We: Gaza/USA 4/5/2024

this morning (saturday 4th), 6.06-6.14am, 6.30am, 6.37-6.47am, 7.07-7.13am, 7.17-7.21am, and 8.07-8.14am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Israel has given Hamas a week to agree to the current proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza – or it will begin its offensive in Rafah, Egyptian mediators say.”

“Following another week of protests at universities across the US, over the war in Gaza, there are positive examples of university students and the administration reaching an agreement.”

including contributions from …

• rik peeperkorn, who

• us spokesperson karine jean-pierre 

• analyst laura blumenfeld

• journalist jotam confino

• joe biden

• israeli activist omer bartov, brown university

• historian eugene rogan

• analyst jill rutter

• analyst chuck freilich, columbia

T: Gaza/USA/Jenin 2/5/2024

this morning (thursday 2nd), 6.03-6.04am, 6.08-6.11am, 6.49-6.53am, 7.01-7.04am, 7.17-7.23am, 7.50-7.58am, 8.01-8.03am, and 8.23-8.28am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by amol rajan and justin webb) includes …

“The BBC has uncovered evidence of what has been described by a UN rapporteur for human rights as ‘an event that appears to be a war crime’, against an eight-year-old boy ”

including contributions from …

• isobel yeung, foreign correspondent, producer, the other war

• bbc reporter john sudworth

• protester ariela rosenzweig, brown university

• sam rose, unrwa

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• baha samer al-ghoul 14, brother of adam 8, and friend of basil abu al-waf 15, jenin

• joshua baker, investigator writer and director, the other war

• international lawyer ben saul

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• nidaa lafi, students for justice in palestine, austin

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68255422 and https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/college-pro-palestine-protest-demands_n_662c2672e4b0c2fde1a5b467)