BBC swarmed by furious protesters after spending ‘£400k on Gaza documentary'(Video)
Anti-Hamas activists have gathered outside the BBC’s headquarters in London to protest against its Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary.
Anti-Hamas activists have gathered outside the BBC’s headquarters in London to protest against its Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary.
The protesters were in Portland Place tonight after the BBC spent £400,000 on the documentary, which is narrated by the son of a senior Hamas leader, MailOnline reports.
Police were at the scene and the central plaza was blocked off to prevent protesters from reaching the buliding’s main entrance.
“Terrorist supporters off our screens” and “Hamas are terrorists, say the words” were chanted from the crowds of people, who accussed the broadcaster of “deliberate bias”.
The programme was withdrawn from BBC iPlayer while “further due diligence” is carried out by the coropration.
The hour long programme that was aired Monday, February 17, featured 13 year-old Abdulla Eliyazour as the documentary’s main narrator, who has been revealed to be the son of a senior Hamas official named Dr Ayman Al-Yazouri.
The release sparked major fury, with questions of whether Hamas have had access to any money from the programme. Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch also demanded to know whether any of the licence fee money was handed to Hamas.
The Campaign Against Anti-semitism is the charity behind the London protest, a spokeperson for the organisation said it was “really time for transparency and accountability” over the BBC‘s “whitewashing of terrorism”.
The Corporation paid London-based independent production company Hoyo Films to produce the programme and protesters were outrage to find that one of the documentary’s cameramen was accused of posting tweets that praised the October 7 killings.
Chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism led chants of “shame, shame, shame” towards the Broadcasting House, Mail Online adds. He said: “We have had enough of the BBC preaching its truth.”
Many of the attendees shared their viewpoints regarding antisemitism in the country with one attendee branding it as an “endemic” in society.
She said: “My daughter now lives in Israel. She moved in August to get away from the antisemitism here. She didn’t feel safe and she lived in a largely Jewish area.”
