Monday, May 17, 2010
My kid told me this morning that her favorite shows are Wizards of Waverly Place and Scooby Do. I'm pretty sure none of the programming she watches discusses suicide in any form, let alone encourages it. Here's more chilling programming from Hamas television, courtesy of MEMRI. This is yet another example of the extraordinary enemy that Israel faces, and why many of us are not so hyper-critical of the extraordinary steps they have to take to defend themselves. If you don't understand this, you don't understand anything.
Note: The caller is from Holland: Martyrdom Indoctrination on Hamas TV Children's Show: Children all Over the World Will Become Martyrs
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2468.htm.
To view the MERMI TV page for Al-Aqsa, visit http://www.memritv.org/content/en/tv_channel_indiv.htm?id=175.
Nassur the Teddy Bear: "Dear children, when we grow up, we will become martyrs, God willing. [...]
"Yes, Saraa, the pioneers of tomorrow will liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The children, the pioneers of tomorrow, and not only in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but all over the world, my dear Saraa and dear children." [...]
"Go ahead, the audience is waiting..."
Caller: "I'm from Holland."
Nassur: "From Holland. Wow!"
Child host Saraa: "Welcome. "
Nassur: "Where in Holland, my dear?"
Saraa: "Greetings to our people in Holland. [...]
"What would you like to sing for us?"
Caller: "When We Become Martyrs."
Nassur: "Go ahead. Come on, cheer her on. Clap your hands."
Saraa: "Come on."
Nassur: "Come on."
Caller (singing): "When we get martyred we will go to Paradise.
"When we get martyred we will go to Paradise.
"No, don't say we are too small. This life has made us grown-ups.
"Without Palestine our childhood means nothing.
"Without Palestine our childhood means nothing.
"Even if they gave us all the money in the world, it won't make us forget.
"I am willing to sacrifice my blood for my country.
"Without Palestine our childhood means nothing.
"Without Palestine our childhood means nothing."
Saraa: "Thank you very much."
Nassur: "Warm applause."
