Rupert Lowe, right, says he does not care what Gary Lineker thinks about Gaza (Image: Getty)
A MP took aim at in a row over a controversial Gaza documentary.
The football pundit was among 500 media figures who signed a letter condemning the broadcaster for removing the programme from iPlayer.
The took the film down after it emerged that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister.
In a post on X, Reform MP Rupert Lowe said: “I simply do not care about s opinion on Gaza.
“The days of self-righteous actors and presenters having any real influence are thankfully over.
“Anything useful these ‘media figures’ know about the Middle East is restricted to the hummus section in Waitrose.”
I simply do not care about Gary Lineker’s opinion on Gaza.The days of self-righteous actors and presenters having any real influence are thankfully over.Anything useful these ‘media figures’ know about the Middle East is restricted to the hummus section in Waitrose.
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10)
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The corporation apologised last week after it was discovered the child narrator was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, who has worked as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.
The had added a disclaimer to the programme and has since removed it from its online catch-up service.
In an open letter addressed to the s director-general Tim Davie, chairman Samir Shah and chief content officer Charlotte Moore, hundreds of TV and film professionals including Lineker criticised the decision to take down the documentary as “politically motivated censorship”.
The letter read: “This film is an essential piece of journalism, offering an all-too-rare perspective on the lived experiences of Palestinian children living in unimaginable circumstances, which amplifies voices so often silenced.”
The letter says Mr Al-Yazouri “served as Gaza’s deputy minister of agriculture, a civil service role concerned with food production”.
It continues: “Conflating such governance roles in Gaza with terrorism is both factually incorrect and dehumanising.
“This broad-brush rhetoric assumes that Palestinians holding administrative roles are inherently complicit in violence – a racist trope that denies individuals their humanity and right to share their lived experiences.”
Of his son, Abdullah, the letter added: “Children must not be held responsible for the actions of adults, and weaponising family associations to discredit a child’s testimony is both unethical and dangerous.”
The letter, published in full on the Artists for Palestine UK website, continued: “As industry professionals who craft stories for the British public, including for the , we condemn the weaponisation of a child’s identity and the racist insinuation that Palestinian narratives must be scrutinised through a lens of suspicion.
“We urge you to reject these tactics, protect vulnerable voices, and reaffirm your commitment to stories that hold power to account.”
Further accusations have been made about Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, such as claims that other children were pictured with the militant group Hamas.
The said earlier this week the film “features important stories we think should be told – those of the experiences of children in Gaza”.
However, it said the documentary would not be available on iPlayer while the broadcaster conducted “further due diligence with the production company”.