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UK Lawyers Report BBC to Counterterrorism Police for Possible Payments to Hamas

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist shakes hands with a child as they stand guard as people gather on the day of the handover of Israeli hostages, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

An organization of lawyers who support Israel in the United Kingdom has reported the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and two film producers from a London-based production company to counterterrorism police for possible terrorism offenses, which include allegedly giving money to the family of a senior Hamas official.

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) announced on Monday that it submitted the reports in connection to the documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone,” which the BBC screened on Feb. 17 and produced alongside Hoyo Films. It was recently revealed that the film’s Palestinian narrator, 14-year-old Abdullah Al-Yazouri, is the son of Hamas Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. Ayman Al-Yazouri. The BBC admitted last week that Hoyo Films made licensing fee payments to the family of the film’s narrator, knowing that he was the son of a Hamas official.

“It is amazing that the BBC thought it could treat anti-terrorism legislation with such disdain and ignore its obligations to report its suspicions to the police,” said UKLFI Director Caroline Turner in a released statement. “Not only did the BBC fail to carry out its own investigations into the family connections of the child, as it has admitted in its statement, it also failed to inform the police of its suspicions, and allow the police to investigate, as it was obliged to do.”

A spokesperson for BBC said Hoyo Films failed to tell the corporation in advance about Abdullah’s family connection to Hamas, even though the BBC asked “a number of times” about any potential ties the child narrator and his family might have with the US- and UK-designated terrorist organization. Investigative journalist David Collier discovered that the younger Al-Yazouri and his father are also related to Hamas founder Ibrahim Al-Yazouri.

“During the production process, the independent production company was asked in writing a number of times by the BBC about any potential connections he and his family might have with Hamas,” the BBC said. “Since transmission, they have acknowledged that they knew that the boy’s father was a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas government; they have also acknowledged that they never told the BBC this fact. It was then the BBC’s own failing that we did not uncover that fact and the documentary was aired.”

UKLFI noted that because the BBC asked Hoyo Films repeatedly about any potential ties the film’s narrator had to Hamas, “it was clear that the BBC had suspicions that its money may be used for funding terrorism.” What that in mind, the British association of lawyers reported the BBC to counterterrorism police for “being concerned or entering into an arrangement whereby money is made available to another, and they have reasonable concerns that it will be or may be used for the purposes of terrorism,” which is an offense according to the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000.

UKLFI also reported BBC for a second offense.

“If a person believes or suspects another person has committed an offence of entering an arrangement to pay money which may be used for terrorism, in the course of their business, they have a duty to disclose this to the police according to Section 19 of the Terrorism Act of 2000,” UKLFI explained. “It is an offence not to disclose it. Since it is unlikely that the BBC reported their suspicions to the police, UKLFI has also reported the BBC for this Section 19 offence.”

Turner said the BBC “has either been duped by the Hamas propaganda machine or has co-operated with it – or both.”

“We hope that if the BBC is found to have breached counter-terrorism law, the police will treat the BB’’s executives like any other criminal, and will prosecute it accordingly,” she added.

UKFLI also reported the documentary’s two film producers from Hoyo Films to counterterrorism police for possible terrorism offenses and for violating the UK’s Fraud Act of 2006. The producers are being accused of fraud for false representation and “by failing to disclose information to another person where there is a legal duty to disclose the information.”

The post UK Lawyers Report BBC to Counterterrorism Police for Possible Payments to Hamas first appeared on Algemeiner.com.

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Trump Hosts Qatari Prime Minister After Israeli Attack in Doha

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.

Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict. The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.

Trump expressed annoyance about the strike in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assure the Qataris that such attacks would not happen again.

Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani were joined by a top Trump adviser, US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

“Great dinner with POTUS. Just ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamah Al-Muftah, said on X.

The White House confirmed the dinner had taken place but offered no details.

The session followed an hour-long meeting that al-Thani had at the White House on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A source briefed on the meeting said they discussed Qatar’s future as a mediator in the region and defense cooperation in the wake of the Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha.

Trump said he was unhappy with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral action that did not advance US or Israeli interests.

Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been a main mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.

Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for trying to sabotage chances for peace but said Qatar would not be deterred from its role as mediator.

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Trump Urges NATO Countries to Halt Russian Oil Purchases

US President Donald Trump gestures during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Aug. 26, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Ernst via Reuters Connect

i24 NewsUS President Donald Trump issued a letter to NATO nations on Saturday, impressing upon them to stop purchasing Russian oil and impose major sanctions on the regime of Vladimir Putin to end its war in Ukraine.

“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA. As you know, NATO’S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia,” the message read.

“Anyway, I am ready to ‘go’ when you are. Just say when? I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR. China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip.”

Trump’s post comes after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, widely perceived an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally. Poland intercepted the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incident and Russia’s motives by saying it “could have been a mistake.”

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Netanyahu Says Getting Rid of Hamas Chiefs in Qatar Would Remove Main Obstacle to Gaza Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the US Independence Day reception, known as the annual “Fourth of July” celebration, hosted by Newsmax, in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that getting rid of Hamas chiefs living in Qatar would remove the main obstacle to releasing all hostages and ending the war in Gaza.

Israel on Tuesday targeted the Hamas leadership in Doha.

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