As: Student protests

this afternoon (friday 17th), 12.04-12.57pm (repeated 8.00pm wednesday), on bbc radio 4 

pro-palestinian student camps (presented by adam fleming) (in the antisocial series)

“The debate about protestors calling for their universities to cut ties with Israel.

How did the movement start and how have universities been responding?

What’s the history of political activism around university investments?

And what does the law say about pitching tents on university land?

Encampments of students protesting about Israel’s military action in Gaza have been popping up on campuses across the UK.

They’re calling for their institutions to divest from – sell their stakes in – companies linked to the conflict or Israel, but others say they’re demonising the country, and stoking antisemitism.”

including contributions from …

• pacifist hanzalah yaqub, sheffield campus coalition for palestine

“Should the University have partnerships with companies that provide arms to the Ukraine? Well in that case, I think it’s a difficult question, and one that surrounds the nature of what is happening in the Ukraine, and I don’t think that’s something I’m qualified to comment on. My experience has been specifically on the issue of Palestine.”

• journalist nicole lampert, jewish chronicle

• bbc reporter simon tulett

• analyst chris marsicano

• human rights lawyer david mead

T: Gaza 17/5/2024

this morning (friday 17th), 6.01-6.02am, 6.11-6.13am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.49–7.58am, 8.00-8.03am, and 8.23-8.24am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) leads with …

“South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to halt its offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, and protect civilians there.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter dan johnson

• bbc verify reporter merlyn thomas

• un coordinator martin griffiths

• bbc reporter hugh schofield, france

Nh/Twt: Gaza 16/5/2024

this evening (thursday 16th), 9.20-9.25pm and 9.30pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.03-10.04pm and 10.39-10.44pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by james menendez) and the world tonight (presented by shaun ley) include …

“The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam has just reversed its decision.”

including contributions from …

• simon reinink, concertgebouw manager

• bbc reporter paul adams

• pianist danny driver

Nh/OS: Gaza 16/5/2024

this afternoon (thursday 16th), 2.25-2.29pm, 2.36-2.41pm, 4.30pm, and 5.06-5.17pm, on bbc world service radio 

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

“The Jerusalem Quartet looked like they were not going to be playing in Amsterdam, after the major venue there, the Concertgebouw, cancelled their two concerts scheduled for this week, on security grounds, the management said it was concerned about planned anti-Israel demonstrations.”

“Fighting remains intense in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• musicologist heather kurzbauer

• cindy mccain, world food programme

• sanabel 16, gaza

• bbc reporter paul adams

Conflict at Leeds

BBC bias: BBC News establishes a “conflict” by focussing on one of the very few incidents in which there has been a pro-Israeli counter-protest.

this afternoon (sunday 12th), 1.30-2.00pm (repeated 4.00pm tomorrow), on bbc radio 4 

conflict on campus (presented by anwar akhtar, of the samosa)

“Examining how the Israel-Gaza war is affecting students here in the UK, Anwar Akhtar heads to Leeds, and gets a close-up view of the tensions bubbling over at the university.”

including interviews with …

• emma levy, president, leeds university jewish society

• activist safiyya, palestine solidarity campaign

• jasper, leeds university jewish society football team

• activist izzy, palestine solidarity campaign

• dave rich, community security trust

• activist yasmine ahmed, palestine solidarity campaign

• activist dani abulhawa

Nc: Gaza/Labour 5/5/2024

last sunday evening (5th may), podcast (2 minutes), on bbc news radio 

newscast (presented by laura kuenssberg and paddy oconnell) includes …

“We also hear from the newly re-elected Labour mayor for West Yorkshire, • Tracy Brabin, who admits her party lost votes because of its stance on Gaza.”

QT: Gaza 9/5/2024

yesterday evening (thursday 9th), 11.16pm, 11.18-11.20pm, and 11.26-11.42pm, on bbc 1 tv 

question time (presented by fiona bruce) includes …

“Diane Abbott … there’s been some kind of investigation going on into comments that she made which she has apologised for, for something like a year now, how can that still be going on, and she’s not admitted back into the Labour Party, when Natalie Elphick is admittted in, and then she apologised?”

“Israel is threatening a major invasion of the city of Rafah in Gaza. Is it time for our government to stop arms sales to Israel?”

including panellists …

• activist grace blakeley

• lisa nandy mp

• nigel huddleston mp

• humphrey cobbold, puregym

W@1/PM/6ocn: Gaza/USA 9/5/2024

this afternoon (thursday 9th), 1.01-1.02pm, 1.07-1.23pm, 1.33-1.34pm, 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.16pm, 5.24-5.30pm, and 6.01-6.08pm, on bbc radio 4 

world at one (presented by sarah montague), pm (presented by evan davis), and six o’clock news, lead with …

“Israel’s allies warn against launching an offensive into Rafah, as heavy shelling of the city is reported.”

“Israel criticises US decision to stop supply of some weapons.”

including contributions from …

• joe biden

• sylvain groulx, medecins sans frontieres

• bbc reporter james landale

• david cameron

• security analyst justin crump

• james sunderland mp

• reza pahlavi

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• david miliband

• pollster laura silver

• journalist and pollster peter kellner

• activist greta thunberg

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• journalist gabe milne

• bbc reporter david sillito

TMS: Gaza/USA 8/5/2024

yesterday afternoon (wednesday 8th), 4.05-4.43pm, on bbc radio 4 (partly repeated 4.31-4.51am and 11.31pm saturday, 3.31am sunday, and 3.31am wednesday, on bbc news tv)

inside the us campus protests (presented by katie razzall and ros atkins) (in the the media show series) 

“US university campuses have been the scene of pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the last month. We assess the challenges of reporting the protests. and hear why student journalists have been crucial to our understanding of the story.”

“We also look at Israel’s ban of Al Jazeera, where the government accuses it of being a mouthpiece for Hamas, a charge the network denies.”

including contributions from …

• journalist richard hall

• julia vargas-jones, columbia school of journalism

• doug mcleod, wisconsin-madison school of journalism

• shaina oppenheimer, bbc monitoring 

• journalist mohamed moawad, al jazeera

JV: Gaza/USA 7/5/2024

last tuesday afternoon (7th april), 12.04-12.1pm and 12.20-12.28pm, on bbc radio 2

jeremy vine (phone-in) leads with …

“Jeremy discusses protests at UK universities over Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• fraser amos,warwick stands for palestine coalition

• naomi bernstein, cambridge university jewish society

• paul dunwell, cambridge

• riley, nottingham

• tom holley, taunton