We/BH: Gaza 9/6/2024

this morning (sunday 9th), 7.06-7.12am (partly repeated 8.16am),  8.15-8.16am, and 8.21-8.25am, on bbc world service radio, and 9.09-9.10am and 9.15-9.19am on bbc radio 4 

weekend (presented by luke jones) leads with, and broadcasting house (presented by anita anand) includes, …

“The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinians in the Israeli military operation to rescue four hostages held by Hamas from a refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than two hundred people were killed but Israel disputes the figure.”

including contributions from …

• ruth wasserman lande mk

• rosa freedman, author, failing to protect: the un and the politicisation of human rights, and the united nations human rights council: a critique and early assessment (2013), and editor, responses to 7 october: antisemitic discourse (studies in contemporary antisemitism),

• benjamin netanyahu

• arctic scientist andreas osthagen

• batoul hussein, gaza

• hagai levine, hostages and missing families forum

• palestinian activist nour odeh

Nd: Gaza 28/5/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter James Copnall refuses to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

this morning (tuesday 28th), 6.06-6.13am, 6.44-6.47am, 7.06-7.11am, 8.06-8.14am, and 8.38-8.44am, on bbc world service radio 

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

“The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss Sunday’s bombing.”

“Ireland, Norway and Spain to formally recognise the state of Palestine.”

including contributions from …

• us diplomat gina abercrombie-winstanley

• natalie roberts, medecins sans frontieres

• josep borrell

• ambassador manuel hassassian

• dana erlich, israeli ambassador to ireland 

“… joins us now from Tel Aviv.”

“I’m in Jerusalem.”

• bbc reporter james landale

PM/6ocn/Twt: Gaza 18/3/2024

this afternoon (monday 18th), 5.02-5.03pm, 5.18-5.22pm, 6.11-6.16pm, 10.03-10.05pm, and 10.08-10.23pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis), six o’clock news, and the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), include …

“A UN-backed report has warned that famine is likely in Gaza between now and May.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter imogen foulkes

• bbc reporter jonathan beale

• capt david wroe

• rear adm marc miguez

• bbc reporter mark lowen 

• antonio guterres

• josep borrell

• national security advisor jake sullivan

• journalist ghada ouda

• avi hyman, israeli government spokesman

• journalist benoit faucon

Nh/OS: Gaza 18/3/2024

this afternoon (monday 18th), 2.07-2.15pm, 4.06-4.22pm (repeated 5.32pm), 4.32-4.39pm, 5.07-5.17pm, and 9.50-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by nuala mcgovern and julian marshall) and bbc os (presented by anna foster) lead with …

“Israel raids al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City overnight, tells residents to evacuate.

And as aid agencies warn of imminent famine in northern Gaza, the EU’s foreign policy chief says Israel bears responsibility.”

“Famine imminent in Gaza, warns UN.”

including contributions from …

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson 

• bbc reporter mark lowen 

• josep borrell

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• sanabel 16, gaza city 

• carl skau, world food programme

• shay dickmann, cousin of kidnapped carmel gat 39, niece of murdered kinneret gat 69, be’eri

• sam rose, unrwa

• benjamin netanyahu

• analyst nawaf bin mubarak al thani

• nick maynard, medical aid for palestinians 

• avi hyman, israeli government spokesman

Nd: Gaza 13/2/2024

this morning (tuesday 13th), 5.06-5.17am (partly repeated 7.06am), 6.06-6.23am, 6.39-6.43am (repeated 7.38am), and 7.11-7.20am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and joe inwood) leads with …

“US warns Israel: one million Gaza civilians need to be protected.”

including contributions from …

• mohamed mekkawy, paramedic, palestinian red crescent, beit lahia

• bassel el talleh, radio despatcher, palestinian red crescent

• alaa al-halaby, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• photojournalist feras al-ajrami

• bbc reporter dalia haidar

• former us envoy dennis ross 

• surgeon ahmed el mokhallalati

• yechiel leiter, father of killed soldier moshe yedidiah leiter 

• bbc reporter barbara plett usher

• josep borrell

• dutch activist liesbeth zegveld

• joe biden

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-68280216)

PM/6ocn/N: Gaza 3/2/2024

yesterday afternoon (saturday 3rd), 5.02-5.03pm, 5.17-5.21pm, 6.05-6.08pm, and 10.05-10.08pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by anita anand),  six o’clock news, and news (presented by viji alles), include …

“The Syrian and Iraqi governments have said more than thirty people, including civilians, have been killed in US airstrikes overnight.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter gordon corera

• general douglas sims

• william wechsler

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• josep borrell

W@1/PM/6ocn: Gaza 22/1/2024

this afternoon (monday 22nd), 1.26-1.30pm, 5.19pm, and 6.09-6.11pm, on bbc radio 4

world at one (presented by sarah montague), pm (presented by evan davis), and six o’clock news, include …

”In Israel, family members of some of the hostages still in Gaza have disrupted a meeting in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to demand the government does more to secure their release.”

including contributions from …

• itay raviv, nephew of kidnapped abraham munder 78 and released kidnapped ruti munder 78, and cousin of released kidnapped keren munder 54 and her only son ohad munder-zichri 8, from nir oz

• bbc reporter mark lowen 

• josep borrell

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/relatives-of-hostages-burst-into-knesset-finance-committee-demand-government-action/)

PM/6ocn: Gaza 6/1/2024

this evening (saturday 6th), 5.01-5.02pm and 6.03-6.05pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by caroline wyatt) and six o’clock news include …

“The Lebanese prime minister has said his country is doing everything it can to avoid being dragged into the war between Israel and Hamas.

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• josep borrell

W@1: Gaza 27/11/2023

this afternoon (monday 27th), 1.01-1.02pm and 1.08-1.27pm, on bbc radio 4 

world at one (presented by sarah montague) leads with …

“Israel poised for fourth release of hostages.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• jens stoltenberg, nato

• josep borrell

• karen shem, mother of kidnapped mia

• analyst michael clarke

• fleur hassan-nahoum, deputy mayor, jerusalem 

T: Gaza 17/11/2023

this morning (friday 17th), 6.01-6.03am, 6.10am, 6.33-6.36am, 6.39-6.42am, 7.00-7.02am, 7.09-7.15am, 7.42-7.44am, 7.51-7.57am, and 8.10-8.22am, on bbc radio 4 

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

“Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there are strong indications that hostages were held by Hamas at Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital shortly before the facility was raided by his troops.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• bbc reporter james landale

• benjamin netanyahu

• canon richard sewell, dean, st george’s, jerusalem

• wes streeting mp

• noam sagi, son of kidnap victim ada sagi

• josep borrell

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67426546)