BBC Gets SHREDDED In ANOTHER Israel Bias Scandal!

Right, so the BBC, for a change did something good, something truly brilliant. They actually made the decision to shine a light on the suffering of the people of Gaza, from the perspective of the kids there, living through the atrocities being meted out on them by Israel in response to the events of October 7th 2023, the hostages taken by Hamas and the to say the least excessive response by Israel in retaliation for that a documentary called Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone. God forbid a negative light be shone on Israel in the UK though, because the Israel Lobby has too much power, too much influence and that pervades the BBC as much as the government with it’s bought and paid for Zionist figures, not least of which there is Keir Starmer himself, but also all manner of overly vocal and overly platformed pro Israel organisations and individuals, which when combined with their frankly sickening beliefs means they can exert sufficient pressure on the BBC to pull any content they don’t like, even when it is Gazan children talking of their very real and lived experiences, undermining the BBC’s ability to be impartial, when bias is demanded of it instead. The problem for these pathetic and depraved people though, is that the justification for this move has turned out to be particularly weak one and it’s been blasted apart. If the BBC don’t restore the program to their streaming service though, the further damage to their reputation this will no doubt cause will be no less deserved though.
Right, so picture the scene folks: a documentary that humanises the suffering of children in Gaza, a tale told from the perspective of four of them, a rare glimpse into the lives of those living under the constant shadow of the genocide being heaped upon them by Israel who no more care if they live or die and more than those actually involved in Hamas. Now imagine that documentary being pulled from a major streaming platform after pressure from not just pro-Israel groups, but in all likelihood from within the BBC as well. Sadly we don’t need to imagine this of course, because it is exactly what the BBC have gone ahead and done, the words of kids of what it is like to live under Israeli atrocity, too scary and too on point for some, out of the mouths of babes and all of that. This is exactly what has happened with the BBC’s decision to remove Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from its iPlayer streaming service. But there has been fallout of course, not just for the BBC in their rush to pull it, saying how high when the Israel Lobby said jump, but for those making the accusations, the basis for their complaints so weak, it hasn’t taken much effort to pull apart and expose that these people are so sick in the head, so twisted and messed up, that even Palestinian children scare them, so I’m not sure whether to be disgusted or pity these miserable creatures who’s own sense of safety appears to hinge completely on the wiping out of an entire people.
The film, which focuses on the lives of children in Gaza, was removed after pressure from pro-Israel groups who falsely claimed it was ‘pro-Hamas’, that is the claim and yet the documentary isn’t about Hamas at all, but living in fear as Israel razes your land, destroys your homes, displaces you and has you fleeing for your lives, death and destruction all around you, your world essentially ending and examining the perspective of that from the eyes of children growing up and living through this. It’s about the human cost of war. It’s about children. And yet, the BBC still caved to the pressure. It doesn’t say very much about their commitment to balanced and unbiased reporting does it?
The documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, follows the lives of children living in one of the most densely populated and conflict-ridden places on Earth. It doesn’t shy away from the harsh realities whatsoever it is an excellent piece, clearly too good for it’s own good, covering life for kids amidst the bombings, the loss, and the daily struggle to survive. But according to the pathetic reprobates that make up groups like the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which inflated the Labour antisemitism crisis to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who claim to represent all British Jewry despite very much not doing so at all, another pro Israel organisation as they are and certainly a great many British Jews are as appalled if not more so at the actions of Israel, all done as the Zionist state claims in the name of their religion, the documentary was ‘biased’ and ‘pro-Hamas.’
Joining them in the outrage are some 45 Jewish British journalists and media figures, not to mention the Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely, who’s expulsion from the UK is now some 15 months overdue and who’s ongoing presence here is frankly a source of shame for many of us in the UK.
Their reason for coming to this conclusion is as weak as it comes though and perhaps given much of it has come from David Collier of the ratbag group of self appointed antisemitism hunters GnasherJew, this might bot be a huge surprise.
Groups like the BoD and Labour Against Antisemitism and others have a long history of defending Israeli government actions, even when those actions are widely condemned by human rights organizations. For instance, during the 2021 Gaza conflict, these groups were quick to justify Israeli airstrikes that killed hundreds of civilians, including children. So, when they claim the documentary is ‘biased,’ we have to ask biased against whom? Or more accurately, biased against what narrative? Just the one you spend an unhealthy amount of time pushing and obsessing over yourselves?
