Newshour: Politics and art

BBC bias: The BBC allows the following lie to be broadcast unchallenged: “They are Israeli citizens on paper, but they’re second, third class citizens, they don’t have the same rights, they’re not represented by the Israeli government for sure.”

this evening (saturday 14th), 9.44-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by paul henley) includes …

“Razia Iqbal asked Palestinian film-maker • Ann-Marie Jacir how difficult it was as a Palestinian to keep politics and art separate.”

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UNESCO withdrawals

last thursday evening (12th october), 9.24-9.29pm, on bbc world service radio, and yesterday morning (friday 13th), 1.07-1.19am on bbc world service radio, and 8.33-8.39am on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by tim franks), business matters (presented by fergus nicoll), and today (presented by nick robinson) include …

“The US has announced it’s pulling out of the UN’s cultural organisation Unesco in December 2018, because of what it calls ‘continuing anti-Israel bias‘.”
“Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN’s cultural organisation Unesco, after US officials cited ‘anti-Israel bias’.”

including interviews with …
• former us ambassador to unesco, crystal nix-hines
• us unesco ambassador chris hegadorn
• irina bokova, retiring unesco director-general
• professor david bosco
• professor nancy koehn
• dr david moser

Newshour: Gaza agreement

last thursday (12th october), 2.07-2.13pm, 9.17-9.19pm, and 9.54-9.56pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by rebeccca kesby and tim franks) leads with …

“The rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal over governing the Gaza strip after a decade-long rift.”

“A ‘major breakthrough’ is exactly how the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, described their reconciliation deal, hammered out today in Cairo.”

including contributions from …
• fatah negotiator zakariya al-agha
• bbc reporter lyse doucet
• hamas lead negotiator salah al bardawil
• nathan thrall of the international crisis group
• negotiator ghassan khatib
• former us ambassador, ryan crocker

Newshour: PA in Gaza

yesterday afternoon (tuesday 3rd), 2.51-2.55pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …

“The Palestinian cabinet has met in Gaza for the first time in three years.”

including report from …
• bbc reporter tom bateman

Newshour: Har Adar killings

this afternoon (tuesday 26th), 2.40-2.44pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by julian marshall) includes …

“Three Israelis killed in West Bank attack at Har Adar.“

including report from …
• bbc reporter yolande knell

Newshour: Palestinian unity?

today (sunday 17th), 1.07-1.20pm, 1.51-1.59pm, 9.07-9.19pm, and 9.36-9.39pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by james coomarasamy) leads with …

“Hope for Unity in Palestinian Territories: Hamas, who govern the Gaza strip, have agreed to steps towards ending a long feud with their rivals Fatah who govern the West Bank.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter yolande knell
• nabil shaath
• mediator oliver mcternan
• professor khaled khroub
• likud mk sharren haskel
• hamas spokesman ghazi hamad

Newshour: autism defence

this evening (monday 11th), 9.44-9.49pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) includes …

“A legal hearing is taking place in the case of an Israeli teenager accused of making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines in the the United States and several other countries … because he’s autistic and has a brain tumour.”

including report from …
• bbc reporter tom bateman