The Board of Deputies of British Jews has “acknowledged” the BBC report that the documentary “Gaza: How to survive a warzone” failed to meet the BBC’s accuracy standards, by failing to disclose that its 13-year‑old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.
The programme was pulled by the BBC while an investigation took place.
Andrew Gilbert, the board’s vice president for security, resilience and cohesion, said the Board remained concerned about why flaws in the production were not identified earlier.
In a statement released on X, he said: “Wider patterns of failure within the corporation continue to cause considerable alarm among British Jews, most recently highlighted by the Glastonbury coverage. He pledged that the Board would “continue high level engagement with BBC executives” to bring necessary urgent changes.
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