BBC accused of using genocidal islamist Hamas official’s son in documentary about ‘ordinary Palestinians’

[Pastelli]

FAKE NEWS CHAMPIONS INDEED.


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BBC accused of using Hamas official’s son in documentary about ‘ordinary Palestinians’

The BBC has been accused of focusing a documentary about ordinary Palestinians on the son of a Hamas government minister without disclosing the connection.

The documentary, Gaza: How To Survive a War Zone, was broadcast on Monday evening as an account of the conflict through the eyes of three children whose lives have been devastated by Israel’s military campaign against Hamas.

The hour-long film was narrated by a 14-year-old English-speaking boy named Abdullah, who is listed in the film’s credits under his full name, Abdullah Al-Yazouri.

It has since been claimed that Abdullah’s father, Ayman Alyazouri, is a senior figure who currently holds the position of deputy minister of agriculture in the Hamas-run government.

Critics have said the BBC has allowed itself to be used as a propaganda platform for Hamas by giving airtime to the child of one of its senior figures.

The child’s alleged family background was not revealed to viewers and it is not clear if the film crew were aware of the Hamas links.

The campaign group Labour Against Antisemitism has lodged a formal complaint to the BBC about the broadcast, claiming that the team failed to properly vet the documentary’s subjects.

Alex Hearn, from Labour Against Antisemitism, said: “This documentary appears to have been a failure of due diligence by the BBC, with Hamas propaganda promoted as reliable fact at the taxpayers’ expense.

“There needs to be an urgent investigation into how this happened once again.

“Misinformation is the story of the Israel-Hamas conflict, and this is not an isolated case. There has been a failure of news platforms to adequately scrutinise sources and a willingness to regurgitate Hamas disinformation repeatedly.”

The BBC has defended the hour-long film, stating it had full editorial control over the content and that the children’s parents had no editorial input.

When asked by The Telegraph about Abdullah’s alleged links to Hamas, the corporation did not provide comment.

Questions about the film were first raised by David Collier, an investigative journalist.


Questions about the film were first raised by David Collier, an investigative journalist.

The most revealing part of @BBCNews' statement is "...as independent journalists are not allowed into Gaza."

With that in mind, none of their output or reporting of this war should or can be trusted. They're admitting everything is second hand, provided by unverified sources. x.com pic.twitter.com/31VBmbRZYW

— Joo (@JoosyJew) February 19, 2025

Breaking:
BBC admit the narrator of its documentary was a Hamas official - and say they just did not know.

NO. NO. NO.

Dear @bbcnews Will you just shut up and take your vile Hamas propaganda piece down. You have let Hamas manipulate you -what do you not understand? pic.twitter.com/9pXcqjp7uG

— David Collier (@mishtal) February 19, 2025

First, meet Zakaria, the secondary protagonist who takes up a significant portion of the film. Yesterday, we exposed that his scenes were directed by none other than Mr. FAFO.
(See here: x.com)

— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) February 19, 2025

Zakaria is deeply tied to Hamas propaganda circles, favored by Hamas-affiliated journalists—those who cheer terror, celebrate Jewish deaths, and stage Pallywood scenes—like Abdallah Alattar, who wrote:
“At least for half an hour, take us back to October 7.” pic.twitter.com/e2lu0bcZNc

— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) February 19, 2025

The BBC now claims they had no idea who they were working with in their documentary, GAZA: HOW TO SURVIVE A WARZONE.
x.com

— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) February 19, 2025

Hey @BBCNews

You know how your documentary from Gaza was secretly fronted by family from the Hamas government.

Did you pay them any money? Did you hand cash over to a family from a proscribed terrorist group?

Asking for the police.... and the millions of Brits who fund you.

— David Collier (@mishtal) February 19, 2025

Following the release of the @BBCTwo documentary on Gaza, I have sent an official letter to the Director General of the @BBC, Tim Davie.

I asked for clarification on the BBC’s choice of cameraman as well as the main protagonist of the documentary, given the BBC’s supposed…

— Tzipi Hotovely (@TzipiHotovely) February 19, 2025

 

[shockedcanadian]

BBC has lost its way.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Is the BBC now part of Islamic Jihad propaganda machine?

 

[Edgetho]

Delenda est Carthago

Exterminate them.

ALL of them.

 

[Pastelli]

BBC Scandal Exposes the Sham Industry of Anti-Zionist Documentaries.

by Seth Mandel, March 6, 2025.

The BBC is officially in crisis. The UK broadcaster’s reflexive anti-Israel posture and slackening standards created a perfect storm that has smashed the Beeb’s credibility to pieces.

Don’t take my word for it—here’s BBC Chair Samir Shah:

“What has been revealed is a dagger to the heart of the BBC’s claim to be impartial and trustworthy… We will get to the bottom of this and take appropriate actions.”...
The BBC thus had not only produced a Hamas propaganda film but sanitized the murderous Jew-hatred expressed by Palestinians throughout.

And that is why Shah, the BBC chair, was in front of a government panel expressing his deep regret on Tuesday. The government is letting the BBC take the lead on the investigation, but it is making clear that this is a uniquely shameful tale of BBC infamy.

The earlier Channel 4 program won news awards, including an international Emmy. It turned out that Channel 4 has known the family’s identity since last summer, further casting doubt on the BBC’s already-farfetched attempts to play dumb or claim to have been manipulated.

There are two important lessons here. First, as has become fairly clear by now, a great deal of the “journalism” on the war is being done by members of terrorist organizations fighting in that war. The BBC’s documentary was, perhaps, the worst such example. But it was an example nonetheless. Mainstream international media have corrupted their tradecraft in their desire to enable Hamas’s genocidal cause against Israel.

Second, the fact that this keeps happening is a reminder that in order to paint Israel as a convincing villain, news must be fabricated. Documentaries are perfect vehicles for such audience manipulation, of course. This is was part of the reason the Oscars award to No Other Land on Sunday night was so divisive: As Jonathan Sacerdoti and others have meticulously pointed out, the film’s narrative bears almost no relation to the reality of its subject. It’s agitprop produced to legitimize baldly illegal Palestinian land grabs.

One should consider the following: If Israel were truly the evil oppressor its critics make it out to be, why would all this documentary evidence have to be manufactured and distorted?

A BBC Scandal Exposes the Sham Industry of Anti-Zionist Documentaries

The BBC is officially in crisis. The UK broadcaster’s reflexive anti-Israel posture and slackening standards created a perfect storm that has smashed the Beeb’s credibility to pieces. Don’t take my

www.commentary.org

 

[Pastelli]

Is the BBC now part of Islamic Jihad propaganda machine?

For some time now.

 

[frigidweirdo]

BBC has lost its way.

No, it hasn't. The BBC is made up of individuals and individuals will sometimes do things that go against their company.