Throughout the month of November 2019, thirty written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the Palestinians appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page, some of which also appeared on other pages.
(dates indicate the time period during which the item was available on the ‘Middle East’ page)
Eight reports concerned an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad:
Israel kills top Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza (12/11/19) discussed here, here and here
Israel-Gaza violence: Rockets and air strikes follow militant death (12/11/19 to 22/11/19) discussed here
Israel-Gaza violence spirals after killing of top Palestinian militant (12/11/19 to 13/11/19) discussed here and here
Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant’s death (13/11/19 to 14/11/19) discussed here and here
Israel-Gaza ceasefire holding despite rocket fire (14/11/19 to 15/11/19) discussed here and here
Israel-Gaza ceasefire strained by rockets and air strikes (15/11/19)
Israel-Gaza: Israel vows to investigate civilian death claims (16/11/19 to 19/11/19)
Israel-Gaza clash: Why Hamas chose restraint Barbara Plett Usher (18/11/19 to 23/11/19) discussed here
Three reports concerned other external security issues:
Iran nuclear deal: IAEA finds uranium particles at undeclared site (11/11/19 to 15/11/19)
Israel-Iran: Risk of an all-out conflict grows after Syria strikes Jonathan Marcus (20/11/19 to 26/11/19 and 28/11/19 to 1/12/19)
Israel carries out ‘wide-scale strikes’ on Iranian forces in Syria (20/11/19 to 22/11/19) discussed here
Seven items related to political/diplomatic stories:
Jordanians detained by Israel for months freed after diplomatic crisis (6/11/19 to 7/11/19) discussed here
Jordan ends border enclaves land lease for Israeli farmers (10/11/19 to 11/11/19) discussed here
US says Israeli settlements are no longer illegal (18/11/19) discussed here and here
Pompeo: Previous US stance on Israeli settlements ‘hasn’t worked’ (18/11/19 to 24/11/19)
US settlement move endorses ‘law of the jungle’ – Palestinians (19/11/19 to 21/11/19) discussed here and here
US settlement move reduces chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace deal Barbara Plett Usher (19/11/19 to 25/11/19) discussed here and here
Israelis and Palestinians on US settlement move (19/11/19 to 21/11/19 and 23/11/19 to 29/11/19)
Two items related to historical content:
WW2 Jewish survivors in rare reunion with Greek rescuer (4/11/19 to 5/11/19)
Greek rescuer, 92, meets families of WW2 Jews she saved (4/11/19 to 18/11/19)
One report related to religion:
Jesus manger: Relic returns to Bethlehem in time for Christmas (30/11/19 to present)
Of nine items relating to internal Israeli internal affairs, one concerned politics:
Benny Gantz unable to form Israel coalition government (20/11/19 to 24/11/19)
Seven items related to legal stories:
Israel court rejects Human Rights Watch activist’s deportation appeal (5/11/19 to 6/11/19) discussed here
Israel’s deportation of Human Rights Watch activist condemned (25/11/19 to present) discussed here
Netanyahu: Corruption charges an ‘attempted coup’ (21/11/19 to present)
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel PM charged with corruption (21/11/19)
Benjamin Netanyahu: What are the corruption charges? Originally published in February 2019 (21/11/19)
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel PM defiant in face of ‘coup’ (22/11/19)
Israel’s Netanyahu facing fight of his political life Barbara Plett Usher (22/11/19 to 25/11/19) discussed here and here
One report concerned planning:
Jerusalem: Israel approves controversial Old City cable car plan (6/11/19 to 7/11/19) discussed here
The BBC News website continues its practice of reporting Israeli affairs far more extensively than it does internal Palestinian internal affairs with visitors having seen no coverage of that topic whatsoever during the month of November.
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