Nd: Gaza 23/4/2024

yesterday morning (tuesday 23rd), 5.14-5.20am and 6.12-6.19am (partly repeated 7.51am), on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and rob young) includes …

“The United Nations’ main agency in Gaza has been told it must do more to improve its neutrality and transparency, after a report was published into Israeli allegations that many UNRWA staff belonged to the Hamas militant group.”

including contributions from …

• french foreign minister catherine colonna

• einat wilf, author, the war of return: how western indulgence of the palestinian dream has obstructed the path to peace 

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa

Nd: Gaza 31/1/2024

this morning (wednesday 31st), 5.07-5.16am (partly repeated 7.11am), 5.43-5.47am, and 6.07-6.17am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by victoria uwonkunda and james copnall) leads with …

“Over half of all buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, according to new analysis, as the death toll keeps rising.

Israel raids Palestinian hospital in occupied West Bank.

UNRWA donor nations hold ‘constructive’ meeting, says UN.”

including contributions from …

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• analyst mehran kamrava 

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• sabri saidam, fatah

• analyst behnam ben taleblu

Nd: Gaza 21/12/2023

this morning (thursday 21st), 5.06-5.19am, 5.30-5.31am, 5.40-5.45am, 6.06-6.19am, 6.40-6.46am, 7.06-7.20am, 7.30-7.31am, and 7.40-7.50am, on bbc world service radio 

newsday (presented by devina gupta and james copnall) includes…

“Hamas says 20,000 killed in Gaza as UN delays truce vote.

Efforts at the UN Security Council to gain consensus on a ceasefire resolution continue to stall.”

including contributions from …

• jeremy konyndyk, refugees international

• yossi beilin, former minister

• bbc reporter fergal keane

• lana zaki nusseibeh, uae ambassador to un

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• bbc cameraman jehad el-mashhrawi

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• activist hammam farah, canada

• us diplomat gina abercrombie-winstanley 

• activist jacob burns, amnesty international

• analyst mirette mabrouk 

PM/6ocn: Gaza 24/11/2023

yesterday afternoon (friday 24th), 5.01-5.03pm, 5.05-5.23pm, 5.34-5.49pm, 5.52-5.57pm, 6.01-6.09pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by caroline wyatt) and six o’clock news include …

“A small number of hostages freed by Hamas”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• matthew morris, icrc

• ahal besorai, brother of murdered yonat or, brother-in-law of kidnapped dror 50, and uncle of two of their three children, noam 15 and alama 13, be’eri

• gil dickmann, cousin of kidnapped carmel gat 39, nephew of murdered kinneret gat 69, be’eri

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• mohammed ghalayini, gaza

• un diplomat stephen obrien

• akram selim

• philippe lazzarini, unrwa

• bbc reporter orla guerin

• naama weinberg, cousin of kidnapped itay svirsky38, and niece of murdered orit svirsky 70 and rafi svirsky 71

OS: Gaza 24/11/2023

yesterday afternoon (friday 24th), 4.06-4.29pm, 4.32-4.41pm, 4.52-4.59pm, 5.06-5.29pm, 5.32-5.45pm, and 5.52-5.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Twenty-four hostages released by Hamas in Gaza.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter anna foster 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• surgeon sara al-saqqa

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• sharon lifschitz, daughter of kidnapped yocheved lifshitz 85 and oded lifshitz with lung disease 83, from nir oz

• ismail shaheen, bethlehem, father of released convict fatima shaheen 33

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• journalist abubaker abed 

• bbc reporter mike thomson 

• bbc reporter gordon corera 

• gil dickmann, cousin of kidnapped carmel gat 39, nephew of murdered kinneret gat 69, be’eri

• bbc reporter reta al-mawi 

• adam ma’anit, cousin of kidnapped tsachi idan and murdered maayan idan 18

• yoni asher, father of released kidnapped raz 4 and aviv 2, husband of released kidnapped doron, son-in-law of murdered efrat katz, nir oz

(see also https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/four-children-released-as-more-than-30-remain-in-gaza-qkf1knma)

Nh: Gaza 22/11/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 22nd), 2.06-2.18pm, 2.36-2.49pm, and 2.51-2.55pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by james menendez) leads with …

“Israel and Hamas have agreed a deal to release 50 hostages being held in Gaza during a four-day pause in fighting.

