T: Gaza/London 22/4/2024

this morning (monday 22nd), 6.03-6.04am, 6.09am, 6.34-6.39am, 6.48-6.52am, 7.03-7.05am, 7.17-7.20am, 7.39-7.45am, 8.04-8.06am, and 8.47-8.49am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) includes …

“An antisemitism campaigner who was labelled ‘openly Jewish’ by police, and threatend with arrest, during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, has been offered a meeting with a senior officer from the Metropolitan Police, so the force can apologise for his treatment.”

“The army is saying, reportedly, that the military intelligence chief is resigning over the October 7th attack by Hamas.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter simon jones

• bbc reporter harry farley 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• nibal farsakh, palestine red crescent 

• former chief superintendent dal babu

• suella braverman mp

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd130lp70x5o)

T: Gaza/Iran 16/4/2024

this morning (tuesday 16th), 6.02-6.03am, 6.08–6.09am, 6.35-6.38am, 6.41-6.42am, 6.44-6.48am, 7.03-7.04am, 7.14-7.18am, 7.-7.57am, and 8.05-8.06am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) includes …

“The prime minister plans to speak to Benjamin Netanyahu today, to convey in person the UK’s desire for Israel to show restraint in the face of Iran’s drone and missile barrage.

Meanwhile, fighting in Gaza continues, and in the occupied West Bank, more Palestinians, including a teenager, have been killed by Israeli settlers.

Last weekend, the body of a fourteen-year-old settler was found.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter sean curran

• rishi sunak mp

• keir starmer mp

• ed davey mp

• mhairi black mp

• suella braverman mp 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• diplomat john sawers

HC: Gaza/Iran 15/4/2024

this afternoon (monday 15th), 3.30-5.00pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons iran and israel statement

“Statement in the Commons following Iran’s aerial attack on Israel on 13 April, with prime minister Rishi Sunak, on Monday 15 April.”

speeches by … RIshi Sunak (C) Keir Starmer (Lab) Alicia Kearns (C) Mhairi Black (SNP) Jeremy Quin (C) Ed Davey (LD) Liam Fox (C) George Howarth (C) Suella Braverman (C) Rushanara Ali (Lab) Ben Wallace (C) John McDonnell (Lab) Kit Malthouse (C) George Galloway Robert Halfon (C) Dawn Butler (Lab) Iain Duncan Smith (C) Matt Hancock (Ind) Ian Blackford (SNP) Rehman Chishti (C) Richard Burgon (Lab) Michael Ellis (C) Sammy Wilson (DUP) Jason McCartney (C) Afzal Khan (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) Marsha de Cordova (Lab) Mark Logan (C) Naz Shah (Lab) Jeremy Wright (C) Chris Bryant (Lab) Simon Clarke (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Vicky Ford (C) Khalid Mahmood (Lab) Mark Francois (C) Derek Twigg (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Caroline Lucas (G) Alec Shelbrooke (C) Stephen TImms (Lab) David Jones (C) Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab) Nicola Richards (C)

Alistair Carmichael (LD) John Whittingdale (C) Seema Malhotra (Lab) Philip Dunne (C) Hywel WIlliams (PC) Jane Hunt (C) Stella Creasy (Lab) James Morris (C) Andy McDonald (Lab) Jack Lopresti (C) Neale Hanvey (Alba) Bob Blackman (C) Alex Davies-Jones (Lab) Steve Double (C) Anum Qaisar (SNP) Greg Smith (C) Andy Slaughter (Lab) Anna Firth (C) Jeremy Corbyn Kieran Mulan (C) Andrew Gwynne (Lab) Janet Daby (Lab) Barry Gardiner (Lab) Beth WInter (Lab) Alison Thewliss (SNP) Mohammad Yasin (Lab) Debbie Abrahams (Lab) Stephen Farry (All) Christian Wakeford (Lab) Helen Hayes (Lab) Brendan O’Hara (SNP) Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab) Kerry McCarthy (Lab) Christine Jardine (LD) Toby Perkins (Lab) Rupa Huq (Lab) Emma Hardy (Lab) Claudia Webbe (Ind) Matt Western (Lab) Rachael Maskell (Lab) Alan Brown (SNP) Kim Johnson (Lab) Michael Shanks (Lab) Jim Shannon (DUP) Richard Foord (LD)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-04-15/debates/5B1C3E28-F71B-4513-B1D8-54205AF8D464/Iran-IsraelUpdate)

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yg37)

T: Gaza 4/4/2024

this morning (thursday 4th), 6.01-6.04am, 6.08–6.09am, 6.33-6.38am, 6.42-6.45am, 7.00-7.03am, 7.09-7.17am, 7.44-7.49am, 8.00-8.03am, and 8.10-8.22am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) leads with …

“Three former Supreme Court justices are among six hundred legal experts who have signed a letter to the prime minister calling on the government to suspend UK arms exports to Israel.

