Nn: Exit polls

yesterday evening (tuesday 17th), 11.01-11.08pm, on bbc 2 tv

newsnight (presented by emily maitlis) includes …

“Who will win Israel’s election?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter gabriel gatehouse 

• journalist tal schneider 

• journalist anshel pfeffer 

• hady amr, former us deputy special envoy for israeli-palestinian negotiations

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6ocn: Gaza suicide bombs

this evening (wednesday 28th), 6.22-6.24pm, on bbc radio 4 

six o’clock news includes …

“The militant Palestinian group Hamas has carried out a wave of arrests of radical Islamists known as Salafists who it suspects of being behind two suicide bombings in Gaza.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

Today: Gaza film

this morning (thursday 8th), 6.44-6.49am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain) includes …

“Gaza is by any standards a pretty bleak place to live. Now a documentary called Gaza which had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is about to be released in this country. It’s been called a portrait of Palestinian life in which a series of people talk about how they live amid restrictions and lack of any opportunity.“

including interview with  …

• co-director garry keane 

• production manager fadi hassan hanona 

Nh: New IDF policy

this evening (thursday 25th), 9.51-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio

newshour (presented by tim franks) concludes with …

“The Israeli army has instructed its snipers to shoot at the ankles of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border in an effort to reduce deaths. A senior Israeli officer said that a policy of shooting above the knees had led to many being killed.”

including interview with …

• nadav weiman of breaking the silence

Today: Gaza exit permits

BBC bias: BBC presenter Mishal Husain or Martha Kearney twice prevents Israeli deputy ambassador Sharon Bar-Li from giving examples of the Palestinian Authority delaying exit permis for Gazans.

BBC bias: BBC ‘investigative’ reporter Yolande Knell visits East Jerusalem to report on the Palestinian health service, but closes her eyes (or mouth) to findings such as reported in The Independent (2017):

“Hospitals in Jordan and Egypt no longer accept patients referred to them by the Palestinian Authority, because they are not reimbursed.

In the past two years, US taxpayers have paid off $60m (£46m) of the Palestinian Authority’s debt to the East Jerusalem hospitals. Earlier this month, the Victoria hospital threatened to stop taking new referrals, including cancer patients, because the Palestinian government owed it $40m.”

(This is highlighted by the BBC as part of their “Best of Today”)

this morning (friday 31st), 7.45-7.58am, on bbc radio 4 (partly repeated 2.24-2.28pm on newshour on bbc world service radio)

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

“Being diagnosed with a serious medical condition such as cancer in Gaza, where many medical treatments are not available, means a series of complex problems beyond your diagnosis. With a financial crisis and a deep rift between Hamas which rules Gaza and Fatah which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, many drugs are in short supply. Treatments and travel are also restricted by the tight blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. Often, a patient’s best hope is to get to one of the Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem. The final stage of that process is a permit from the Israel authorities.”

including contributions from  …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• oncologist yousef hamamreh, augusta victoria hospital, east jerusalem

• dr amir aytouna, makassed hospital, east jerusalem

• dr rosena allin-khan mp

• deputy israeli ambassador sharon bar-li 

(see also: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/the-lonely-journey-of-a-palestinian-cancer-patient-a7763166.html

http://www.palestinemonitor.org/details.php?id=302jewa20521y7vqwpcjhp

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-6-months-apart-gaza-mother-to-join-baby-daughter-in-jerusalem-hospital/

https://ec.europa.eu/echo/blog/access-denied-newborn-separated-her-mother-gaza_en)

(if you missed it, available from 1:45:37 to 1:58:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0005f8m)

Newsbeat: Jerusalem/Gaza

monday 13th may, 12.52-1.00pm (partly repeated 5.46pm), and tuesday 14th may, 12.45-1.00pm (wholly repeated 5.45pm), on bbc radio 1 

newsbeat (presented by steve holden and daniel rosney) includes …

“Our reporters Steve and Daniel are in Jerusalem to kick start a week of special reports, as Israel gets ready to host the Eurovision Song Contest.”

“Newsbeat reporters Steve Holden and Daniel Rosney are in Gaza in the Middle East, one of the most populated places on Earth.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter steve holden

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• bbc reporter daniel rosney

• bbc reporter kat collins

• chris hook, medecins sans frontieres

HARDtalk: Ghazi Hamad

this morning (wednesday 22nd), 4.30-4.55am (repeated 12.30am), on bbc news tv (and repeated 9.06pm on bbc world service radio) 

ghazi hamad – hamas spokesman (interviewed by stephen sackur) (in the hardtalk series)

“Could change be afoot? Hamas’s internal grip on Gaza is threatened by rising economic discontent. The Trump administration will soon unveil a peace plan built on economic incentives for the Palestinian people. The movement’s rhetoric is unbending, but do the Palestinian people long for new ideas?”