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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)

By Vernon Bogdanor

The weekly protests remind everyone why a Jewish state is necessary

Since October 7, we’ve been reminded that Israeli is a haven from antisemitism elsewhere

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February 19, 2025 09:08

Protester in Whitehall in central London at a National demonstration for Palestine (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

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'

UK’s top judge attacks Starmer and Badenoch for ‘unacceptable criticism’ of Gaza refugee decision

‘The independence of the judiciary should be protected and respected,’ said Baroness Carr

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 18, 2025 16:31

Lady Chief Justice Carr at the State Opening of Parliament (Image: Getty).

By Seth J. Frantzman

Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy

Removing Hamas requires a vision to prevent the territory becoming a source of more extremism and terror

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February 18, 2025 15:37

Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

The families of those still held in Gaza have called on the Israeli government to continue negotiations until all hostages are freed, despite pressure within the government to back out of the ceasefire

By Ellie Grant

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February 18, 2025 10:36

Former hostage Iair Horn has suggested that those still held in Gaza 'do not have any more time' in an emotional address (Image: Flash90)

Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

The announcement seemingly reveals the fate of a further eight hostages, including the Bibas children.

By Jacob Jaffa

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February 18, 2025 10:13

A Hamas official has said that there is a 'high chance' that six hostages will be released on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Katz rules out Palestinian state in talks with US senators

The Israeli Defence Minister also backed President Trump’s controversial plan for Gaza’s future

By JC Reporter

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February 17, 2025 11:18

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has seemingly ruled out the prospect of a Palestinian state (Image: Getty)

Exclusive: Foreign Office demands return of Shiri Bibas to Israel following ‘abhorrent’ fake handover

Arab leaders are slowly realising that Hamas has to go

Pro-Gaza protestors accused of stealing ‘commercial secrets’ from University of Cambridge

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

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

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So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now?

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

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UK’s top judge attacks Starmer and Badenoch for ‘unacceptable criticism’ of Gaza refugee decision

Trump has handed Bibi free rein on Gaza – he now needs to figure out a strategy

Hostages ‘do not have any more time’, claims former Hamas captive

Names of six alive hostages to be freed this week confirmed by families

Katz rules out Palestinian state in talks with US senators