The document, which has the backing of former Supreme Court president Lady Hale, warns of a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter hannah miller

• jose andres, founder, world central kitchen

• alex younger, former mi6 chief

• nir barkat mk

• emily tripp, airwars

• activist jonathan sumption

• bbc reporter sean dilley

• suella braverman mp 

• radek sikorski, foreign minister, poland

• bbc reporter james landale

BH: Gaza/Labour 25/2/2024

this morning (sunday 25th), 9.01-9.04am, 9.06-9.20am, and 9.29-9.37am, on bbc radio 4 

broadcasting house (presented by paddy oconnell) includes …

“Islamophobia.”

“Simon Schama tells me of his shock as the Speaker blamed intimidation of MPs for changing the process in the House of Commons.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter ian watson

• bbc reporter charlotte rose

• bbc reporter simon jones

• mayor sadiq khan

• robert buckland mp

• robert rogers, former clerk of the house of commons

• historian simon schama

HC: Antisemitism 19/2/2024

last monday afternoon (19th february), 6.15-7.15pm, on bbc parliament tv 

house of commons antisemitism statement

“Antisemitism in the UK”

speeches by … Chris Philp (C) Yvette Cooper (Lab) Suella Braverman (C) Ronnie Cowan (SNP) Michael Ellis (C) Diana Johnson (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Theresa Villiers (C) Margaret Hodge (Lab) Munira WIlson (LD) Andrew Jones (C) Christian Wakeford (C) James Daly (C) Debbie Abrahams (Lab)

Julian Lewis (C) Barry Gardiner (Lab) Matthew Offord (C) Charlotte Nichols (Lab) Chris Clarkson (C) Christine Jardine (LD) Stephen Crabb (C) Lilian Greenwood (Lab) Jonathan Djanogly (C) Jim Shannon (DUP) Bob Blackman (C) Andrew Bridgen (C) Richard Drax (C) Antony Higginbotham (C) Tom Hunt (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-02-19/debates/788C5AA8-47E6-4D42-916C-E569D0B260A5/AntisemitismInTheUK)

(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001wp5x/house-of-commons-antisemitism-statement)

SLK: Gaza 12/11/2023

last sunday morning (12th november), 9.03-9.52am, on bbc 1 tv  

sunday with laura kuenssberg leads with contributions from …

• nadine dorries mp

• shami chakrabarti

• baron kim darroch

• grant shapps mp

• president isaac herzog

• yvette cooper mp 

PL: Gaza 9/11/2023

last thursday afternoon (9th november), 12.16-12.35pm, on bbc 2 tv 

politics live (presented by jo coburn) leads with …

“Are the police ‘playing favourites’?”

“Home secretary criticises Met Police.”

“Keir Starmer’s stance on Israel-Gaza.”

including discussion with …

• bim afolami mp

• rosie duffield mp

• elliot keck, taxpayers alliance

• journalist susie boniface

• bbc reporter henry zeffman

AA: Gaza 11/11/2023

this afternoon (saturday 4th), 2.02-2.45pm, on bbc radio 4 

any answers (phone-in, presented by anita anand) leads with …

“What did you make of the home secretary’s remarks this week?”

including contributions from …

• penny welch, bath friends of palestine

• les bloom, manchester

• richard harrington, oxford

• susan blake, jersey

• james derounian, winchcombe

• retired policeman tony gooch, warwick

• margaret forbes, stirlingshire

• richard banning, devon

• amanda mcdowell, marcher

• graham smith, wakefield

• retired policewoman annabel, suffolk

• karen

AQ: Gaza 11/11/2023

this afternoon (saturday 11th), 1.12-1.23pm (repeated from 8.04pm yesterday), on bbc radio 4 

any questions (chaired by alex forsyth, with • phillip brettmla, • matthew otoolemla, • kate nicholl mla, and • conor burns mp, leads with …

“Suella Braverman has recently used Northern Ireland as a point of comparison when referring to pro-Palestine marches.

Do you think this is highly insensitive?”