Today: The Librarian of Auschwitz

yesterday morning (friday 5th), 7.41-7.46am, on bbc radio 4 (repeated tuesday 9th, 7.29am on newsday, and 2.51pm and 9.44pm on newshour, on bbc world service radio)

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“With about a dozen books, it may well have been the smallest library in the world, but its influence was huge. Incredibly, amd despite the strict surveillance, this secret library flourished inside the Auschwitz concentration camp. One 14-year-old prisoner was entrusted with the task of looking after the books that had been smuggled into the camp. Her name was Dita Kraus. A new book, The Librarian of Auschwitz, tells her extraordinary story.”

including contributions from  … 

• bbc reporter rebecca jones 

• auschwitz survivor dita kraus, 90

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Today: Gaza border anniversary 2

this morning (saturday 30th), 7.05-7.06am, 8.06am, and 8.57-8.59am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“Thousands of Palestinians are gathering along the Israel-Gaza border to mark the start of weekly protests a year ago. Israeli forces have killed nearly 200 Palestinian demonstrators during that time, while one Israeli soldier has died. And a Palestinian is reported to have been shot dead this morning. The leader of Hamas, which controls Gaza, has called for a million people to join today’s action.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman

BBC – Gaza and elections

this morning (wednesday 27th), 6.10am and 6.13-6.16am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“Israel has carried out further airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. It’s a response, say the Israeli army, to Hamas rockets fired into Israeli territory, all this in an intense build-up to elections in Israel.”

including report from … 

• bbc reporter tom bateman

Today: UNHRC prediction

The BBC, unwilling to wait for the publication of the UNHRC report on Gaza injuries this afternoon, presents a completely one-sided pair of interviews.

(and fails to mention that victim Musa Abuhassanin  was claimed by Hamas as a Hamas captain)

this morning (monday 18th), 8.49-8.54am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson) includes …

“A commission established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate what it calls ‘the disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians’ is due to deliver its conclusions later today.”

including interviews with … 

• canadian-palestinian activist dr tarek loubani

(see aso https://www.israellycool.com/2018/05/18/busted-palestinian-medic-killed-was-a-hamas-terrorist/ or https://honestreporting.ca/exclusive-dead-palestinian-medic-was-a-hamas-member-canadian-media-duped/)

• orthopaedic surgeon mahmoud mattar, al shifa hospital

Today: Protests against Hamas

this morning (monday 18th), 6.38-6.41am, on bbc radio 4

today (presented by nick robinson) includes …

“There were rocket attacks on Tel Aviv from Gaza, and retaliatory strikes on Gaza by the Israeli armed forces … Several days of protests in Gaza by another group calling itself We Want to Live, and they’re really protesting, defying the tight control of the Hamas authorities, protesting about the rising cost of living and high taxes in Gaza, and that’s led to dozens of arrests, people being being beaten up by the Hamas security forces, including journalists and human rights workers.” 

including report from … 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

Today: Huda Elmi

this morning (friday 8th), 8.18-8.20am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“Huda Elmi, who is a member of the National Executive ruling body has called for the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, which is of course investigating Labour, to be abolished. She calls it a ’failed experiment’: is she right?”

including interview with …
• angela rayner mp

Today: Ilhan Omar ‘allegiance’

this morning (friday 8th), 6.37-6.41am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by nick robinson and justin webb) includes …

“This is the whole question of anti-semitism, and  whether there’s an anti-semitism problem with the Democrats … part of that vocal wing is critical of Israel, and is critical for a Democratic pursuit of policies that are favourable to Israel …
Ilhan Omar said that some people had an allegiance to a foreign country. and that was what some said the Democrats should explicitly condemn because it’s anti-semitic, and in the end they haven’t.”

including interview with  …
• bbc reporter gary odonoghue
(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/democrats-push-off-anti-semitism-resolution-amid-dissent-over-omar-remarks/)