Blog posts tagged "Gaza"

January 26, 2009 5:55 pm No Comments

The appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee goes out on Channel 4, ITV and Channel Five tonight. Before the televising, a mere £600,000 had been raised. The TV appeal would normally be expected to raise about £5m (Congo raised £6.2m last month). But we may soon get a sense of whether the political row over [...]

January 23, 2009 7:20 am 91 Comments

I asked last night for you to join the debate on Gaza here on Snowblog. You didn’t disappoint. We are still trawling through what you had to say overnight and some of your views are here. Meantime, here again is my interview with Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev which followed Jonathan Miller’s report. (All comments [...]

January 22, 2009 12:46 pm 197 Comments

The consequences of the Israeli invasion of Gaza are now clear to see. My colleague, Channel 4 News reporter Jonathan Miller, managed to drive the 24-mile length of the Gaza Strip yesterday, and his report makes necessary viewing for anyone who wishes to take a view on the Middle East conflict. For, in fact, Muslim [...]