A Tribute To Hope

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

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🗓️ 11 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, the Middle East, Peru and Japan. The Israel-Gaza conflict has been framed by harsh words, and when talk of peace and reconciliation seem more distant than ever, is there space for understanding - or hope? Our correspondent Fergal Keane has spent his career reporting on divided societies, and after spending the last few weeks in Jerusalem, he reflects on the question of hope. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been back in the Middle East this week, working to keep diplomatic channels open to negotiate 'humanitarian pauses' in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Our correspondent Anthony Zurcher travelled with him. The ultra-fine wool of the vicuna was once reserved for the royal dynasties of the Inca empire, and today it is equally adored by European fashion houses. Stefania Gozzer has been in Peru, where she met the communities benefiting from this luxury trade. And in Japan, baseball's Hanshin Tigers finally broke one of sport's longest standing 'curses' this week when they won the Japan Series. Tigers fan Guy De Launey tells the story of how his team broke a 40 year losing streak. Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.2	Today it was a Whistle-stop tour
0:08.7	taking in five countries in just under 24 hours.
0:12.2	Our correspondent recounts his experience of traveling with the
0:15.7	U.S. Secretary of State as he treads a diplomatic kite rope in the Middle East.
0:20.7	In Peru, we're high up in the Andes, where the wool of the Vikunia, the smallest
0:27.3	member of the Camel family, has been in vogue among Europe's luxury fashion houses, and they were dubbed the No Hopers. Meet the Han-Shin Tigers, the Japanese baseball team cursed never to win again, who finally defied the odds to emerge victorious in the National Championship.
0:47.0	But first to Israel.
0:49.0	After a month of conflict Israel announced this week that it would be implementing daily for our
0:56.4	pauses to allow people in Gaza to leave areas of fighting.
1:01.4	U.S. President Joe Biden said it was a step in the right direction,
1:05.2	though the Israeli Defence Minister stressed the pauses were
1:09.0	localized and pinpoint measures that would not detract from the war fighting.
1:15.0	It remains a time of harsh words when talk of peace, let alone reconciliation,
1:21.0	seem more distant than it has in decades. But is there space for
1:26.1	understanding even for hope? Our correspondent Fergelkeen has spent his career
1:31.4	reporting on divided societies.
1:34.0	For the last few weeks he's been in Jerusalem
1:37.0	from where he reflects on the question of hope.
1:40.0	I want to speak of hope. It is not an obvious topic on which to write from Jerusalem today.
1:48.0	If you're watching events unfold from abroad you'll have seen and heard only tragedy. The death toll climbs the war
1:56.8	thunders on. I think of the words of the American writer Kormuk McCarthy who and his novel Blood Meridian reflects on man's
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