T: Gaza/Iran 16/4/2024

this morning (tuesday 16th), 6.02-6.03am, 6.08–6.09am, 6.35-6.38am, 6.41-6.42am, 6.44-6.48am, 7.03-7.04am, 7.14-7.18am, 7.-7.57am, and 8.05-8.06am, on bbc radio 4,

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

“The prime minister plans to speak to Benjamin Netanyahu today, to convey in person the UK’s desire for Israel to show restraint in the face of Iran’s drone and missile barrage.

Meanwhile, fighting in Gaza continues, and in the occupied West Bank, more Palestinians, including a teenager, have been killed by Israeli settlers.

Last weekend, the body of a fourteen-year-old settler was found.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter sean curran

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp

• ed davey mp

• mhairi black mp

• suella braverman mp 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• diplomat john sawers

HC: Gaza/Iran 15/4/2024

this afternoon (monday 15th), 3.30-5.00pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons iran and israel statement

“Statement in the Commons following Iran’s aerial attack on Israel on 13 April, with prime minister Rishi Sunak, on Monday 15 April.”

speeches by … RIshi Sunak (C) Keir Starmer (Lab) Alicia Kearns (C) Mhairi Black (SNP) Jeremy Quin (C) Ed Davey (LD) Liam Fox (C) George Howarth (C) Suella Braverman (C) Rushanara Ali (Lab) Ben Wallace (C) John McDonnell (Lab) Kit Malthouse (C) George Galloway Robert Halfon (C) Dawn Butler (Lab) Iain Duncan Smith (C) Matt Hancock (Ind) Ian Blackford (SNP) Rehman Chishti (C) Richard Burgon (Lab) Michael Ellis (C) Sammy Wilson (DUP) Jason McCartney (C) Afzal Khan (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Marsha de Cordova (Lab) Mark Logan (C) Naz Shah (Lab) Jeremy Wright (C) Chris Bryant (Lab) Simon Clarke (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Vicky Ford (C) Khalid Mahmood (Lab) Mark Francois (C) Derek Twigg (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Caroline Lucas (G) Alec Shelbrooke (C) Stephen TImms (Lab) David Jones (C) Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab) Nicola Richards (C)

Alistair Carmichael (LD) John Whittingdale (C) Seema Malhotra (Lab) Philip Dunne (C) Hywel WIlliams (PC) Jane Hunt (C) Stella Creasy (Lab) James Morris (C) Andy McDonald (Lab) Jack Lopresti (C) Neale Hanvey (Alba) Bob Blackman (C) Alex Davies-Jones (Lab) Steve Double (C) Anum Qaisar (SNP) Greg Smith (C) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Anna Firth (C) Jeremy Corbyn Kieran Mulan (C) Andrew Gwynne (Lab) Janet Daby (Lab) Barry Gardiner (Lab) Beth WInter (Lab) Alison Thewliss (SNP) Mohammad Yasin (Lab) Debbie Abrahams (Lab) Stephen Farry (All) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Helen Hayes (Lab) Brendan O’Hara (SNP) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab) Kerry McCarthy (Lab) Christine Jardine (LD) Toby Perkins (Lab) Rupa Huq (Lab) Emma Hardy (Lab) Claudia Webbe (Ind) Matt Western (Lab) Rachael Maskell (Lab) Alan Brown (SNP) Kim Johnson (Lab) Michael Shanks (Lab) Jim Shannon (DUP) Richard Foord (LD)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-04-15/debates/5B1C3E28-F71B-4513-B1D8-54205AF8D464/Iran-IsraelUpdate)

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yg37)

W@1/PM/6ocn: Gaza 15/4/2024

this afternoon (monday 15th), 1.01-1.05pm, 1.07-1.26pm,  5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.17pm, 5.35-5.42pm, and 6.01-6.11pm, on bbc radio 4 

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

“World leaders call for restraint, as Israel considers retaliation for Iran’s missile attack.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter caroline hawley 

• journalist anshel pfeffer

• security analyst justin crump

• gen richard dannatt

• bbc reporter peter saull

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• bbc reporter mark urban

• former ambassador robert mcaire

• bbc reporter james landale

• nasser kanaani, iranian foreign ministry

• david cameron

• antony blinken

• emmanuel macron

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter theo leggett

• analyst victoria scholar

W@1/PM/6ocn: Gaza 22/2/2024

this afternoon (thursday 22nd), 1.01-1.02pm, 1.05pm, 1.07-1.20pm, 5.01-5.03pm, 5.05-5.16pm, 5.31-5.40pm, and 6.01-6.07pm, on bbc radio 4 

