Nh/6ocn: Abbas in Jenin

this afternoon (wednesday 12th), 2.25-2.29pm on bbc world service radio, and 6.17-6.19pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) and six o’clock news include …

“The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has been visiting Jenin, where Israel carried out a major military operation last week.

He laid a wreath at the graves of twelve Palestinians killed during that raid.”

including reports from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66175600 and https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-idf-raid-abbas-lays-wreath-for-martyrs-during-first-visit-to-jenin-in-years/)

Nh/OS: Jenin 3,000 flee

BBC bias: BBC presenter James Reynolds, interviewing only a Palestinian activist, fails to mention that there is clear video evidence that the mosque referred to as fired upon had been converted and used as storage for weapons and explosives.

this afternoon (tuesday 4th), 2.06-2.19pm, 4.06-4.13pm, and 5.14-5.19pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) and bbc os (presented by james reynolds) lead with …

“Thousands flee Jenin camp after Israeli military operation.”

including contributions from …

• lt masha michelson, idf spokesperson 

• mustafa barghouti 

• bbc reporter anna foster 

• jenin resident, 34 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

• bbc reporter jo floto 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-palestinian-gunmen-fortified-jenin-mosque-dug-tunnel-underneath/)

W@1/Nh: Jenin airstrikes

this afternoon (monday 3rd), 1.01-1.02pm and 1.07-1.23pm on bbc radio 4, and 2.06-2.19pm and 2.36-2.41pm on bbc world service radio 

world at one (presented by sarah montague) includes, and newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“At least seven Palestinians have been killed in the biggest Israeli army operation in the occupied West Bank for years.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• lt colonel richard hecht, idf spokesman 

• ambassador husam zomlot 

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• activist mustafa sheta, freedom theatre, jenin 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/gallant-idf-dealt-heavy-blow-to-terror-jenin-operation-progressing-as-planned/ and https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-july-3-open-ended-idf-operation-targets-terror-city-of-refuge-jenin/)

Nh: March to Evyatar

this afternoon (monday 10th), 2.25-2.29pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …

“Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Elsewhere in the West Bank, thousands of Israelis led by  seven ministers in the cabinet have been marching to an evacuated settlement in a signal that suggests the country’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands, despite international opposition.”

including interview with …

• analyst mairav zonszein 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-including-ministers-march-to-illegal-west-bank-outpost-under-heavy-guard/)

Nh: Biden warns

this afternoon (wednesday 29th), 2.41-2.48pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …

“The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to comments by the US President Joe Biden, who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reforms.

The relationship Israel has enjoyed with Washington for decades is currently on a bumpy road.”

including contributions from …

• former ambassador michael oren 

Nh: Reforms paused

this afternoon (tuesday 28th), 2.06-2.19pm (partly repeated 9.41pm), on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) includes …

“Opposition parties in Israel are preparing to enter talks with the far-right coalition over the government’s judicial overhaul plan, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced its passage through parliament would be paused.”

including contributions from …

• eynat guez, ceo, papaya global

• danny danon mk

W@1/Nh: Gallant sacked

this afternoon (monday 27th), 1.01-1.02pm and 1.07-1.15pm on bbc radio 4, and 2.06-2.19pm and 2.36-2.41pm on bbc world service radio 

world at one (presented by sarah montague) includes, and newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under immense pressure over controversial judicial reforms that he wants to push through.

The changes to the country’s justice system have provoked an outpouring of anger from nearly all parts of Israeli society, including its powerful military.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in anger on Sunday evening after Mr Netanyahu fired his defence minister, who had called for a pause on the changes.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter anna foster 

• benjamin netanyahu 

• yorai lahav hertzano mk 

• peter lerner, histadrut, former idf spokesman 

• retired colonel uri dromi 

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/breaking-israels-london-embassy-in-shuts-down-in-protest-over-judicial-overhaul/ and https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/white-house-expresses-deep-concern-after-netanyahu-fires-his-defence-minister/)

OS/Nh/Twt: Israeli protests

this evening (thursday 9th), 5.06-5.16pm and 9.36-9.43pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.21-10.26pm on bbc radio 4 

bbc os (presented by catherine byaruhanga) leads with, and newshour (presented by paul henley) and the world tonight (presented by razia  iqbal) include …

“There’s been another day of mass protests against the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms.”

“In Israel, protests reach new heights of fury against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• eliad shraga, movement for quality government 

• josh hasten, gush etzion

• journalist neri zilber 

• simcha rothman mk

Nh: Air Force protest 2

this afternoon (tuesday 7th), 2.06-2.19pm and 2.50pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“Former army chief brands Israeli government ‘dictatorship’.

Former air force chiefs and current fighter pilot reservists in Israel have joined public condemnation of the government’s planned legal changes.”

including contributions from …

• lt general dan halutz 

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/go-to-hell-likud-minister-tells-idf-reservists-protesting-judicial-overhaul/, https://www.timesofisrael.com/reserves-soldiers-protest-at-home-of-minister-who-told-service-refusers-go-to-hell/, and, from three days ago, https://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-accuses-dan-halutz-of-incitement-for-claiming-netanyahu-is-no-longer-a-patriot/)

Nh: Huwara murders

this afternoon (tuesday 28th), 2.06-2.19pm (partly repeated 9.36pm), on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by razia iqbal) leads with …

“We speak to an Israeli settler from the same settlement as two brothers who were killed in a shooting on Sunday.

They were shot in a town called Hawara near Nablus in the West Bank; houses, cars and buildings were then burnt down by Israeli settlers afterwards.

But Yonaton Behar from the Har Bracha settlement says it wasn’t a rampage at all.”

including interview with …

• yonaton behar, har bracha yeshiva 

“The people around the car when they were shot, they cooperated with the murderers of the two Jewish brothers, they  photographed them lying in their blood in a car, without giving them first aid, uploaded the pictures happily on social media, and celebrated the murder by handing out candy and setting off fireworks.”

“This has been going on for years. This is a very violent village.”

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64757990 and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64784053)