BH: Gaza 10/12/2023

this morning (sunday 10th), 9.03-9.04am and 9.22-9.29am, on bbc radio 4 

broadcasting house (presented by paddy oconnell) includes …

“The head of the Israeli army, General Herzi Halevi, told soldiers that Hamas was beginning to disintegrate and that Israel needed to ‘press harder’.

We profile Yasser Arafat, one of the key leaders from the history of the Palestinian cause.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• bbc reporter kevin connolly

Elusive peace 1

last monday evening (27th november), 10.20-11.20pm, on bbc 4 tv (repeated from 2005)

israel and the arabs – elusive peace (1st of 3 episodes) (narrated by juliet stevenson)

“1. Clinton: What happened behind closed doors at the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David in 2000 – and the reasons why the talks reached an impasse.”

including contributions from …

• farouk al-shara

• madeleine albright

• interpreter bouthania shaaban

• martin indyk

• bill clinton

• robert malley

• interpreter gamal helal

• saeb erekat

• shlomo ben ami

• yasser arafat

• samuel berger

• ehud barak

• danny yatom

• gilead sher

• mohammed rashid

• mohammad dahlan

• israel hasson

• ariel sharon

• haj kamil, al aqsa guardian

• hubert vedrine

• jacques chirac

• nabil shaath

Elusive peace 0

last monday evening (27th november), 10.00-10.20pm, on bbc 4 tv 

israel and the arabs – elusive peace (narrated by juliet stevenson)

“0. Eyewitness to history: Norma Percy.

Film-maker Norma Percy looks back on her 2005 series The Elusive Peace, sharing memories of her encounters with key players like Bill Clinton, Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat.”

PM/6ocn: Gaza/Lebanon 6/11/2023

this afternoon (monday 6th), 5.02-504pm, 5.16-5.19pm, 5.32-5.33pm, 5.on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) includes, and six o’clock news leads with, …

“The UN has urged Israel and Hamas to end the violence in Gaza.” [but not in Israel]

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter paul adams

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• historian james barr, author, a line in the sand

• toby fricker, unicef

• lt col peter lerner, idf spokesman 

• bbc reporter james landale

• former ambassador john casson

PM/6ocn: Gaza 2/11/2023

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1950s-60s part fails to mention Israel’s offer to let some refugees return, or the Arab countries’ declared intent to destroy Israel, or the War of Attrition of the early 1950s.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer whose 1950s-60s part fails to mention that Fatah and the PLO were both created to destroy Israel.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Evan Davis (with historian James Barr) presents a historical explainer which purports to explain in detail the start of the Six Day War but fails to mention the massive mobilisation of the Rgyptian and Syrian armies on Israel’s border, the expulsion by Egypt of the UN Peacekeepers, or the months of Syrian bombardments of Northern Israel.

this afternoon (thursday 2nd), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.13pm, 5.31-5.39pm, 5.49-5.57pm, and 6.06-6.11pm, on bbc radio 4 

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

“Several hundred more civilians whose names have been published on an approved list are expected to leave Gaza today by the Rafah crossing.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter jon donnison

• surgeon abdul qader hammad 

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• gen richard barons

• historian james barr, author, a line in the sand

• jess phillips mp

• bbc reporter james landale

WH: Camp David

this morning (tuesday 12th), 8.50-9.00am (repeated 12.50pm 6.50pm and 3.50am, and repeated from 2017), on bbc world service radio 

camp david summit: how middle east peace talks failed (presented by farhana haider) (in the witness history series) 

“In 2000, President Bill Clinton led a major effort to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

The two sides were brought together at the leafy presidential retreat in Maryland.

The Israeli leader, Ehud Barak, and the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, failed to reach any agreement, and the summit ended in failure.”

including interview with …

• gamal helal, american policy adviser and diplomatic interpreter 

WH: Oslo Accords

this morning (monday 11th), 8.50-9.00am (repeated 12.50pm 6.50pm and 3.50am, and repeated from april 2018 and 2010), on bbc world service radio 

oslo peace accords: the secret talks behind middle east deal (presented by louise hidalgo) (in the witness history series) 

“In September 1993, a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinians after months of secret negotiations.

The historic handshake between Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin took place on the lawn of the White House.

Mona Juul, Norway’s Ambassador to the UK, and her husband were part of the team that planned and orchestrated top-secret meetings that culminated in the signing of the Oslo Accords.”

W: Arafat at UN

this afternoon (friday 4th), 2.45-3.00pm (repeated from september 2012), on bbc radio 4 

arafat goes to the united nations (presented by louise hidalgo) (in the witness series) 

“In the autumn of 1974, a young Palestinian was sent to New York to pave the way for Yasser Arafat to make a speech at the United Nations.

His name was Nabil Sha’ath, and he was only given the mission because no other member of the Palestinian leadership agreed to go.

When Arafat arrived in America, he was greeted with noisy opposition – but his plea for an independent Palestinian state was to go down in history.”

including interview with …

• nabil sha’ath

Witness: Yasser Arafat

last thursday morning (november 22nd), 8.50-8.59am, on bbc world service radio
leila shahid: the last days of yasser arafat (interviewed by louise hidalgo) (in the witness series)

“• Leila Shahid was the Palestinian ambassador to France in 2004, and was with Yasser Arafat during his final days.
French doctors treating him at the military hospital in France where he died said Arafat had an unidentified blood disorder and gave the cause of death as a stroke. Since then there have been allegations that he was poisoned.”

Newshour/6ocn: Uri Avnery dies

this afternoon (monday 20th), 2.44-2.48pm, on bbc world service radio, and 6.24-6.26pm, on bbc radio 4
newshour (presented by paul henley) and six o’clock news include …

“A peace campaigner, famous as one of the very first Israelis to advocate a Palestinian state, has died at the age of 94. Uri Avnery caused controversy by meeting and interviewing tha Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the height of the 1982 war with Lebcanon.”

including contributions from …
• journalist and friend sarit yishai-levi
• bbc reporter tom bateman
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(if you missed them, available from 0:38:15 to 0:42:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172w2599tf9kh9#playt=38m14s and from 0:24:15 to 0:26:15 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bfx52s#playt=24m14s)