julian marshall) leads with …

“US expects Israel’s war in Gaza ‘to enter a new phase’, focused on precise targeting of Hamas leaders.”

“Israeli Defence Forces say their soldiers have killed three of the hostages being held in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• national security advisor jake sullivan

• former diplomat alon pinkas

• jonathan dekel-chen, father of kidnapped sagui 35, nir oz

• lt col jonathan conricus, idf spokesman 

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• alistair burt, former mp

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• jake morland, unocha

PM/6ocn: Gaza 9/12/2023

this afternoon (saturday 9th), 5.00-5.02pm, 5.04-5.12pm,  5.20-5.24pm, and 6.00-6.04pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by anita anand) and six o’clock news lead with …

“The US is accused of being responsible for the bloodshed of civilians, after vetoing a UN resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza.

In the US, a growing number of donors politicians business-leaders and students are calling for the resignation of the head of one of the elite universities.

Liz Magill, who runs the University of Pennsylvania, is accused of making antisemitic comments in a heated hearing on Capitol Hill.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• emmanuel macron

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• journalist akram al sitarri

• alistair burt, former mp

• bbc reporter nomia iqbal 

• noah rubin, student, penn university

• liz magill, president, penn university

• hela, student

• mia, student

• surgeon ahmed moghrabi, nasser hospital, khan younis

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• bbc reporter mike thomson 

• bbc reporter warren bull

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67655910)

Twtw/6ocn: Gaza 3/12/2023

this afternoon (sunday 3rd), 1.01-1.02pm, 1.05-1.24pm, and 6.00-6.04pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world this weekend (presented by jonny dymond) and six o’clock news lead with …

“An adviser to the Israeli prime minister has insisted that Israel is doing all it can to minimise the deaths of civilians in Gaza, after US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel had a moral responsibility to minimise casualties not linked to Hamas.”

“The UN warns of a displacement crisis in Gaza, as Israel intensifies bombardments.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• lloyd austin

• elliot ackerman

• former ambassador mark regev 

• aharon redman

• analyst sanam vakil

• alistair burt, former mp

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• bbc reporter anna holligan 

Twt: Gaza 2/11/2023

yesterday evening (thursday 2nd), 10.01-10.03pm and 10.08-10.19pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by james menendez) leads with …

“It is surely a measure of just how worried the United States is about the gravity of what’s happening in the Middle East that America’s top diplomat will travel to Israel again tomorrow, for the second time in just about three weeks.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter jon donnison

• journalist brett samuels

• bbc reporter yasmine farag

• jess phillips mp

• alistair burt, former mp

Nn: Gaza 12/10/2023

yesterday evening (thursday 12th), 10.30-11.15pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire)

“Israel calls up over 300,000 reservists as an army masses on the blockaded Gaza border.

As water, fuel and food begin to run out, is a land invasion now imminent?”

including contributions from …

• maj gen yaakov amidror

• lynn hastings

• activist yariv oppenheimer 

• sharon lifschitz, daughter of kidnapped parents

• diplomat daniel taub

• bushra khalidi, ramallah

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• rana akila, gaza

• alistair burt, former mp

• analyst nomi bar-yaacov

PM/6ocn: Invasion possible

this evening (thursday 13th), 5.03-5.04pm, 5.17-5.27pm, and 6.04-6.06pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news (presented by jane steel) include …

“The Palestinian militant group Hamas has launched fresh rocket attacks on Israel, warning that hitting cities such as Tel Aviv was ‘easier than taking a sip of water’.

“Senior Israeli commanders are considering plans for a ground invasion of Gaza.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• alistair burt