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From Our Own Correspondent

Voices from Gaza and Israel

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Gaza, Germany, New Caledonia and Hungary. Public pressure is growing on Israel’s prime minister to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Lucy Williamson has been talking to one man whose family was taken captive from Kibbutz Be’eri. Deirdre Finnerty spoke to an Irish-Palestinian family, who were visiting relatives in northern Gaza when the conflict began, and fled to Khan Younis. She hears about the struggle to access basic supplies and the risks faced on a daily basis. The German government has staunchly backed Israel’s right to defend itself in the wake of the 7th October attacks by Hamas. Israeli security is, in fact, a cornerstone of German foreign policy. Some pro-Palestinian demonstrations have even been banned because of concerns about anti-Semitic slogans. That’s led to clashes with police and debates about freedom of speech as Jessica Parker reports. New Caledonia is home to a small and diverse population. One of its many communities is made up of the descendants of Algerian exiles, who were deported in the late 19th century after uprisings against French colonial rule. Many lost their lives on the gruelling sea voyage from North Africa. Those who survived and settled brought their religion, customs and ancestral memories with them. Chahrazade Douah reports. The conservative British philosopher, Roger Scruton was a great personal friend of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest, on the intellectual love affair between the two men, and how ‘Scrutopia’ now serves the Hungarian leader. Producer: Viv Jones Editor: Bridget Harney Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Photo by MARTIN DIVISEK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

Today, as the Israel-Hamos conflict continues, our correspondent shares the story of one Irish

0:12.4

Palestinian family accidentally caught up in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

0:19.5

Difficult debates are taking place in Germany, after some pro-Palestinian demonstrations

0:24.7

were banned over concerns about anti-Semitism.

0:29.0

We hear the little-known story of Algerians deported by France to the Pacific Islands of New

0:34.9

Caledonia in the 19th century, and meet their present-day descendants.

0:41.2

And our correspondent explains the unlikely intellectual love affair between the conservative

0:46.9

British philosopher Roger Scruton and Hunterian Prime Minister Victor Orban.

0:53.9

Public pressure is growing on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the

0:59.4

release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. As backroom negotiations continue

1:06.4

over the captives, Hamas has proposed freeing them in return for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli

1:13.0

jails. With Mr Netanyahu battling to restore a sense of security in his country,

1:19.2

after the 7th October attacks, Lucy Williamson has been talking to one man whose family was taken

1:26.2

captive from Kibbutz Bayeri. The clocks have gone back here in Israel. Gilad Corngold,

1:34.1

a man with much to fear, was dreading it. The seasons are changing, even as his family's life

1:40.9

remains frozen, waiting for the return of seven relatives, thought to be held hostage in Gaza

1:47.2

by Hamas. But that's not it. Gilad dreads the clock change because he dreads the darkness.

1:54.5

It's the darkness that brings the feelings, he says. It's the worst time. During the day,

2:00.3

everyone has jobs to do, but in the evening you sit and start thinking and missing people.

2:06.5

And when you think, all the bad things come. The nights are terrible.

2:11.8

The family has started a new ritual. Every evening at dusk, Gilad, his wife and his adult

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