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)

HC: Gaza 21/2/2024

yesterday afternoon (wednesday 21st), 1.22-6.31pm and  6.53-7.13pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 21/2/2024 includes …

“Ceasefire in Gaza.”

speeches by … Brendan O’Hara (SNP) David Lammy (Lab) Andrew Mitchell (C) Liam Fox (C) Tobias Ellwood (C) Allan Dorans (SNP) Theresa Villiers (C) Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP) Michael Ellis (C) Anum Qaisar (SNP) Stephen Crabb (C) Carol Monaghan (SNP) Edward Leigh (C) Chris Law (SNP) Rehman Chishti (C) John Nicolson (SNP) Kit Malthouse (C) Andrew Gwynne (Lab) Steve Double (C) Gavin Newlands (SNP) Drew Hendry (SNP) Jerome Mayhew (C) Ian Paisley (DUP) Kirsten Oswald (SNP) Rob Roberts (Ind) Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab) Miriam Cates (C) Mark Logan (C) Alan Brown (SNP) Anna Firth (C) Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind) Sharon Hodgson (Lab) Amy Callaghan (SNP) Dave Doogan (SNP) Toby Perkins (Lab) Ian Blackford (SNP) Apsana Begum (Lab) Neale Hanvey (Alba) Claire Hanna (SDLP) Kenny MacAskill (Alba) Liz Saville Roberts (PC) Chris Stephens (SNP) Richard Foord (LD) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Sam Tarry (Lab) Richard Burgon (Lab) Tahir Ali (Lab)

Nadia Whittome (Lab) Beth Winter (Lab) Jeremy Corbyn Steve McCabe (Lab) Claudia Webbe (Ind) Imran Hussain (Lab) Zarah Sultana (Lab) Fleur Anderson (Lab) Michael Shanks (Lab) Helen Hayes (Lab) Alison Thewlis (SNP) Penny Mordaunt (C) interventions by … Christine Jardine (LD) Alexander Stafford (C) Julian Lewis (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Afzal Khan (C) Clive Betts (Lab) Paul Bristow (C) Charles Walker (C) Alan Brown (SNP) Colum Eastwood (SDLP) Mhairi Black (SNP) Steve Double (C) Layla Moran (LD) Emma Hardy (Lab) Jim McMahon (Lab Robert Jenrick (C) Flick Drummond (C) Steven Bonnar (SNP) Patricia Gibson (SNP) Jamie Stone (SNP) Peter Grant (SNP) points of order by … Owen Thompson (SNP) Lucy Powell (Lab) Steven Flynn (SNP) Karen Bradley (C) William Wragg (C) Philip Davies (C) Angela Eagle (Lab) Chris Bryant (Lab) Neil O’Brien (C) John McDonnell (Lab) Karen Bradley (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-02-21/debates/610A4D12-A333-4885-9D0B-0A225C35C043/CeasefireInGaza)

(if you missed it, available from 0:47:17 to 5:56:20 and 6:18:45 to 6:38:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wp6p/house-of-commons-21022024)

PM/6ocn: Gaza 21/2/2024

this afternoon (wednesday 21st), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.17pm, 5.32-5.38pm, 5.49-5.52pm (partly repeated 6.10pm), 6.06-6.10pm, and 6.12pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“MPs are debating a motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter peter saull

• bbc reporter nicholas watt

• mhairi black mp

• david lammy mp

• andrew mitchell mp

• layla moran mp

• nadia whittome mp

• bbc reporter fergal keane

• dr javed ali, pakistan

• nawara al-najjar, rafah

• wes streeting mp

• bbc reporter ben wright 

• brendan ohara mp

”Israel has gone too far, and the reason I have said that is not on a legal technicality, but because of the disproportionate loss of innocent civilan life, combined with some of the dangerous rhetoric we’ve seen emerge from the Israeli government, both in terms of how they’re conducting their operations in Gaza, and what their objectives are, and also where they see this conflict going in the longer term.”

T: Gaza 26/10/2023

this morning (thursday 26th), 6.01-6.03am, 6.07-6.09am, 6.11-6.14am, 6.31-6.45am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.13-7.17am, 7.20-7.26am, 7.31-7.32am, 7.33-7.40am, 8.00-8.03am, 8.05-8.06am, 8.10-8.24am, and 8.48-8.53am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by justin webb and amol rajan) leads with …

“The Israeli military says it has carried out a significant incursion into the Gaza Strip overnight to attack Hamas positions.

Keir Starmer had his meeting with Labour MPs.”

including contributions from …

• juliette touma, unrwa

• bbc reporter vincent mcaviney

• bbc reporter nada tawfik

• bbc reporter henry zeffman

• bbc reporter david sillito

• bbc reporter susan hulme

• mhairi black mp

• rishi sunak mp

• lt col jonathan conricus, idf spokesman 

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• william schomburg, icrc

• yasmin qureshi mp

• corbynist andrew fisher

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• saeb, gaza

• oliver dowden mp

• sven koopmans, european union special representative, middle east peace process