Nd: Gaza 17/5/2024

this morning (friday 17th), 5.13-5.19am (partly repeated 7.14am), 5.30am, 6.30am, 7.17am, and 7.23-7.29am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) includes …

“South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to order Israel to halt its offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, and protect civilians there.”

including contributions from …

• egyptian diplomat mohamed hegazy

• bbc reporter dominic casciani

• bbc reporter anna holligan

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pypkjjljno) 

Nd/T: Gaza 16/5/2024

this morning (thursday 16th), 6.31am and 7.31am on bbc world service radio and 8.04am and 8.49-8.53am on bbc radio 4

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) and today (presented by amol rajan and emma barnett) include …

“The UN says, as of yesterday, some 600,000 people have been displaced, including about 150,000 over the past forty-eight hours.”

including interview with …

• cindy mccain, world food programme

Nd: Gaza 15/5/2024

this morning (wednesday 15th), 5.45-5.51am, 6.15-6.21am (repeated 7.39am), 6.30am, and 7.38-7.39am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) includes …

“UNRWA estimates that almost 450,000 people have fled Rafah.”

including contributions from …

• deena, architect, now in egypt

• activist hind khoudary

Nd: Gaza 10/5/2024

this morning (friday 10th), 6.30am, 6.53-6.59am, 7.06-7.13am, 8.06-8.08am, and 8.24-8.29am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) leads with …

“Netanyahu says Israel ready to stand alone if necessary.

US President Joe Biden warned he would stop weapon supplies if Rafah is invaded.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter sarah rainsford

• georgios petropoulos, unocha

• activist alice jill edwards

• bbc reporter william lee adams

Nd: Gaza/USA 9/5/2024

this morning (thursday 9th), 7.31am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) includes …

“Israel has said it’s disappointed by President Biden’s comments that the US will not supply heavy weapons that could be used in a major assault on Rafah.”

Nd: Gaza 8/5/2024

this morning (wednesday 8th), 5.44-5.49am, 6.13-6.19am, 7.06-7.13am, 7.30am, 7.33-7.38am, and 7.53-7.58am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by james copnall) leads with …

“The latest from the situation in Rafah, as many Palestinians continue to evacuate.

Israel says it will deepen its attack on Rafah in southern Gaza, until Hamas is eliminated, or the first of the remaining hostages held by them are released. So is a peace deal dead?

“Protests in Trinity College, Dublin.”

including contributions from …

• moses kondowe, project hope

• avi hyman, israeli government spokesman

• diplomat gerald feierstein

• poet batool abu akleen 18, gaza

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• activist eoin o’sullivan, dublin

Nd: Gaza/USA 3/5/2024

this morning (friday 3rd), 5.14-5.17am, 5.18-5.19am, 5.30am, 6.22-6.28am, 6.39-6.45am, and 7.12-7.18am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by beverly ochieng and james copnall) includes…

“Turkey is gong to suspend all trade with Israel.”

“The protests against the war in Gaza are spreading across US universities.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter david willis

• historian stefan bradley, amherst college

• ariana pinsker-lehrer, israeli graduate, columbia school of social work

• podcaster eliana goldin, columbia

• melissa saidak, columbia

• sanabel 16, gaza

• former diplomat alon pinkas

Nd: Gaza/USA/Jenin/Lebanon 2/5/2024

this morning (thursday 2nd), 5.06-5.12am (partly repeated 7.51am), 5.20-5.23am, 6.06-6.17am, and 7.06-7.20am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) leads with …

“Israel accused of possible war crime in West Bank: the killing of an eight-year-old appears to violate law, according to UN expert.”

“Protests against the war in Gaza grow in US universities but so does police response.

We’ll hear from a lawyer representing a student who says Columbia University has not done enough to make the campus safe, or to stop harassment of Jewish students.”

including contributions from …

• lawyer rafi belabunyan

• bbc arabic reporter carine torbey

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

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• nidaa lafi, students for justice in palestine, austin

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

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

• analyst sergio guzman, colombia risk analysis

• bbc reporter helena humphrey

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/northerners-gird-for-immense-destruction-amid-growing-risk-of-war-with-hezbollah/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-christian-leader-hezbollahs-fighting-with-israel-harming-lebanon/)

Nd: Gaza/USA 1/5/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter James Copnall introduces an antisemite as “one of the elder statesmen of the global south”, without informing listeners of his antisemitism at all.

this morning (wednesday 1st), 5.06-5.11am, 6.06-6.12am (partly repeated 7.06am), 6.23-6.29am, and 6.38-6.44am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by devina gupta and james copnall) leads with …

“In New York, overnight,  police have arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters from the Columbia university campus.”

“This weekend, the Islamic Summit Conference will be held in the Gambia, it’s a forum of fifty-seven nations with Muslim populations.

The situation in Gaza is sure to be high on the agenda.”

including contributions from …

• activist yasmeen altaji, columbia school of journalism

• claire davenport, columbia school of journalism

• sam rose, unrwa

• antisemite mahathir mohamad, former prime minister, malaysia

Nd: Gaza/USA 26/4/2024

this morning (friday 26th), 5.13-5.18am (repeated 7.14am), 5.31, 6.13-6.18am, and 7.38-7.44am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) includes …

“College protests over Gaza sweep across America. Hundreds are arrested.”

“With no end in sight to the conflict in Gaza, a Lebanese minister tells the BBC his country is ‘in a state of war’, after a rise in cross-border attacks by Hezbollah and Israeli forces.”

including contributions from …

• activist yasmeen altaji, columbia school of journalism

• activist jan egeland 

• bbc reporter james landale