Nh: Gaza 5/5/2024

this afternoon (sunday 5th), 1.06-1.19pm, 9.06-9.19pm, and 9.32-9.36pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby) includes …

“Israeli cabinet bans Al Jazeera inside Israel.”

including contributions from …

• amichai chikli mk 

• benjamin netanyahu

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf

• michael levy, brother of kidnapped or levy 33, brother-in-law of murdered einav levy 32, festival

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• walid al-omari, al jazeera

• tim dawson, international federation of journalists

T: Gaza 29/4/2024

BBC bias: BBC World Service headlines “three days of focus on media freedom” with a video which has nothing to do with media freedom.

this morning (monday 29th), 6.04-6.05am, 6.37–6.39am, 7.04-7.05am, 8.04-8.05am, and 8.40-8.48am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) includes …

“The BBC World Service is begining three days of a special focus on media freedom around the world, ahead of Press Freedom Day 2024, which falls on Friday.

It includes a film about the experience of journalist Adnan El-Bursh, who worked for BBC Arabic in Gaza for fifteen years before October 7th, and who then began to cover this war, as well as trying to keep his family safe.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc arabic reporter dalia haidar

• bbc reporter adnan el-bursh

• bbc reporter mouna ba

Nd: Gaza/USA 29/4/2024

this morning (monday 29th), 5.06-5.11am (repeated 7.06am), 5.30am, 6.06-6.17am, and 6.33-6.37am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and rob young) leads with …

“Blinken back in the Middle East.

Renewed diplomatic efforts to end war in Gaza.

Hamas delegation due in Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks.”

“Israel says it’s stepping up aid deliveries into Gaza in the coming days, as its biggest ally the United States has again urged them to do more to help Palestinians in the territory.”

“The fallout from the tensions in the Middle East continue to spread around the world… what impact is this conflict having on American university campuses.”

including contributions from …

• journalist ghada ouda

• bbc arabic reporter dalia haidar

• bbc arabic reporter adnan el-bursh

• activist jill stein 

• bbc reporter sameer hashmi

EI: Gaza war diary

next sunday morning (5th may), 2.30-2.56am (repeated 11.30am and 3.30am) (already available as a podcast), on bbc news tv  

reporting gaza: my war (presented by adnan el-bursh) (in the eye investigations series) 

Personal compilation (no interviews) (no scenes in Israel) from 7th October to 10th February, published in April.

“Gaza reporter Adnan El-Bursh’s video diary sheds light on the immense challenges faced by Palestinian journalists in Gaza as they report on their war-torn homeland.”

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68906903)

We: Gaza 24/3/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter Julian Worricker presents a discussion on journalists killed in Gaza, without any pro-Israeli input.

this morning (sunday 24th), 6.10-6.21am and 8.06-8.15am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by julian worricker) includes …

“As of this week, ninety-five journalists and media workers have been killed in that conflict, that number has been reported by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In a conflict where Israel has blocked the foreign media from entering Gaza, those who have gone in have done so under close supervision by the Israeli Defence Force.

It’s really only local Palestinian voices on the ground who’ve been able to give accounts of events there, and often at great personal risk to themselves.”

“Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, reiterates call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• antonio guterres

• analyst douglas silliman

• activist irene khan, formerly amnesty international

• journalist atika rehman

• writer travis elborough

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza 28/2/2024

this evening (wednesday 28th), 9.51-9.59pm on bbc world service radio, 10.18-10.21pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.31-10.45pm on bbc 2 tv

newshour (presented by nuala mcgovern), the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy, and newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire with nicholas watt), include …

“International journalists have called for foreign media access to Gaza in an open letter.”

“PM warns of ‘mob rule’.”

including contributions from …

• journalist alex crawford

• bbc reporter chris mason

• ben jamal, palestine solidarity campaign

• donna jones, police and crime commissionaer, hampshire and iow

TMS: Reporting Israel/Gaza 2

this afternoon (wednesday 28th), 4.30-5.00pm (repeated 9.30pm), on bbc radio 4 

reverberations of the israel-gaza war (presented by katie razzall) (in the the media show series) 

“As international broadcasters sign a letter calling for access to Gaza, what impact would that have on how the conflict is reported?”

including discussion with …

• journalist alex crawford

• journalist ayesha hazarika

• journalist tim montgomerie 

• journalist caroline wheeler

• hannah white, institute for government

FOOC: Gaza 17/2/2024

BBC bias: BBC presenter Jeremy Bowen claims that the “only” explanation for Israel’s restrictions on journalists is to cover up war crimes.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Jeremy Bowen points out a lack of evidence against Israel, yet claims that that itself is evidence.

BBC bias: the BBC presents a ten-minute report primarily designed to encourage listeners to believe – without evidence – that Israel is committing war crimes.

this morning (saturday 17th), 11.31-11.41am, on bbc radio 4 

from our own correspondent (presented by kate adie) includes report from …

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

“I can only surmise that Israel is not allowing reporters to work freely inside Gaza because their soldiers are doing things they do not want us to see.”

“Maybe reporters from foreign journalists inside Gaza would back up Israel’s assertions that it always follows the laws of war, that it has – to use a common phrase in Israel – ‘the most moral army in the world’, or foreign journalists might uncover evidence that backs up those accusations of war crimes, as well as the even more serious one of genocide. Until we get in, we’ll never know.”

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:36 to 0:10:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wh0t)

Nh/OS: Gaza 16/1/2024

this afternoon (tuesday 16th), 2.20-2.24pm, 2.30-2.31pm, 2.36-2.42pm, 4.17-4.18pm, 4.32-4.37pm, and 5.06-5.14pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by tim franks) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) include …

“The US has condemned Iran over ballistic missile strikes on Iraq’s northern city of Irbil on Monday night, calling them ‘reckless and imprecise’.

The Israeli military says it’s carried out aerial and artillery strikes on Hezbollah positions in south Lebanon.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• analyst renad mansour

• bbc reporter kasra naji

• bbc reporter mike thompson

• journalist wael al-dahdouh

T: Gaza 16/1/2024

this morning (tuesday 16th), 6.06.06am, 6.11am, 6.45-6.49am, 7.15-7.19am, 8.06-8.07am, and 8.30-8.38am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain) includes …

“The  Committee to Protect Journalists says that at least eighty-two journalists and other media workers have now been killed in more than three months of the Israel-Gaza war.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter faisal islam

• bbc reporter alicia mccarthy

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp 

• stephen flynn mp

• ed davey mp

• caroline lucas mp 

• alex davies-jones mp

• priti patel mp

• bbc reporter frank gardner

• journalist wael al-dahdouh

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67905566)