This text was first revealed on David-Collier.com. Reprinted with permission from the writer.
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The BBC simply aired a brand new documentary on Gaza. It was titled ‘How to Survive a Warzone’ and this is likely one of the worst Palestinian propaganda pantomimes you’ll ever get to see.
It was uncooked Hamas rubbish funded by the British public.
I had written fairly an in depth take-down, however the important thing findings have been so outrageous that I put nearly the whole lot else apart so they might not get fully misplaced. Please learn to the underside — you received’t be sorry.
The BBC’s company downside
I need to begin with the BBC’s elitist vanity. Skilled staffers in London — who converse neither Hebrew nor Arabic and know nothing concerning the battle, are used to legitimize a well-oiled Hamas propaganda machine. On this case one of many two co-producers is the filmmaker Jamie Roberts.
Jamie Roberts is so disinterested in all of it, that on the night of October 7 2023, he posted a few documentary on Ukraine.
It’s like somebody *solely* posting about an occasion in Slovakia on September 11, 2001. There’s nothing inherently improper with it — however it highlights a basic flaw with this documentary. Jamie Roberts possible has no understanding of the workings of Gaza in any respect — and is due to this fact on the mercy of the honesty and integrity of these he’s working alongside.
The preliminary BBC deceit
The opposite co-director/ producer is Yousef D. Hammash. Which brings us to the primary piece of BBC deceit. Jamie Roberts wrote a promo article, explaining how the documentary was put collectively. He explains they needed to co-direct from London as a result of worldwide journalists can not enter Gaza. This was the explanation they wanted to make use of two native cameramen (extra on them shortly).
There’s a main downside with that assertion. Yousef D. Hammash is Palestinian himself and was dwelling in Gaza till June 2024.
Hammash selected to leave Gaza and are available to the UK. The Robert’s article omits all this — and any reader would suppose that Hammash is as impartial on this situation as Roberts could also be.
The skilled Palestinian propagandist
What’s being hidden is that Hammash is a long-standing skilled Gazan propagandist. He has lately accomplished propaganda documentaries for Channel 4. Simply scroll by means of his feed on X. Almost every possible false accusation is there. This man seems to have little downside sharing non-factual content material.
Earlier than beginning with Channel 4, Hammash even labored for the Norwegian Refugee Council. The NRC gives massive funding to anti-Israel NGOs.
He’s a Palestinian activist with a digicam. How on earth did the BBC give this man the reins to provide a documentary?
The 2 Gazan cameramen
With Jamie Roberts most likely unable to do a lot however nod alongside, and the Palestinian activist in London pulling the strings — the documentary wanted cameramen in Gaza to do the legwork. The 2 they discovered have been Amjad Al Fayoumi and Ibrahim Abu Ishaiba (though the BBC skewed Ishaiba’s identify — I imagine his public profiles have him as Ebraheem Ateef).
This can be a put up from Amjad Al Fayoumi — one of many cameramen employed by the BBC and paid with by your license payment — brazenly saluting October 7.
Fayoumi additionally shared ‘resistance’ videos stuffed with terrorists, rockets, and Israeli funerals in 2021.
The dearth of originality
You’ll suppose with 1.7 million or so folks in Gaza, there can be a number of untold tales to inform. This documentary focuses on 4. Statistics would counsel these are recent faces we’ve got by no means seen. It seems that’s not the case. The BBC solely used their first names — however I tracked all of them down.
- The narrator is Abdullah Ayman Eliyazouri. His story was throughout Channel 4 in November 2023 (however underneath a unique identify — extra on that shortly).
- Zakharia Sarsak the younger boy within the hospital. His story was everywhere in the information in April 2024 (ABC News, Reuters)
- 10-year-old Renad Attallah. She has over a million followers on Instagram. Her story has been everywhere in the information for months. (CBS, Al Jazeera)
- The younger mom is Rana Salah. Her story has additionally been everywhere in the information for months. (Reuters, MSN)
It appears as if there are so few tales in Gaza, the BBC needed to borrow targets from different channels.
