HARDtalk: Nir Barkat

this morning (friday 6th), 12.30-1.00am (repeated 4.30am, and 2.30pm tomorrow), on bbc news tv (and repeated 8.06am and 8.06pm today, on bbc world service radio)
nir barkat – mayor of jerusalem (interviewed by stephen sackur) (in the hardtalk series)

“HARDTalk is in Jerusalem, an ancient city which arguably stirs more passion, argument and hostility than any other. Israel claims all of it as its eternal, undivided capital – a claim at odds with international law and much world opinion, but boosted by President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy there.
Stephen Sackur talks to Jerusalem’s two-term mayor Nir Barkat.
Can Israel conclusively win the struggle for Jerusalem?”

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HC WH: Gaza humanitarian situation

yesterday morning (saturday 30th), 7.15-8.46am, on bbc parliament tv
westminster hall debates 26/6/2018 includes …

Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

speeches by … Grahame Morris (Lab) Nicholas Soames (C) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Damien Moore (C) Jess Phillips (Lab) Jack Lopresti (C) Marsha de Cordova (Lab) Paul Masterton (C)

Chris Davies (C) Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab) Tanmanjeet SIngh Dhesi (Lab) Alex Cunningham (Lab) Paul Sweeney (Lab) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Dan Carden (Lab) Alistair Burt (C)

interventions by … Jim Cunningham (Lab) Faisal Rashid (Lab) Bob Stewart (C) Matthew Offord (C) Tracy Brabin (Lab) Rushanara Ali (Lab)

Imran Hussain (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Debbie Abrahams (Lab) Christine Jardine (LD) Seema Malhotra (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-06-26/debates/E5E2F66B-A729-4802-97A7-6870CEFD8BD7/GazaHumanitarianSituation)
(if you missed it, available from 1:55:15 to 3:26:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b8hzv0/westminster-hall-30062018)

Today: Prince William

this morning (monday 25th), 7.45-7.49am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by martha kearney) includes …

“Prince William’s visit to Israel today is coming at a very tense time for the region. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed by the Iasraeli forces in recent protests in Gaza.”

Newshour: BBC promotes UNRWA-USA

BBC bias: The BBC presents a completely one-sided report on political organisation UNRWA-USA:
i] the report presents a small response to a political organisation as a USA-wide grass-roots funding and opposition to USA policy
ii] the report supports the view that humanitarian aid to refugees should not depend on politics, even though most of UNRWA’s aid to Palestinians is solely dependent on politics, since in no other situation is UN aid given to children or grandchidren of refugees
iii] the whole report is presented as relevant solely on the hook of a UN Security Council debate on Gaza that has nothing to do with UNRWA or refugees

this afternoon (wednesday 13th), 2.44-2.49pm (repeated 9.49pm), on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

”Years of conflict have left Gaza in ruins. Infrastructure’s crumbling, the economy’s paralysed, and basic supplies such as electricity are in crisis. Despite this, the United States has cut off vital funding to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. But, as Nada Tawfik reports, across the US, American citizens are now filling the void.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter nada tawfik
• peter mulrean, director of the unrwa representative office in new york
• abby smardon, executive director of political charity unrwa-usa

HL: Palestinian situation

last thursday evening (7th june), 5.30-8.30pm, on bbc parliament tv
house of lords 7/6/2018 includes …

“That this House takes note of the situation in the Palestinian Territories”

speeches by Lord or Lady … Steel (LD) Lothian (C) Hain (Lab) Sheehan (LD) Hilton (XB) Chester (Bishop) Luce (XB)

Cope (C) Anderson (Lab) Palmer (LD) Ahmed (Lab) Dykes (XB) Polak (C) Turnberg (Lab) Hannay (XB) Morrris (C)

Ludford (LD) Lea (Lab) Warner (XB) Uddin (Lab) Sandwich (XB) Shinkwin (C) Judd (Lab) Singh (XB) Tonge (LD) Grocott (Lab)

Janke (LD) Meacher (XB) Leigh (C) Northover (C) Collins (Lab) Ahmad (C) and intervention by … Hunt (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2018-06-07/debates/C5858EA0-D1CF-48CF-A7AB-B04D4316EC7A/PalestinianTerritories)
(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b624qg/house-of-lords-palestinian-territories)

Newsnight: Netanyahu interview

this evening (thursday 7th), 10.32-10.52pm, on bbc 2 tv (repeated 11.16pm on bbc news tv)
newsnight (presented by evan davis) leads wtih …

“Evan Davis speaks to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu“

including interviews with …
• benjamin netanyahu
• bbc reporter mark urban

Newshour: Netanyahu interview

this afternoon (thursday 7th), 2.07-2.14pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“During his trip to the UK, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tells the BBC recent protests in the Gaza Strip were violent riots aimed at killing at Israelis.”

including contributions from …
• benjamin netanyahu (an excerpt from this evening’s newsnight interview on bbc 2 tv)
• bbc reporter lyse doucet