Witness: Sabra and Shatila

friday 15th september, 8.50-8.59am, on bbc world service radio
sabra and shatila – a massacre in lebanon (presented by louise hidalgo) (in the witness series)

“Dr Swee Ang treated the wounded in the basement of the only hospital in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon. She recalls the massacre there in September 1982.
Over the course of three days, Lebanese Christian militiamen killed and raped hundreds of the Palestinian inhabitants of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut in revenge for the assassination of their leader, Lebanese president elect, Bashir Gemayel.”

Newshour: Withdrawal from Gaza

this evening (saturday 15th), 9.49-9.54pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

“A decade later, how is the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza perceived in Israel?”

… interview with:
• anshel pfeffer of ha’aretz

When are we dead?

last wednesday evening (24th september), 7.32-8.00pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
when are we dead?: the entire programme is about israeli law and practice, including the law of the dying patient (episode 5 of 6 in the the truth about life and death series)

Media and the Middle East

tomorrow evening (saturday 13th), 8.00-8.50pm, on bbc radio 4
media and the middle east (in the archive on 4 series) presented by john lloyd

with contributions from …
• Jon Snow
• Jeremy Bowen
• Martin Bell
• David Cesarani
• Daoud Khitab
• Lisa Goldman
• Anton Laguardia
• Toby Green
• Chris Doyle
• “Topaz”

Last Word: Roger Lloyd Pack and Ariel Sharon

tomorrow evening (sunday 19th), 8.30-9.00pm (repeated from friday 4.30-5.00pm), on bbc radio 4
obituary programme last word 17/1/2014 features actor (with viennese jewish mother) roger lloyd pack, and (from 0:23:30) jeremy bowen on ariel sharon)

The World tonight: Ariel Sharon’s legacy

yesterday evening (monday 13th), 10.37-10.44pm, on bbc radio 4
the world tonight: ariel sharon’s legacy
ritula shah interviews anshel pfeffer and nabil shaath

Newshour: Ariel Sharon lying in state

yesterday afternoon (sunday 12th), 1.06-1.36pm, on bbc radio 4
newshour: ariel sharon lying in state presented by julian marshall with eliyav eviram, uri dromi, and faisal abbas