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Jeremy Bowen: Chances of peace in the Middle East

The BBC's International Editor reflects on the ongoing peace efforts
  • BBC Radio 4

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  1. Marco Rubio, wearing a dark blue suit, stands behind two microphones, with both hands open

  2. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher wearing a suit and sat in front of a microphone

  3. A parked white fire engine with fluorescent green stripes on it

  4. Workers carry bodies of unidentified Palestinians in body bags in Gaza. An ambulance is behind them.

  5. US Vice-President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem (22 October 2025)

  6. A composite image showing an IDF digger surrounded by troops placing a yellow block. Imposed over the image is a map showing the proposed line and the BBC Verify logo.

  7. File photo showing a Palestinian man carrying an aid box provided by Unrwa, during a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza (21 January 2025)

  8. Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat

  9. Evyatar David making the gesture of the heart

  10. Palestinian children wait with pots to receive hot meals distributed by charity organizations

  11. Arie Zalmanowicz (L) and Tamir Adar (R)

  12. Three women dressed in clothing in the colours of the Palestinian flag - red green and black - while wearing keffiyeh scarves hold hands and smile at the camera

  13. A drone view shows the destruction in a residential neighbourhood in Gaza City

  14. US Vice-President JD Vance (centre) speaks at a press conference in southern Israel. US special envoys Steve Witkoff (left) and Jared Kushner(right) stand behind Vance. Photo: 21 October 2025

  15. Two excavators are pictured on either side of a set of yellow blocks on sandy ground in Gaza

  16. A man with a grey beard and shaved head wearing a brown jacket and green shirt. He standing in front of a poster that reads "The Fifth Step, @sohoplace, National Theatre of Scotland." He has a slight smile.

  17. Smoke billows from a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza after Israeli strikes

  18. Tal Haimi, pictured smiling, wearing a blue T-shirt

  19. A Hamas member holding a rifle gun

  20. Women hug each other during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at al-Awda Hospital, in central Gaza (20 October 2025)

  21. Smoke billows above piles of rubble and half-destroyed buildings in the central Gaza Strip.

  22. Man in hat loads gun

  23. Image shows Ronen Engel in a turquoise blue shirt, with a beard and black glasses smiling with a topknot of dark brown curls on top of his head