We: Gaza/Germany 23/6/2024

this morning (sunday 23rd), 6.06-6.12am (partly repeated 7.11am and 8.33am), 6.15-6.19am, 6.30am, 6.35-6.49am, 7.15-7.20am, 7.33-7.50am, and 8.06-8.14am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“In Gaza, where civilians are faced with a prolonged humanitarian crisis.”

“A UN rapporteur has accused the Israeli military of using a wounded Palestinian man as a human shield in Jenin.”

including contributions from …

• brig gen (retd) amir avivi 

• activist ahmed bayram

• antonio guterres

• journalist kareem chehayeb

• journalist noga tarnopolsky 

• journalist mark mackinnon

• historian katja hoyer

• robin celikates, free university of berlin

• historian michael wolffsohn

“These pseudo-academic demonstrations lead to violence… It’s about violence and shouting slogans, but no academic analysis.”

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqq5n8911do)

• palestine ocha head andrea de domenico

We: Gaza 17/12/2023

this morning (sunday 17th), 6.06-6.16am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.17-7.28am, 7.32-7.52am, 8.06-8.22am, and 8.32-8.59am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Britain and Germany call for ‘sustainable ceasefire’ in Gaza.

Pressure grows on Israel to secure hostage release.”

including contributions from …

• juliette touma, unrwa

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• released kidnapped danielle aloni

• bbc reporter frank gardner 

• journalist shashank joshi

• journalist michaela kuefner

• jon polin, father of kidnapped hersh goldberg-polin

“We don’t know if he’s still alive.”

• hostage negotiator gershon baskin

• riyad mansour, palestinian ambassador to un

• pollster khalil shikaki 

• journalist masha gessen

“Gaza is like a ghetto.”

• helga trupel, german-israeli society of bremen

• historian michael wolffsohn