We: Gaza 17/12/2023

this morning (sunday 17th), 6.06-6.16am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.17-7.28am, 7.32-7.52am, 8.06-8.22am, and 8.32-8.59am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Britain and Germany call for ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza.

Pressure grows on Israel to secure hostage release.”

including contributions from …

• juliette touma, unrwa

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• released kidnapped danielle aloni

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• journalist shashank joshi

• journalist michaela kuefner

• jon polin, father of kidnapped hersh goldberg-polin

“We don’t know if he’s still alive.”

• hostage negotiator gershon baskin

• riyad mansour, palestinian ambassador to un

• pollster khalil shikaki 

• journalist masha gessen

“Gaza is like a ghetto.”

• helga trupel, german-israeli society of bremen

• historian michael wolffsohn

Twt: Gaza 30/10/2023

yesterday evening (monday 30th), 10.01-10.03pm, 10.07-10.25pm, and 10.26-10.34pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by caroline wyatt) leads with …

“Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nada tawfik

• benjamin netanyahu

• shahar cohen, friend of kidnapped elena trupanov

• ramos aloni, father of kidnapped danielle aloni

• oliver mcternan, forward thinking 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• najla, gaza

• ken blady, author, jewish communities in exotic places

• rabbi pinchas goldschmidt, former chief rabbi of moscow