The looks of the son of Ayman Alyazouri – who has labored as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture – follows an ongoing controversy throughout the BBC.
The BBC’s chair Samir Shah informed MPs on Tuesday {that a} BBC documentary which included 13-year-old Abdullah al Yazouri was a “really, really bad moment” and “a dagger to the heart” to the organisation’s impartiality.
“Abdullah al Yazouri did categorically not appear in any documentary broadcast on Channel 4” however did seem “alongside other voices, including Israeli voices, as part of wider packaging and reporting… and in line with our principles of due impartiality,” the broadcaster mentioned.
Channel 4 mentioned no cost was made to the boy or any of his members of the family, and that, as soon as the international reporting staff grew to become conscious of the position the boy’s father held, they “took a decision not to feature him again”.
“Motion was taken to supply further context to the archived on-line copy of the stories wherein Abdullah options.
“Where context could not be added, namely to social media, the content was removed in line with standard editorial procedures.”
The broadcaster added it’s “proud of its duly impartial coverage throughout the conflict” in Gaza and “has upheld the highest editorial standards”.
RTS mentioned the broadcaster had assured it that no video materials that includes Abdullah al Yazouri was featured of their awards entries and it “had no plans to revoke the awards”.
Final week, the BBC issued an apology and eliminated the documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone from iPlayer, saying it had “identified serious flaws” within the making of the programme, which included Abdullah as narrator.
A press release from the company added {that a} full “fact-finding review” will likely be undertaken, and that it has “no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form or return it to iPlayer”.
Final week, Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy referred to as an “urgent meeting” with the company over the movie.
