Newshour: Trump in Israel

this afternoon (monday 22nd), 2.07-2.19pm, and 2.51-2.55pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“US President Donald Trump has begun a visit to Israel by warning of the threat posed by Iran if it acquires nuclear weapons.
President Trump is continuing his first foreign trip, and flew to Israel directly from Saudi Arabia.”

including contributions from …
• donald trump
• benjamin netanyahu
• mustafa barghouti
• bbc reporter tom bateman
• former us ambassador to israel daniel shapiro
• bbc reporter lyse doucet

Newshour: Azaria pardon?

yesterday evening (wednesday 4th), 9.01-9.13pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) leads with …

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a pardon for an Israeli soldier convicted of the manslaughter of a wounded Palestinian attacker.
We hear from both sides.”

including interviews with …
• dr mustafa barghouti
• akiva eldar of al monitor
• caroline glick of the jerusalem post

Newshour: Shimon Peres 1

yesterday afternoon (wednesday 28th), 2.07-2.19pm, 2.20-2.25pm, 2.36-2.45pm, and 2.55-2.59pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) leads with …

“Shimon Peres: The World Remembers:
A founding father of Israel dies.”

including contributions from …
• benjamin netanyahu
• bbc reporter kevin connolly
• education minister naftali bennett
• mustafa barghouti
• bbc middle east editor jeremy bowen
• former aide mitchell barak
• former us middle east envoy dennis ross

Newshour: tensions rise

last friday (16th october), 2.07-2.15pm,  9.07-9.17pm, and 9.45-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
newshour (presented by rebecca kesby and julian marshall) leads with …

“Tensions Rise Between Israel and Palestinians:
Israelis and Palestinians clash”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter lyse doucet
• benjamin netanyahu
• naftali bennet
• hanan ashrawi
• police spokesman micky rosenfeld
• mustafa barghouti
• tzipi livni
• bbc middle east analyst amina jalal

Newshour: third intifada?

this afternoon (tuesday 13th), 1.07-1.15pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“Three dead in Jerusalem attacks: Israel-Palestinian tension turns violent as Jerusalem suffers a series of shooting and knife attacks“

including contributions from …
• mark heller, of the institute for national security studies at tel aviv university
• mustafa barghouti
* mayor nir barkat

(Razia Iqbal, 0:01:47) “Since September, at least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces, including women and teenagers” –
but of course the BBC makes no mention of the number of Israelis killed since September (except those killed today)

This is a slight departure from the recent BBC Newshour practice of only reporting today’s deaths on both sides – and of simply not reporting at al on those days when the Israeli deaths are most serious, thus giving regular listeners a false overall picture

Newshour: Palestinian statehood?

today (thursday 19th), 2.32-2.42pm, 9.32-9.14pm, and 9.35-9.48pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710 or 107)
newshour (presented by julian marshall and james coomarasamy) includes …

“Has Netanyahu ruled out Palestinian statehood?“

including contributions from …
• defence minister moshe ya’alon (interviewed by tim franks)
• bbc reporter tim franks
• white house spokesman josh earnest
• mustafa barghouti
• arab-israeli yousef munayyer, executive director of the us campaign to end the occupation
• aaron david miller, former adviser to democratic and republican secretaries of state

PM: Jerusalem 18/11/2014

yesterday afternoon (tuesday 18th), 5.05-5.21pm on bbc radio 4
pm includes interviews with …
• bbc reporter yolande knell from jerusalem
• sarah abrahams
• mustafa barghouti
• michelle hirschfield (cousin of british victim avraham goldberg) from london
• professor rosemary hollis