The BBC's Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston has now been held for eight weeks, and as my colleague Matthew Price reports, his ordeal is adding to the sense of deep pessimism in the Gaza Strip.

I was contacted last week by a producer from Listening Post, Al Jazeera English's weekly media review.

They asked me to contribute a videoblog about Alan. The vlog should appear on next week's show, but in the meantime you can watch it below.