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MPs call for independent investigation into BBC Gaza documentary

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has demanded the BBC conduct an ‘comprehensive, rigorous’ review

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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MPs have called for an independent investigation into the production of a controversial BBC documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

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BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Leicester South MP Shockat Adam (Image: Parliament TV).

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Pro-Gaza MP suggests BBC documentary backlash is an example of ‘collective punishment’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Gary Lineker among celebrity signatories of letter criticising BBC for dropping controversial Gaza documentary

By Jacob Jaffa

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Scenes from Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was broadcast on Monday on BBC Two and narrated by Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the son of a Hamas official (Image: BBC)

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Will the BBC learn anything from its latest Gaza disaster?

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Critics have accused the BBC of mistranslating segments in a recent documentary to remove interviewees' alleged antisemitism (Image: Getty)

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BBC accused of ‘whitewashing Gazan antisemitism’ over translations in dropped documentary

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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The rally outside the BBC's London headquarters was organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (Photo: CAA)

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Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Kemi Badenoch calls for investigation into ‘systemic BBC bias against Israel’

The Tory leader also demanded to know whether taxpayers’ money was given to Hamas in connection with a recent controversial documentary

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 24, 2025 12:07

Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch has called for an investigation into 'systemic bias' against Israel at the BBC (Image: Getty)

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

An insider told the JC that the corporation’s reporting raises ‘serious questions’ that need to be addressed.

By Jane Prinsley

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February 21, 2025 18:31

BBC correspondent Paul Adams has been criticised for his social media posts and a recent report on the release of slain Israeli hostages (Photo: BBC)

BBC pulls Gaza documentary after narrator’s Hamas family links exposed

The film about ‘ordinary Palestinians’ featured the son of a Gazan government official

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

February 21, 2025 12:32

BBC apologises over inclusion of Hamas official’s son in Gaza documentary

The BBC updates its documentary after allegations surface of narrators links to the terrorist organisation

By Ellie Grant

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Dozens of Jewish media figures sign letter questioning BBC over ‘propaganda’ documentary

The broadcaster has been accused of using a child narrator with family ties to Hamas in the film, which recorded the experiences of young people in Gaza.

By Jacob Jaffa

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February 19, 2025 17:03

A group of prominent Jewish media figures have signed a letter to the BBC expressing concern over a recent documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

BBC accused of using child narrator with Hamas family ties in ‘propaganda’ documentary

The teen is alleged to be the son of a senior Hamas official and the nephew of the director of an NGO with ‘links to the PFLP’

By Imogen Garfinkel

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February 19, 2025 14:00

The BBC has been criticised for platforming 'Hamas propaganda' in its latest Gaza documentary. (Credit: BBC)

BBC journalist who gushed over Holocaust revisionist is nominated for British Council award

Layla Bashar Al-Kloub has previously been criticised by Jewish peers about media bias against the Jewish state

By Imogen Garfinkel

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February 18, 2025 16:54

BBC Arabic journalist Layla Bashar Al-Kloub, nominated for a British Council award, has previously condemned the 'Zionist entity'

BBC staffers round on ‘delusional’ Owen Jones after he targets another Jewish colleague

In his attack on a second Jewish BBC journalist, Jones cites evidence from a writer who posted about ‘Jewish supremacist Zionist monsters’

By Jane Prinsley

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February 14, 2025 14:52

Owen Jones has accused an Israeli BBC journalist of sharing content from “extreme accounts" and posting only about Israeli suffering (Photo: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Why can’t the BBC tell the difference between hostages and prisoners?

The BBC is peddling exactly the propaganda narrative Hamas wants

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February 10, 2025 16:09

People escort a released prisoner through a large crowd in Ramallah, West Bank on February 8, 2025. (Photo by MOSAB SHAWER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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MPs call for independent investigation into BBC Gaza documentary

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

Pro-Gaza MP suggests BBC documentary backlash is an example of ‘collective punishment’

Gary Lineker among celebrity signatories of letter criticising BBC for dropping controversial Gaza documentary

Will the BBC learn anything from its latest Gaza disaster?

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing Gazan antisemitism’ over translations in dropped documentary

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

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