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BBC showdown over Gaza film featuring Hamas minister’s son

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BBC executives will demand answers this week about how the corporation came to broadcast a Gaza documentary fronted by a boy with links to Hamas. Tim Davie, the director-general, and the rest of the board are to hold talks amid condemnation of the film, which was shown on BBC2 then pulled from iPlayer. Davie and Samir Shah, the chairman, are both said to want an explanation for the debacle, which has fuelled critics’ claims the corporation has been biased in its reporting of the conflict.

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