this afternoon (tuesday 12th), 4.17-4.29pm and 5.06-5.14pm, on bbc world service radio
bbc os (presented by james reynolds) includes …
“Israel has continued its bombardment of Gaza, with the main focus on Khan Younis in the south.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter karnagie sharp
• bbc reporter christina volk
• bbc reporter hugo bachega
• eyal waldman, father of murdered danielle, festival
• bbc reporter nada tawfik
(more…)this afternoon (friday 23rd), 2.20-2.23pm and 4.06-4.17pm on bbc world service radio, and 1.05-1.06pm and 6.22-6.24pm on bbc radio 4
bbc os (presented by karnagie sharp) leads with, and world at one (presented by edward stourton), newshour (presented by james menendez) and six o’clock news, include …
“The United Nations says violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank risks spiralling out of control.
The UN human rights chief said the crisis was being fuelled by inflammatory rhetoric.
We explain the background of the decade-long tensions in the region, and speak to our correspondent about today’s developments.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter kristina volk
• bbc reporter tom bateman
• ohio resident odeh qattin
(see also explainers at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-52756427 and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44124396
(more…)this afternoon (thursday 26th), 2.36-2.43pm, 4.06-4.21pm, and 5.20-5.28pm, on bbc world service radio, and 5.32-5.33pm, 5.34-5.43pm, and 6.06-6.08pm, on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by james coomarasamy), bbc os (presented by james reynolds), pm (presented by evan davis), and six o’clock news, include …
“Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank – the deadliest in years – that’s according to Palestinian officials.
The Israeli military said its troops went in to arrest Islamic Jihad militants planning ‘major attacks’.
The Palestinian presidency accused Israel of a ‘massacre’ in Jenin, which has been the scene of repeated raids in recent months.”
“Israel took control of the West Bank in 1967, and has allowed hundreds of thousands of Jewish settlers to move in, but Palestinians and most of the international community consider it illegally occupied Palestinian land.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter tom bateman
• taxi-driver mohammed amouri
• bbc reporter karnagie sharp
• mustafa sheta, manager, the freedom theatre, with masters degree in conflict resolution
• former diplomat martin indyk
• bbc reporter yolande knell
• neighbour aisha abu al-naj
(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64410607 and https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-killed-in-clashes-between-gunmen-and-idf-soldiers-in-jenin/ and timesofisrael.com/palestinian-teen-14-critically-hurt-in-clashes-with-idf-19-arrested-in-west-bank/)
(see also 70-second video at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-64412719)
(if you missed them, available from 0:30:06 to 0:37:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yfcfb5str61, from 0:00:04 to 0:15:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yg203hc5v32, from 0:14:43 to 0:23:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yg203hc5yv6, from 0:32:28 to 0:33:00 and 0:34:05 to 0:43:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hfrc, from 0:06:13 to 0:08:40 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hfrh)
yesterday evening (friday 25th), 4.48-4.51pm and 9.20-9.24pm on bbc world service radio, and 6.22-6.23pm and 10.28-10.33pm on bbc radio 4
bbc os (presented by karnagie sharp), six o’clock news, newshour (presented by julian marshall), and the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), include …
“The country’s far-right Jewish Power party has signed a coalition agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.
Its leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, is set to become National Security Minister under the deal.
The ultra-nationalist politician is known for his anti-Arab comments, and has a past conviction for racism.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter tom bateman
• thabet abu rass, abraham initiatives
• journalist anshel pfeffer
(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-63754806)
(more…)this afternoon (friday 30th), 5.50-5.54pm, on bbc world service radio
bbc os (presented by karnagie sharp) includes …
“About twenty members of an extreme Jewish sect have escaped a detention facility in Mexico, where they were being held after police raided their compound.
The raid saw two of their leaders arrested on suspicion of child trafficking and serious sexual offences.”
including report from …
• bbc reporter raffi berg
(see also timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-members-break-out-of-mexican-shelter-escape-in-waiting-vehicle/)
(more…)this afternoon (wednesday 11th), 4.06-4.19pm and 4.45-4.58pm (partly repeated 5.49pm) on bbc world service radio, and 5.35-5.41pm and 6.19-6.21pm on bbc radio 4
bbc os (presented by karnagie sharp), pm (presented by evan davis), and six o’clock news include …
“Shireen Abu Aqla, a veteran Palestinian-American correspondent for Al Jazeera has been killed while covering a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
We hear from those closest to her, and get a sense of the impact her death is having on people in the region.”
including contributions from …
• bbc reporter tim franks
• journalist faten alwan
• wounded journalist ali samoudi
• journalist jalal abukhater
• journalist fatima abed
• ohad zemet, spokesman, israeli embassy
• bbc reporter lyse doucet
• bbc reporter tom bateman
(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61403320)
(more…)this morning (friday 20th), 6.41-6.47am, on bbc world service radio)
newsday (presented by karnagie sharp) includes …
“And to Israel too – where we’ve witnessed a rise in Coronavirus cases despite it being one of the most vaccinated countries in the world.”
including interview with …
• professor nadav davidovitch
(more…)yesterday afternoon (monday 28th), 5.21-5.29pm, on bbc world service radio
bbc os (presented by karnagie sharp) includes…
“They’ve been re-introduced indoors in Israel to counter a recent rise in cases – why has Israel felt the need to bring back masks?”
including interview with …
• professor manfred green, haifa university
• yasmine from haifa
(more…)this morning (tuesday 1st), 6.24-6.29am, on bbc world service radio
newsday (presented by karnagie sharp) includes …
“Today is International Farhud Day, marking the eightieth annviersary of a massacre in Iraq in which an estimated hundred and eighty Jews were killed by a pro-Nazi Iraqi mob. over two days, in 1941.
Farhud is Arabic for violent dispossession.
Back then, a third of the city of Baghdad was Jewish.
As well as the deaths, several hundred Jewish shops were looted and destroyed, and homes were attacked.”
including interview with …
• edwin shuker, born baghdad 1955, vice-president, board of deputies
(more…)this morning (monday 31st), 5.06-5.11am, 6.06-6.11am, and 7.06-7.11am, on bbc world service radio
newsday (presented by lawrence pollard and karnagie sharp) leads with …
“Netanyahu: ‘coalition is threat to Israel’s security’.
Israel’s right-wing leader Naftali Bennett backs a deal to oust Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The proposed coalition would include parties from the right, left and centre of Israeli politics.”
including interviews with …
• journalist owen alterman
• journalist tal schneider
• professor david newman
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