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

“Britain has for the first time air-dropped aid into Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter harry farley 

• derek thomas mp

• hannah white, institute for government

• charles walker mp

• bbc reporter peter saull

• speaker lindsay hoyle mp

• rishi sunak mp

• stephen flynn mp

• keir starmer mp 

• bbc reporter hannah miller

• david linden mp

• bbc reporter quentin sommerville 

• maha barakat, assistant minister, uae

• kit malthouse mp

• bbc reporter leila nathoo

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/commons-speaker-says-he-allowed-labour-gaza-motion-out-of-fears-for-safety-of-mps-and-their-families/ and https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/snp-accused-of-treating-atrocious-situation-in-gaza-like-a-party-political-football-game/)

PL: Gaza 22/2/2024

this afternoon (thursday 22nd), 12.15-1.00pm, on bbc 2 tv 

politics live (presented by jo coburn) 

“Chaos in the Commons over Gaza vote”

including contributions from …

• matt vickersmp

• rosie duffield mp

• journalist susie boniface

• journalist tim stanley

• bbc reporter henry zeffman

• stephen flynn mp

• richard thomson mp

• pat mcfadden mp

• charles walker mp

• keir starmer mp 

• bbc reporter jenny hill

• hannah white, institute for government

Nn: Antisemitism 2024

this evening (thursday 15th), 10.52-11.04pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by victoria derbyshire) includes …

“Hatred of Jewish people is soaring. There’s been a dramatic and chilling rise in antisemitic indidents, according to the Community Security Trust.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter sima kotecha

• raymond simonson, jw3

• student jacob lederman

• writer howard jacobson

Nh/Twt/Nn: Gaza/Labour 13/2/2024

this evening (tuesday 13th), 9.06-9.19pm, 9.31pm, and 9.42-9.48pm, on bbc world service radio, 10.01-10.02pm and 10.17-10.21pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.31-10.48pm on bbc 2 tv 

newshour (presented by rebecca kesby), the world tonight (presented by james coomarasamy), and newsnight (presented by kirsty wark, lead with …

“Israel considers evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah.”

“Labour withdraws support for parliamentary candidate in Rochdale.”

including contributions from …

• journalist margarita stancati

• stephane dujarric, spokesman for un secretary-general

• bbc reporter dalia haidar

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

• bassel el talleh, radio despatcher, palestinian red crescent

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

• rami khamis, ambulance driver, palestinian red crescent

• bbc reporter harry farley 

• keir starmer mp 

• journalist sienna rodgers

• melanie ward, medical aid for palestinians

• former diplomat david hale

• analyst nomi bar-yaacov

• bbc reporter joe pike

W@1/PM/6ocn: Gaza/Labour 13/2/2024

this afternoon (tuesday 13th), 1.01-1.04pm, 1.26-1.37pm, 5.01-5.04pm, 5.05-5.20pm, 5.46-5.48pm, and 6.01-6.14pm, on bbc radio 4 

world at one (presented by jonny dymond), pm (presented by evan davis), and six o’clock news, lead with …

“Labour withdraws support for parliamentary candidate in Rochdale.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hannah miller

• bbc reporter barbara plett usher

• pollster keiran pedley

• bbc reporter peter saull

• bbc reporter nick beake

• keir starmer mp 

• bbc reporter paddy oconnell

• simon danczuk, former labour mp for rochdale

• george galloway

• john mann

• zarah sultana mp

• bbc reporter harry farley 

• bbc reporter fiona trott

• bbc reporter james landale

• david cameron

• bbc reporter greg mckenzie

PT: Shabana Mahmood

tomorrow afternoon (saturday 10th), 5.30-5.54pm, and extended 44 minute podcast, on bbc radio 4 

the shabana mahmood one (in the political thinking series) (presented by nick robinson) includes …

“The Shadow Justice Secretary and Labour’s most senior Muslim MP reflects on Gaza …”

“You have on the one hand Hamas, who envisage the destruction of nine million people in Israel …”

including interview with …

• shabana mahmood mp

T: Gaza 24/1/2024

this morning (wednesday 24th), 6.10am, 6.44-6.49am, 8.06am, and 8.56-9.00am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“David Cameron is going to Israel today, and to other middle eastern nations as well in the next few days.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter susan hulme

• rishi sunak mp

• stephen flynn mp

• keir starmer mp 

• john cryer mp

• antony mangnall mp

• caroline lucas mp

• layla moran mp

• bbc reporter yolande knell