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UK lawmakers call for BBC probe into documentary featuring Hamas leader’s son

The BBC has removed a documentary featuring the son of a Hamas minister after questions arose about its content.
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the U.K. Conservative Party, is demanding an independent inquiry concerning taxpayer funding that may have gone to Hamas during the film's production.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism plans to protest outside the BBC for answers regarding the use of license fees potentially being used to pay Hamas.
Badenoch stated that the inquiry must also address allegations of systemic bias against Israel in the BBC's coverage of the war.

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Straight Arrow News

BBC pulls controversial film with Hamas ties, UK police may investigate

The BBC has removed a documentary about the war in Gaza from its online streaming service after it emerged that the child in the film has family ties to Hamas. The BBC said the film's production company did not inform them about the connection. The U.K. has designated Hamas a terrorist group, making it a criminal offense to enter into arrangements to provide financial support to such groups. An investigation into whether taxpayers’ money was pai…

2 days ago

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The New York Sun

UK Conservative Party Leader Calls For Probe Into BBC’s ‘Potential Collusion’ With Hamas in Much-Disputed Gaza Documentary

The BBC has been grappling with the fallout of its recent documentary on Gaza after it came out that the teenage narrator is the son of a senior official.

2 days ago·New York, United States

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Jerusalem Post

UK Conservatives demand BBC inquiry over alleged Hamas ties in Gaza film

BBC faces scrutiny over claims it paid Hamas-linked figures for Gaza film as Conservatives demand answers on license fee funds going towards Hamas.

2 days ago·Jerusalem, Israel

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Daily Express

BBC spent £400k of taxpayers' money on Hamas 'propaganda documentary'

The controversial film's narrator, Abdulla Eliyazour, is in fact the son of senior Hamas official Dr Ayman Al-Yazouri.

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Free Press

A BBC Documentary—Brought to You by Hamas

Abdullah Al-Yazouri, a 13-year-old boy living in the Gaza Strip, is a natural in front of the camera. In the BBC documentary, Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone, which first aired February 17, he and other youngsters guide viewers through wrecked buildings, rubble-strewn streets, and bloody, overflowing hospitals.The film, which the network’s website proudly billed as a report on “four young people trying to survive the Israel-Hamas war as they hope…

3 days ago

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iNews

Police 'should investigate' if BBC found to have paid Hamas for Gaza film

The Met Police could be asked to investigate whether taxpayers’ money was paid to Hamas during the making of the BBC’s controversial film about Gaza. The BBC has removed Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone from all platforms after it emerged that it was fronted by a Hamas minister’s son. Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, has demanded an independent inquiry into allegations of “potential collusion” with the terrorist group and “the possibility of paymen…

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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