Not simply extraordinary Gazans
It’s fascinating that the story on Renad failed to say that her household has created quite the online business, and that fundraising for her household had so far acquired over €215,000 in donations. With common salaries about 10% of western standards- Renad is now a multi-millionaire by Gazan requirements. And again in spring 2024 when the BBC was telling everyone that Gazans have been ravenous, Renad was busy doing ‘unboxing‘ movies of worldwide help.
Not simply your extraordinary Gazan then. However minor particulars I suppose — given what comes subsequent.
The headline act
I need to deal with the younger narrator. We’re given his identify as Abdullah. You must see this Channel 4 clip from November 2023:
That is the place it will get actually fascinating. On the display screen in November 2023 Channel 4 introduce Abdullah as ‘Abdullah Abu Shamalah’. It additionally introduces us to his father. However that’s not his father and that’s not his identify. Somebody was telling Channel 4 lies.
The person within the picture offered as his father is Khalil Abushammala.
Abushammala is Director of the NGO, Al Dameer — a hard-core activist group with sturdy ties to the PFLP. We’re witnessing a pantomime directed by Gaza’s elite.
They’re genuinely household although. Right here is Khalil on FB, giving us Abdullah’s actual identify as Abdullah Ayman Eliyazouri and calling him his nephew:
It’s an fascinating video. It’s from 2022 and it reveals that Abdullah has been formed as a toddler propagandist for years. However I now had a reputation, so I went wanting in Abushammala’s timeline for any additional clues, and I discovered this put up, tying Abushammala to the ‘Eliyazouri’ clan by means of marriage:
I now had a possible father for Abdullah, and his identify is Dr. Ayman Al-Yazouri. And sure enough I discovered Abdullah on his timeline:
There are many references to his son Abdullah on his timeline (1,2,3,4). This connection had been hidden, and isn’t talked about within the documentary — most likely as a result of Dr. Ayman Al-Yazouri holds a senior government position in Gaza.
He’s the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and has held different posts in Training and planning.
Right here he’s at an event (centre) in full Hamas colors:
The naivety, stupidity and vanity of our media has lengthy been obvious. It has allowed Palestinian propagandists to show our legacy channels into silly retailers blindly spouting Hamas lies 24/7.
Here’s a post from Abdullah’s father, praising the Hamas terrorists who murdered four Israelis on 20 June 2023. Simply certainly one of many pro-terrorist messages on his timleline:
A fundamental rule of Gazan life is that this: You don’t obtain a place of energy (head of a hospital, head of something) until your clan has factional weight — and you should additionally maintain a revered place inside it. The identical is true right here.
Ibrahim al-Yazouri was a founding father of Hamas. He spent time in Egyptian and Israeli jails. One in every of his sons (Moamen) died alongside Sheikh Yassin when he was killed. On February 11 2021, Ibrahim al-Yazouri died of coronavirus.
And positive sufficient on February 11 2021, Ayman Al Yazouri posted his message of mourning:
And one other poster linked the household collectively as notables to be referenced within the mourning put up. So we may be clear Ayman Al Yazouri — and his son Abdullah — are a part of Hamas royalty:
And at last, Ayman himself — whereas the pinnacle of the household was nonetheless alive — asking for a speedy recovery for the ‘dean’ of the household — the founding father of Hamas — Ibrahim Eliyazouri.
On the funeral, somebody by the identify of Ayman Al Yazouri spoke for the family and was offered with a particular Hamas protect. There isn’t a footage — however it will be logical to imagine that the Ayman who spoke — is similar one holding a place within the Hamas authorities.
The kid of Hamas royalty was given an hour on a BBC channel to stroll round searching for sympathy and demonising Israel.
The cameramen adopted this household for months. There isn’t a manner on earth they didn’t know who this household was. What concerning the producers? On the very least the cameramen held again the Hamas ties of the star of their present. How can the BBC probably justify trusting the rest in your complete documentary?
The present hierarchy on the BBC has turned a as soon as revered state broadcaster right into a propaganda outlet for a radical Islamic terror group.
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This text was first revealed on David-Collier.com. Reprinted with permission from the writer.