The allegation is that the main child narrator of the documentary is the son of Dr Ayman Al-Yazouri, who is the Deputy Agriculture Minister in Gaza, the Gazan government consisting of the political wing of Hamas as that does, but that is enough for Al-Yazouri to have been identified in the letter of complaint sent to the BBC as a ‘terrorist leader.’ If Collier and anyone else who researched this hitjob to present to the BBC were half as good at researching as they think they are though, they’d discover a lot more about Al-Yazouri, but given the main media are ignoring the additional information that has come to light concerning this minister, I suppose they didn’t really have to, when both sides of the story simply don’t get reported.
Al Yazouri, is basically a technocrat with a background in science, not politics and was appointed by Hamas to this role, to help run the Gaza Strip, rather than being an actual member of Hamas, this goes for all bureaucrats and civil servants and ministers in Gaza, just as the same goes in the West Bank, where in that case the Palestinian Authority appoint them, but they are not necessarily members of the PA either.
If proper research a dude diligence were done, then the BBC would have discovered that Al-Yazouri used to be a science teacher in Dubai. He came to the UK to gain a Masters in Analytical Chemistry at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. He then went on to do his PhD in environmental analytical chemistry at the University of Huddersfield. He’s an educated man and a man of science, he went on to write textbooks for education curriculum in the United Arab Emirates and it was his work in education that saw him offered the post of an assistant deputy minister of education in 2011 in Gaza. He is now Deputy Agriculture Minister in Gaza, where no doubt his PhD comes in handy as his work sees him supporting agricultural activities in areas of crops cultivation, livestock and fishing. I mean it is just terrifying stuff isn’t it?
But here’s the thing: the documentary doesn’t focus on him, he’s not even part if it, it focuses on his son, a child who, like all children in the Gaza Strip, has no say in the political affiliations of their parents and no control over their own lives as is the case with Gazans of all ages because they live under brutal occupation, the critics and those attacking this program very much on the side of the occupiers and the genocidaires. To claim that this documentary is ‘pro-Hamas’ because of this connection is not only disingenuous, it’s a deliberate attempt to silence Palestinian voices.
It is yet another in a long line of stories concerning BBC bias and how more and more people are finding themselves unable to trust anything the BBC say. The BBC has long been criticied for its disproportionate platforming of Zionist voices over Palestinian ones and amongst the critics of this program are figures such as former BBC governor Ruth Deech and the former head of BBC television Danny Cohen who – naturally ran to a rag like the Daily Fail to proclaim:
‘The BBC appears to have given an hour of prime-time coverage to the son of a senior member of the Hamas terrorist group.
Either they were not aware of the terrorist links because they did not carry out the most basic journalistic checks or the BBC did know and misled audiences about the family's deep involvement with terrorism.’
Yes because being responsible for crop rotation and fishing rods are terrorism aren’t they Danny you utter balloon!
A 2024 report by Jacobin magazine highlighted that the BBC consistently frames the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through an Israeli lens, often presenting Israeli government claims as fact while scrutinizing Palestinian narratives. For example, BBC presenter Samantha Simmonds has been called out for repeating Israeli claims without question, while Palestinian perspectives are often sidelined or dismissed. She, incidentally, used to be a member of a Zionist youth movement, so well done on the impartiality once again BBC!
The BBC’s decision to pull this documentary is another in a long line of abject failures. Failure to stand up to pressure, failure to uphold journalistic integrity and a failure to give a platform to voices that are too often silenced. By caving to these demands, the BBC is sending a clear message that Palestinian suffering is less important, less newsworthy, and less deserving of empathy than Israeli suffering, even though Israel are imposing the suffering on these people.
But people are pushing back. Social media is flooded with calls for the BBC to reinstate the documentary. Activists, journalists, and everyday viewers are demanding accountability. And of course we can all join in on this point as well. Share this video for one, keep talking about this issue, write to the BBC letting them know that silencing Palestinian voices, especially the voices of children is not acceptable.
The BBC’s decision to pull Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is more than just a bad editorial choice it’s a symptom of a larger problem within the BBC and in the wider mainstream media. It’s about who gets to tell their story and who gets silenced. It’s about whose suffering matters and whose doesn’t. And it’s about holding powerful institutions accountable when they fail to do the right thing.
This is just the latest in a long line of Israel bias scandals the BBC has found itself embroiled in, each and every time it does more damage to them than the last, impartiality gone out of the window and here’s another example of that in recent months that you might not have heard about as your recommended next watch. Please do hit like, share and subscribe if you haven’t already before you go so as to ensure you don’t miss out on all new daily content and help support the channel at the same time which is massively appreciated and I’ll hopefully catch you on the next vid. Cheers folks.