Newshour: Yemenite Jews

this afternoon (wednesday 21st), 2.20-2.25pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by julian marshall) includes …

“In Israel today, they’re remembering what’s known as the Yemenite children affair, a sequence of events some 70 years ago in which it’s claimed a thousand or more babies disappeared.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter yolande knell
• rafi shoubali of our brothers exist
• historian tom segev
• yemenite israeli yehuda kantor
(see also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40342143)

PM: Qatar and Gaza

this afternoon (thursday 15th), 5.26-5.30pm, on bbc radio 4 (repeated 1.32pm on sunday on newshour on bbc world service radio)
pm (presented by eddie mair) leads with …

“Saudi Arabia has demanded that Qatar stop supporting Hamas, which controls Gaza, all of which might have quite an effect on Palestinians in the Gaza strip“

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter yolande knell
• baha shalabi of sheikh hamad city
• hamas leader mahmoud al-zahhar

Newshour: David Grossman

this afternoon (thursday 15th), 2.51-2.57pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) concludes with…

“Man Booker International Prize winners, writer • David Grossman and • translator Jessica Cohen, for A horse walks into a bar“

Newshour: Barenboim on occupation

this afternoon (tuesday 13th), 2.45-2.49pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 9.33pm)
newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …

“Now, for the first time in nearly a decade, conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has been back to the West Bank to work with young Palestinian musicians.
He’s been a strong critic of Israel’s occupation of land that the Palestinians want for their future state, and says that his visit was timed to remember the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 Middle East war, when Israel captured East Jerusalem the West Bank and Gaza.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter yolande knell
• daniel barenboim

Newshour: nuclear last resort

this evening (monday 5th), 9.24-9.29pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) includes …

“On the fiftieth anniversary of the Six Day War, which transformed Israel’s place in the Middle East, a historian says he has evidence that Israel had planned a last resort tactic, the explosion of a nuclear device.”

including interview with …
• historian avner cohen

Newshour: Palestinian reaction

this evening (tuesday 23rd), 9.20-9.25pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) includes …

“Palestinian reaction to President Trump’s visit”

including interview with …
• fatah spokesman ziad abuzayyad

Newshour: peace process

this evening (monday 22nd), 9.07-9.19pm, on bbc world service radio
newshour (presented by tim franks) leads with …

“President Trump becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem and says he is optimistic about chances for a peace deal in the Middle East.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter ben james
• sharren haskel, likud mk
• akiva eldar, author, and columnist with al-monitor