Hamas says 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released from Israeli jails under the deal.”

including contributions from …

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• bbc reporter tom bateman

• yosi shnaider, cousin of kidnapped silverman family of six, nephew of murdered margit shnaider silberman and  josé luis (yossi) silberman, nir oz

• nawaf al-thani, former qatari military attache to us

• analyst eitan shamir

• activist lindiwe sisulu

Twt: Gaza 16/11/2023

yesterday evening (thursday 16th), 10.01-10.02pm, 10.08-10.17pm, and 10.36-10.44pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by nuala mcgovern) leads with …

“Israel says its soldiers have found body of a 65-year-old woman taken taken hostage by Hamas.”

including contributions from … 

• bbc reporter nick beake

• bbc reporter mark urban

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• journalist maria rashid 

• moishe yamo, israeli, los angeles

• disha ahav, israeli-american-arab-jew

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67442048 and timesofisrael.com/idf-says-hostages-body-recovered-near-gazas-shifa-hospital-after-hamas-killed-her/)

PM/6ocn: Gaza 31/10/2023

yesterday afternoon (tuesday 31st), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.23pm, 5.45-5.53pm, and 6.08-6.15pm, on bbc radio 4 

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

“Israeli ground troops move deeper into the Gaza strip.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams

• bbc reporter fergal keane

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• roy yellin, b’tselem

• analyst michael clarke

• bbc reporter yolande knell

We: Gaza 28/10/2023

BBC bias: BBC presenter Audrey Brown in introduction fails to mention the October 7th massacres, and repeatedly talks over an Israeli spokesman to stop him correcting this.

this morning (saturday 28th), 6.06-6.22am, 6.30-6.31am, 6.37-6.59am, 7.11-7.21am, 7.30-7.31am, 7.33-7.51am, 8.06-8.28am, 8.30-8.31am, and 8.33-8.52am, on bbc world service radio

weekend (presented by audrey brown) leads with …

“People in Gaza uncontactable, as Israel steps up strikes.”

including contributions from …

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson 

• asma, gaza

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• eylon levy, israeli government spokesman

“From the introduction that I’ve just been hearing waiting to go on air, one wouldn’t know that just three weeks ago Hamas death squads invaded Israel and [interrupted and inaudible]”

• marwan jilani, palestine red crescent

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• activist dalal mawad

• analyst peter neumann 

• bbc reporter jonny dymond

• joel friedman, pinter trust 

• jon polin, father of kidnapped hersh goldberg-polin

“We don’t know if he’s still alive.”

• gershon baskin

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• lebanese ambassador rami mortada

• president recep tayyip erdogan

• analyst sinan ciddi 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• oslo negotiator jonathan kuttab

• oslo negotiator gilead sher

Nn: ‘Sheer evil’

yesterday evening (tuesday 10th), 10.32-11.03pm, 11.07-11.08pm, and 11.12-11.13pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by kirsty wark) leads with …

“An act of sheer evil.”

“President Biden condemns the massacres of Israeli civilians as ‘an act of sheer evil’, after reports of whole families killed in their homes.”

“There’s a growing question about whether the BBC, and other media organisations, should now be calling Hamas not militant but terrorist?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter mark urban

• maj gen itai veruv

• mother michal halev 

• alon davidi, mayor, sderot

• former ambassador mark regev 

• ahal besorai, brother of yonat or

• tzipi livni, former mk

• activist tamara alrifai, unrwa 

• surgeon loay zourob

• palestinian activist nour odeh 

• hilary benn mp