Hamas to kids: Shoot all Jews
Hamas to kids: Shoot all the Jews by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Child host (Rawan): "Tulin, why do you want to be a police officer? Like who?" Girl (Tulin): "Like my uncle." ... Child host: "OK, so what does a policeman do?" Nahul (adult in giant bee costume): "He catches thieves, and people who make trouble." Child host: "And shoots Jews. Right?" Girl: "Yes." Child host: "You want to be like him?" [Girl nods] Child host: "Allah willing, when you grow up." Girl: "So that I can shoot Jews." [Nahul the bee cheers] Child host: "All of them? All of them?" Girl: "Yes." Child host: "Good." [Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), May 2, 2014] Click to viewEarlier in the segment, which taught children about "neighbors' rights", Nahul, an adult in a giant bee costume, told children to take stones and "smash" "the Jewish neighbors." Palestinian Media Watch has documented the hate messages on this Hamas TV children's program in the past, all presented by sweet puppets. The following is a longer excerpt of the recent broadcast encouraging children to "shoot all the Jews": Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas) program Tomorrow's Pioneers on neighbors' rights. Phone conversation between Nahul the bee and Qais, a boy from Jenin (West Bank). Nahul the bee, (adult in a giant bee costume): "Listen my friend. Are there Jews where you are?" Boy (Qais): "No. Not at the moment." Nahul: "I heard they come to you every day." Boy: "Yes, but not now." Nahul: "Listen, friend; do like this with your hands [makes fists], and when they come to you, punch them; make their face red like a tomato." Boy: "Allah willing, so that we can liberate Palestine." Nahul: "Allah willing." ... [Nahul talks to TV host, young girl named Rawan] Nahul: "My friend Qais - anyway, Rawan, I tell him to take a stone, and when the Jews come, to take it and throw it at them." Child host (Rawan): "Of course, the Jewish neighbors." Nahul: "To smash them." Child host: "If his neighbors are Jews or Zionists? Yes." ... [Child host Rawan talks to Tulin, a girl in the studio.] Child host Rawan: "Tulin, why do you want to be a police officer? Like who?" Girl Tulin: "Like my uncle." Child host: "Which uncle?" Girl: "Ahmed." Child host: "Is he a policeman?" [Girl nods] Child host: "OK, so what does a policeman do?" Nahul (adult in giant bee costume): "He catches thieves, and people who make trouble." Child host: "And shoots Jews. Right?" Girl: "Yes." Child host: "You want to be like him?" [Girl nods] Child host: "Allah willing, when you grow up." Girl: "So that I can shoot Jews." [Nahul the bee cheers] Child host: "All of them? All of them?" Girl: "Yes." Child host: "Good." [Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), May 2, 2014] |