Demonstrants have gathered outside the BBC headquarters to express their disapproval of the company's decision to spend more than £ 400,000 on a Gaza documentary told by the son of a senior Hamas leader.
The row about the documentary of the BBC, Gaza: how to survive a war zone continued in the streets of the capital while Anti-Hamas demonstrators arrived outside the broadcasting house in Portland, London, tonight.
Dozens of police officers and various police vans were present around the front entrance of the London headquarters of the broadcaster, whereby the central square was deposited so that demonstrators could not reach the main entrance.
Those who were present sang 'terrorist supporters of our screens' and 'Hamas are terrorists, say the words', and accused of the company of 'deliberate bias'.
The BBC was forced to give an apology last week and to remove the program from his IPLayer service after it appeared the son of a Hamas minister prominently.
Abdullah Al-Yazouri, the 14-year-old narrator and central figure of the documentary, was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, the vice-minister of agriculture in the government run by Hamas.
The row over the controversial program deepened on Monday after it was revealed that the company in London-based Hoyo films paid an eye-watery £ 400,000 to make the film.
And campaigners became furious today after one of the cameramen of the documentary was accused of placing tweets that praised the massacre of October 7.
The row over the documentary of the BBC, Gaza: How to survive a war zone ran through the streets of the capital when Anti-Hamas demonstrators arrived outside the broadcasting home in Portland Place, London
Those who are present sang 'terrorist supporters of our screens' and 'Hamas are terrorists, say the words', and accused of the company of 'delicious bias'
The row over the Gaza documentary of the BBC floor on Monday after the company was created, £ 400,000 spent on the controversial film. Abdullah al-Yazouri (photo), the 14-year-old narrator of the documentary, was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, the vice-minister of agriculture in the government run by Hamas.
A spokesperson for the charity behind London's protest, the campaign against anti -Semitism, said that it was “finally time for transparency and accountability” about “whitewashing of terrorism” of the BBC.
Gideon Falter, the Chief Executive of the campaign against anti -Semitism, leaded the crowd, led songs of 'shame, shame, shame' focused in the broadcasting home.
He added that people 'had had enough after 16 months of impartiality' where the BBC 'can mark its own homework'.
He said, “We have had enough of the BBC that preached its truth.”
Protest -participant Cheryl Kaye, from North Londs, said that the director -general Tim Davie of the company should speech the crowd.
She said, “I was shocked that he did not give this community the courtesy of a conversation.”
Annie Keen from Shenley in Hertfordshire, said that the revelations about the documentary 'feeling sick' made her.
The 71-year-old said: 'I had to be here to explain the BBC peacefully that there are ways in which they can verify information that one of our members did. It literally took him minutes to google who he was. '
The central square of the broadcaster's head office was closed off, so that demonstrators could not reach the main entrance
The huge amount was paid to Hoyo Films in London, who was behind the documentary called Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone
The BBC cameraman is said to have 'glorified' the massacre of 7 October in his new controversial documentary. Hatem Rawagh (photo) praised the terror attack and killing Israelis
While another of Mr. Rawagh's posts shared celebrations in the Omari mosque in Gaza in April 2023 after a car attack in Tel Aviv who saw an Italian tourist death and seven others were injured
The BBC was forced to give an apology and to remove the program from his IPLayer service after it appeared the son of a Hamas minister.
The decision to draw the program came after the Hamas connection was unveiled last Tuesday by an anti -Semitism researcher, David Collier.
Mrs. Keen added that anti -Semitism in society had become 'unfortunately endemic'.
She said: 'My daughter now lives in Israel. She moved in August to get away from anti -Semitism. She did not feel safe and lived in a largely Jewish area. '
Another participant said, “The BBC has lost the confidence of many Jewish people throughout the country.”
The campaign against anti -Semitism also expressed indignation about the coverage of Hamas broadcaster that handed over the remains of killed hostages, and claimed that the BBC had made omissions in its report.
Reports had not demonstrated the anti -Semitic images of Hamas of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a blood -sucking vampire and had not sufficiently reported that coffins with dead hostages were labeled 'Date of arrest: 7 October 2023', according to the campaign against anti -Semitism.
The family bond in the heart of the documentary Row was not made clear when the documentary was first broadcast on BBC 2 last Monday.
Later another child appeared in the film The daughter of a former captain at the police run by Hamas, while a third child was depicted with Hamas hunters.
The BBC did not comment on the protest when he was approached by MailOnline, but previously commented on the documentary and said: 'Gaza: how to survive a war zone important stories that we think they should be told – that of the experiences of children In Gaza.
'There have been constant questions about the program and in the light of this we perform further due diligence with the production company. The program is not available on IPLayer while this takes place. '
