HC: Gaza 21/2/2024

yesterday afternoon (wednesday 21st), 1.22-6.31pm and  6.53-7.13pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons 21/2/2024 includes …

“Ceasefire in Gaza.”

speeches by … Brendan O’Hara (SNP) David Lammy (Lab) Andrew Mitchell (C) Liam Fox (C) Tobias Ellwood (C) Allan Dorans (SNP) Theresa Villiers (C) Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP) Michael Ellis (C) Anum Qaisar (SNP) Stephen Crabb (C) Carol Monaghan (SNP) Edward Leigh (C) Chris Law (SNP) Rehman Chishti (C) John Nicolson (SNP) Kit Malthouse (C) Andrew Gwynne (Lab) Steve Double (C) Gavin Newlands (SNP) Drew Hendry (SNP) Jerome Mayhew (C) Ian Paisley (DUP) Kirsten Oswald (SNP) Rob Roberts (Ind) Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab) Miriam Cates (C) Mark Logan (C) Alan Brown (SNP) Anna Firth (C) Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind) Sharon Hodgson (Lab) Amy Callaghan (SNP) Dave Doogan (SNP) Toby Perkins (Lab) Ian Blackford (SNP) Apsana Begum (Lab) Neale Hanvey (Alba) Claire Hanna (SDLP) Kenny MacAskill (Alba) Liz Saville Roberts (PC) Chris Stephens (SNP) Richard Foord (LD) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Sam Tarry (Lab) Richard Burgon (Lab) Tahir Ali (Lab)

Nadia Whittome (Lab) Beth Winter (Lab) Jeremy Corbyn Steve McCabe (Lab) Claudia Webbe (Ind) Imran Hussain (Lab) Zarah Sultana (Lab) Fleur Anderson (Lab) Michael Shanks (Lab) Helen Hayes (Lab) Alison Thewlis (SNP) Penny Mordaunt (C) interventions by … Christine Jardine (LD) Alexander Stafford (C) Julian Lewis (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Afzal Khan (C) Clive Betts (Lab) Paul Bristow (C) Charles Walker (C) Alan Brown (SNP) Colum Eastwood (SDLP) Mhairi Black (SNP) Steve Double (C) Layla Moran (LD) Emma Hardy (Lab) Jim McMahon (Lab Robert Jenrick (C) Flick Drummond (C) Steven Bonnar (SNP) Patricia Gibson (SNP) Jamie Stone (SNP) Peter Grant (SNP) points of order by … Owen Thompson (SNP) Lucy Powell (Lab) Steven Flynn (SNP) Karen Bradley (C) William Wragg (C) Philip Davies (C) Angela Eagle (Lab) Chris Bryant (Lab) Neil O’Brien (C) John McDonnell (Lab) Karen Bradley (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-02-21/debates/610A4D12-A333-4885-9D0B-0A225C35C043/CeasefireInGaza)

(if you missed it, available from 0:47:17 to 5:56:20 and 6:18:45 to 6:38:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wp6p/house-of-commons-21022024)

Twt: Gaza 30/10/2023

yesterday evening (monday 30th), 10.01-10.03pm, 10.07-10.25pm, and 10.26-10.34pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by caroline wyatt) leads with …

“Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nada tawfik

• benjamin netanyahu

• shahar cohen, friend of kidnapped elena trupanov

• ramos aloni, father of kidnapped danielle aloni

• oliver mcternan, forward thinking 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• najla, gaza

• ken blady, author, jewish communities in exotic places

• rabbi pinchas goldschmidt, former chief rabbi of moscow

PM/6ocn: Gaza 30/10/2023

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents historical explainers which distort Palestinian history by continually referring to “Palestinians” when no Arabs used that name.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents historical explainers which fail  to mention that in the 1920s 1930s and 1940s the Arabs in Palestine did not want a separate state in Palestine.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1947-1948 part mentions the flight of “Palestinians” but fails to mention the Great Ethnic Cleansing of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the Arabs.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1947-1948 part fails to mention that most “Palestinians” left in order to assist the Great Ethnic Cleansing by the Arab armies and despite Israel urging them to stay.

yesterday afternoon (monday 30th), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.18pm, 5.31-5.41pm, 5.44-5.46pm, and 6.00-6.14pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Rishi Sunak has sacked a ministerial aide who called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The home secretary Suella Braverman has condemned pro-Palestinian rallies as ‘hate marches’.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams

• noam sagi, son of kidnapped ada sagi

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• benjamin netanyahu

• bbc reporter mark urban

• bbc reporter barbara plett usher

• historian james barr 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter james landale

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• lawyer and diplomat david scheffer 

• suella braverman mp 

• bbc reporter steve rosenberg

HC: Recent violence 2

yesterday morning (tuesday 18th), 11.30-11.42am, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons: foreign commonwealth and development office questions 18/7/2023 commences with …

1. “What diplomatic steps he is taking to help support the de-escalation of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

3,15,22.23. “What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent violence in Israel and Palestine.”

2. “What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

19. “What steps his Department is taking to help secure peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.”

speeches by … David Rutley (C) Paul Bristow (C) Imran Hussain (Lab) Mohammad Yasin (Lab) Helen Hayes (Lab) Flick Drummond (C)

Mick Whitley (Lab) Richard Burgon (Lab) Robert Neill (C) Stephen Crabb (C) John Howell (C) David Lammy (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-07-18/debates/CAE81580-310A-4884-991D-68ABC4CA687B/IsraelAndTheOccupiedPalestinianTerritories)

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tory-mp-accuses-israeli-military-of-killing-dozens-of-palestinian-children-in-2023/)

(if you missed it, available from 0:00:00 to 0:11:40 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001nyt7/house-of-commons-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-questions)