Posted on 02/19/2025 11:17:59 PM PST by grundle
‘Hamas propaganda promoted as reliable fact’, anti-Semitism campaigners say in official complaint
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.
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The media being deceitful as usual.
Now we need to see how much money our government funneled to the BBC.
I did Nazi this coming from the Jew-burners at the BBC.
Perhaps the BBC should relocate it’s offices and call themselves the ABC (Al-Jazeera Broadcasting Corporation)?
Pretty (actually not) amazing to see one of the most (formerly) respected news organizations in the world act as a mouthpiece to some of the most barbarous terrorists in modern times.
Then again, who is surprised that HAMAS is lionized in the British, self-destructive Press?
Londonstan is quickly becoming the epicenter of terror supporters. WAKE UP Brits before all your pubs are locked up and your Churches burned to the ground.
Hamas has a "Ministry for Agriculture?!"
Wasn't aware that Gaza had an abundance of "amber waves of grain" or "fruited plains" that needed administering.
Regards,
I don’t see the problem with this. Gazans ARE Hamas
BTTT
BBC repeatedly disparaged Trump last night on their news. I wish that PBS would quit broadcasting them.
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