Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza 15/4/2024

this evening (monday 15th), 9.14-9.19pm on bbc world service radio, 10.01-10.03pm and 10.07-10.19pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.31-10.57pm on bbc 2 tv

newshour (presented by tim franks) includes, and the world tonight (presented by anna foster) and newsnight (presented by kirsty wark, with mark urban and ben wright) lead with, …

“Israel’s war cabinet meets for a second day, following Iran’s attempted strikes on the nation at the weekend.”

including contributions from …

• journalist neri zilber 

• bbc reporter james landale

• rishi sunak mp

• joe biden

• gen herzi halevi, chief of staff

• simcha rothman mk

• gen david petraeus

• analyst merissa khurma

• diplomat robert macaire

IR: Gaza/Yemen 24/1/2024

24th january 2024, 11.30-11.56pm, on bbc news tv

troubled waters: war in the red sea? (in the incident room series) (presented by frank gardner)

“Frank Gardner and expert guests look at the crisis in the Red Sea after attacks on ships by the Yemeni Houthi group.”

including contributions from …

• analyst elisabeth kendall

• gen david petraeus

• general richard barrons

• maj gen patrick ryder

• analyst lael brainard

• analyst evelyn farkas

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza 12/1/2024

yesterday evening (friday 12th), 9.06-9.19pm, 9.30-9.31pm, and  9.36-9.43pm, on bbc world service radio, 10.01-10.05pm and 10.08-10.27pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.30-10.37pm and 10.40-10.45pm, on bbc 2 tv

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

“Israeli government response to the International Court of Justice case”

“Another missile attack on Red Sea shipping, after dozens of bombs from British and American jets drop on the Houthi in Yemen.”

including contributions from …

• maj gen patrick ryder

• analyst hisham al-omeisy

• bob seely mp

• international lawyer malcolm shaw 

• international lawyer galit raguan

• international lawyer oona hathaway

• bbc reporter jonathan beale

• bbc reporter anna holligan 

• international lawyer adila hassim

• international lawyer tal becker

• ronald lamona, south african justice minister

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• arabist elisabeth kendall

• air marshall edward stringer

• gen david petraeus

• activist radhya al-mutawakel

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67944903)

T: Gaza 2/1/2024

this morning (tuesday 2nd), 6.04am, 6.14-6.17am, 6.47am, 6.48-6.52am, 7.49-7.55am, 8.05-8.06am, and 8.46-8.51am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by martha kearney and mishal husain) includes …

“The  Israeli military is pulling out several combat brigades.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• juliette touma, unrwa

• gen david petraeus

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-2024-begins-idf-releases-5-brigades-from-gaza-but-says-fighting-likely-all-year/)

Nc: Gaza: Information war

thursday 18th october, podcast (36 minutes), on bbc news radio 

newscast (presented by adam fleming) leads with …

“The information war.”

including contributions from …

• bbc verify reporter shayan sardarizadeh 

• joe biden

• gen david petraeus

• bbc reporter katty kay

Nn: Gaza/Lebanon 20/10/2023

yesterday evening (friday 20th), 10.30-10.54pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by kirsty wark with mark urban and emir nader) leads with …

“Hamas releases two US hostages.”

“Israel has evacuated all the towns along the northern border.”

including contributions from …

• gen david petraeus

• journalist anshel pfeffer

• analyst lina khatib, soas

• noam

• anver

• brig gen (retd) yossi kuperwasser

T: Gaza 17/10/2023

this morning (tuesday 17th), 6.01-6.04am, 6.08-6.09am,6.32-6.38am, 6.41-6.43am, 6.44-6.53am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.09-7.14am, 7.31-7.42am, 8.00-8.03am, 8.10-8.22am, and 8.35-8.42am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by martha kearney and nick robinson) leads with …

“US President to visit Israel in ‘solidarity’.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter david willis

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter james landale

• bbc reporter sean curran

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp

• stephen flynn mp

• theresa may mp

• alicia kearns mp

• leila moran mp

• richard burgon mp

• mohsen sarhan, egyptian food bank

• juliette touma, unrwa

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• gen david petraeus

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• andrew mitchell mp

• journalist shashank joshi

TD: Iran & Israel

this afternoon (saturday 22nd), 12.06-12.56pm (repeated 3.06am, and 10.06am wednesday and 12.06am thursday), on bbc world service radio 

out of the shadows (presented by suzanne kianpour) (in the the documentary series) 

including interviews with …

• former iranian diplomat seyed hossein mousavian

• israeli intelligence journalist ronen bergman 

• us general frank mckenzie 

• jonathan, israeli tank commander 

• general amos yadlin who bombed iraq’s nuclear reactor as a young pilot 

• us general david petraeus, former director, cia 

• kelsey davenport, arms control association 

• tamir pardo, former director, mossad 

• analyst seyed mohammad marandi 

• actor shaun toub, star of the hit spy thriller Tehran 

• former irgc commander hossein kanani moghaddam, founder, green party 

• israeli-iranian singer hanna jahanfarooz 

“Assassination, sabotage, cyberattacks – the undeclared war between Israel and Iran is one of the longest running conflicts in the region.

As attempts to create a new deal to limit Iran’s nuclear programme fail, and Israel makes unprecedented alliances with its Arab neighbours, tensions are rising.

Suzanne Kianpour talks to leading players in the region to find out how it all began and where it is heading.