Jonathan Sacerdoti
The child featured in the BBC's Gaza documentary has now provided his view of what happened. He claims: 1) The producers paid him $1,000 2) The narration is not in his own words: “The director of the movie had guided me to the lines that I had spoken” and "the script that I have read was from the production company that had assigned me to do" 3) He recorded "more than 60 hours of footage". We must see it all released as part of the full investigation. 4) The cameraman is the one who approached him to take part. 5) Neither the BBC nor the production company spoke to him about the film being pulled from iPlayer 6) "I was a character at first, then I was the narrator" No mention of Hamas. This has never been about criticising this child personally, who is being used by Hamas, the producers, the BBC, and others. It is about the BBC's undisclosed use of a minor from a Hamas family, approached by their cameraman, in a current affairs documentary. Now the child says they have failed in their responsibilities to him, as well.