Today: Holocaust justice

this morning (wednesday 12th), 8.25-8.30am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain) includes …

“But how can we say the past has been faced in any true sense when few perpetrators of and participants in the genocide were ever brought to justice? It’s a subject explored by Mary Fulbrook in her book Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, which has just won the Wolfson History Prize.”

including interview with  …

• historian mary fulbrook 

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Today: Gaza exit permits

BBC bias: BBC presenter Mishal Husain or Martha Kearney twice prevents Israeli deputy ambassador Sharon Bar-Li from giving examples of the Palestinian Authority delaying exit permis for Gazans.

BBC bias: BBC ‘investigative’ reporter Yolande Knell visits East Jerusalem to report on the Palestinian health service, but closes her eyes (or mouth) to findings such as reported in The Independent (2017):

“Hospitals in Jordan and Egypt no longer accept patients referred to them by the Palestinian Authority, because they are not reimbursed.

In the past two years, US taxpayers have paid off $60m (£46m) of the Palestinian Authority’s debt to the East Jerusalem hospitals. Earlier this month, the Victoria hospital threatened to stop taking new referrals, including cancer patients, because the Palestinian government owed it $40m.”

(This is highlighted by the BBC as part of their “Best of Today”)

this morning (friday 31st), 7.45-7.58am, on bbc radio 4 (partly repeated 2.24-2.28pm on newshour on bbc world service radio)

today (presented by mishal husain and martha kearney) includes …

“Being diagnosed with a serious medical condition such as cancer in Gaza, where many medical treatments are not available, means a series of complex problems beyond your diagnosis. With a financial crisis and a deep rift between Hamas which rules Gaza and Fatah which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, many drugs are in short supply. Treatments and travel are also restricted by the tight blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. Often, a patient’s best hope is to get to one of the Palestinian hospitals in East Jerusalem. The final stage of that process is a permit from the Israel authorities.”

including contributions from  …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• oncologist yousef hamamreh, augusta victoria hospital, east jerusalem

• dr amir aytouna, makassed hospital, east jerusalem

• dr rosena allin-khan mp

• deputy israeli ambassador sharon bar-li 

(see also: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/the-lonely-journey-of-a-palestinian-cancer-patient-a7763166.html

http://www.palestinemonitor.org/details.php?id=302jewa20521y7vqwpcjhp

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-6-months-apart-gaza-mother-to-join-baby-daughter-in-jerusalem-hospital/

https://ec.europa.eu/echo/blog/access-denied-newborn-separated-her-mother-gaza_en)

(if you missed it, available from 1:45:37 to 1:58:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0005f8m)

Today: Venice ghetto art

this morning (wednesday 8th), 8.51-8.56am, on bbc radio 4 (repeated 1.25pm sunday on newshour on bbc world service radio) 

today (presented by mishal husain and martha kearney) includes …

“Edmund de Waal, the British ceramicist and author of the best-selling memoir The Hare With Amber Eyes, has become the first contemporary artist ever to present a major project in Venice’s historic Jewish ghetto. He explore themes of exile migration and language from the time of Shakespeare’s Shylock to the present.”

including contribution from  …

• bbc reporter will gompertz 

Marr: San Diego killing

yesterday morning (sunday 28th), 10.00-10.00am, on bbc 1 tv 

the andrew marr show (presented by mishal husain) includes four seconds on …

“In America, there’s been another fatal shooting at a synagogue.”

if you missed it, available from 0:00:11 to 0:00:14 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0004prg/the-andrew-marr-show-28042019)

Today: Palestinian autonomy?

this morning (tuesday 16th), 6.37-6.40am, and 7.34-7.42am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by justin webb and mishal husain) includes …

“Post-election talks are continuing in Israel, with Benjamin Netanyahu expected to be formally named prime minister for a fifth term tomorrow. And then, most likely in June, President Trump is expected to unveil what he’s called ‘the deal of the century’ between Israel and the Palestinians. The Washington Post reports that the plan will involve Palestinian autonomy rather than a sovereign state, and ahead of its publication, a group of thirty senior European figures including former prime ministers and former foreign ministers, have said Europe should reaffirm its commitment to to a two-state solution.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• signatory douglas alexander, ex-mp

• sharren haskel mk

Today: Netanyahu wins

this morning (wednesday 10th), 6.02-6.03am, 6.48-6.53am, 7.03-7.04am, 7.33-7.40am, and 8.03-8.04am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by mishal husain) includes …

“Benjamin Netanyahu is on course for a fifth term as Israeli prime minister, after elections ended in a dead heat. With 97% of the votes counted, his Likud Party and the Blue and White coalition of the centrist challenger Benny Gantz both have 35 seats in parliament, but Netanyahu is considered to be in a stronger position to form a government.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• bbc reporter martha kearney

• blue and white candidate #13 yael german mk

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• journalist allison kaplan sommer of haaretz

Today: Hezbollah examined

this morning (saturday 9th), 7.35-7.43am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by martha kearney) includes …

“Alistair Burt has come to Beirut straight after the government’s decision to ban the political wing of Hezbollah.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter mishal husain
• professor amal saad
• alistair burt mp