We: Gaza 12/5/2024

this morning (sunday 12th), 6.06-6.24am (partly repeated 8.06am), 7.07-7.14am, 7.24-7.26am, 7.32-7.42am, 8.16-8.18am, and 8.35-8.41am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by krupa padhy) leads with …

“EU official condemns Rafah evacuation orders.”

including contributions from …

• lt col peter lerner, idf spokesman 

• activist shaina low 

• bbc reporter charlotte gallagher

• journalist tal schneider

• analyst jonathan lord

• historian natalya benkhaled-vince

• journalist paul mcnamee

• activist malika rahal

We: Gaza/USA 11/5/2024

this morning (saturday 11th), 6.06-6.14am, 6.24-6.26am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.06-7.08am, 7.32-7.52am, 8.06-8.17am, and 8.54-8.55am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by krupa padhy) leads with …

“US says Israel may have breached international law.”

“Thousands of Palestinians look for safe space as Israel targets areas in Rafah.”

“Sweden is hosting the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.”

including contributions from …

• us diplomat gina abercrombie-winstanley

• ambassador gilad erdan

• bbc reporter john sudworth

• bbc reporter sarah rainsford

• journalist alan posener

• joe biden

• benjamin netanyahu

• analyst aaron david miller 

• analyst tamar hermann

• journalist jacquelin magnay

• bbc reporter mark savage

• israeli singer eden golan

We: Gaza 5/5/2024

this morning (sunday 5th), 6.06-6.15am, 7.06-7.19am, 8.06-8.11am, and 8.48-8.50am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Israel vows to eliminate Hamas, as Gaza truce talks enter second day.

Hamas want a permanent ceasefire that Israel is not willing to give.”

including contributions from …

• brig gen (retd) amir avivi

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf

• fadel abu haloub, gaza

• activist ahmed bayram

• gershon baskin

• amichai chikli mk 

• diane roberts, florida state university 

We: Gaza/USA 4/5/2024

this morning (saturday 4th), 6.06-6.14am, 6.30am, 6.37-6.47am, 7.07-7.13am, 7.17-7.21am, and 8.07-8.14am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Israel has given Hamas a week to agree to the current proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza – or it will begin its offensive in Rafah, Egyptian mediators say.”

“Following another week of protests at universities across the US, over the war in Gaza, there are positive examples of university students and the administration reaching an agreement.”

including contributions from …

• rik peeperkorn, who

• us spokesperson karine jean-pierre 

• analyst laura blumenfeld

• journalist jotam confino

• joe biden

• israeli activist omer bartov, brown university

• historian eugene rogan

• analyst jill rutter

• analyst chuck freilich, columbia

We: Gaza 28/4/2024

this morning (sunday 28th), 6.06-6.14am (repeated 8.06am), 6.46-6.51am, and 7.06-7.20am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Palestinian artists at the Venice Biennale.”

“Video shows US and Israeli hostages alive in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas reviewing hostage deal.

The US secretary of state Anthony Blinken is due to fly to Saudi Arabia for another round of talks with Arab leaders on how to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Israel said a planned ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah could be suspended if there was a hostage deal.”

including contributions from …

• ilan siegel, daughter of kidnapped keith siegel 64, kfar aza

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• activist hind khoudary 

• bbc reporter eleanor smallwood

• negar azimi, bidoun magazine

• israel katz mk

• itay raviv, nephew of kidnapped abraham munder 78 and released kidnapped ruti munder 78, and cousin of released kidnapped keren munder 54 and her only son ohad munder-zichri 8, from nir oz

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• journalist simon robinson

• analyst emily taylor 

We: Gaza/USA 27/4/2024

this morning (saturday 27th), 8.06-8.21am (partly repeated from 6.14am), 8.31am, and 8.33-8.39am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by paul henley) leads with …

“Columbia University calls for an inquiry into its leadership, as student protests sweep 40 campuses.

The college senate accused the university president and her administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, jeopardizing free inquiry, and breaching the rights of both students and professors.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nuala mcgovern

• ariana pinsker-lehrer, israeli graduate, columbia school of social work

• salma zilberman, columbia undergraduate

• amin 21, columbia

• sociologist paolo gerbaudo

• analyst ulrike franke

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• released kidnapped moran stella yanai 40, festival 

• bbc reporter james landale

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68891217)

We: Marwan Barghouti

this morning (sunday 21st), 6.13am, 6.15-6.17am, and 7.06-7.26am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) includes …

“A look at the documentary film Tomorrow’s Freedom, about Marwan Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian prisoner held by Israel.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter wyre davies

• sophia scott, director, tomorrow’s freedom

• arab barghouti, son of marwan barghouti

• yonah jeremy bob, author, target tehran

• analyst manu lekunze

• journalist hannah ajala

We: Gaza 20/4/2024

this morning (saturday 20th), 6.06-6.11am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.07-7.16am, and 8.06-8.12am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by julian worricker) leads with …

“Protests erupted in Tehran, Iran’s capital, following missile strikes on Isfahan.

Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has warned that his country will give what he called ‘an immediate and maximum response’ if there is a significant attack on it by Israel.

Iran declares no further retaliation against Israel after strikes.”

including contributions from …

• us spokesman karine jean-pierre 

• analyst laura blumenfeld

• antony blinken

• analyst nathalie tocci

• economist ali allawi

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/blast-rocks-base-used-by-iraqi-coalition-of-iran-allied-militias-us-denies-involvement/)

We: Gaza/Iran 14/4/2024

this morning (sunday 14th), 6.06-6.16am, 6.30am, 6.34-6.39am, 7.06-7.21am, 7.33-7.38am, 8.06-8.21am, 8.33-8.39am, and 8.46-8.5am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by celia hatton) leads with …

“UN security council meeting over Iranian attack on Israel overnight.

President Biden says the US ‘helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles’ from Iran.

Israel says Iran launched around 300 drones and missiles, and that some of the strikes also came from Iraq and Yemen.”

including contributions from …

• rear adm daniel hagari, idf spokesperson  

• journalist jotam confino

• analyst andrew tabler

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• analyst fawaz gerges

• journalist rachel shabi, author, off-white: the truth about antisemitism

• former diplomat matthew gould

• hanoch milwidsky mk

• julie norman university college london

• former diplomat alon pinkas

• activist zahira jaser, author,coming out as palestinian

We: Gaza/Iran 13/4/2024

this morning (saturday 13th), 6.06-6.11am (repeated 8.06am), 6.31am, 7.06-7.21am, and 8.45-8.49am, on bbc world service radio  

weekend (presented by celia hatton) leads with …

“US President Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner rather than later’.

US urges Iran not to attack Israel.”

including contributions from …

• journalist jotam confino

• analyst adnan tabatabai

• doctor andrea moscatelli

• historian jade mcglynn

• analyst daniel susskind 

• activist peter maass

(see also https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68796363 and https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68803939)