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| Hamas TV drops militant Mickey Mouse |
| 2007-05-10 |
| A program using a Mickey Mouse-like character to urge Palestinian children to fight Israel and the West and work for world Islamic domination has been pulled off Hamas's television station for "review," Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said Wednesday. Barghouti said the use of the cartoon character in such a role represented a "mistaken approach" to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation. Barghouti wrote that following a request from his ministry, the program was pulled from the Hamas-affiliated Al Aksa TV and "placed under review." In the statement, Barghouti said his ministry "would continue to ensure freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but that media outlets breaking the law would be penalized." Barghouti complained that the Mickey Mouse story continued to receive attention by "some American television stations" after it was resolved, and that media did not broadcast video of Israeli human rights violations supplied by his ministry in recent weeks. Israel has long complained that the Palestinian airwaves are filled with incitement. "You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists," the cartoon character squeaked on a recent episode of the show, which is titled "Tomorrow's Pioneers." "We will return the Islamic community to its former greatness, and liberate Jerusalem, God willing, liberate Iraq, God willing, and liberate all the countries of the Muslims invaded by the murderers." Children call in to the show, many singing Hamas anthems about fighting Israel. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 These islamists are absolutely insane. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-05-10 18:29 |
| #14 ..Over at LGF, one of the comments was: "...Now it's time to say good-bye to all the mujhadeeen..." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-05-10 13:31 |
| #13 Gentlemen...unleash the lawyers. |
| Posted by: The Ghost of Walt Disney 2007-05-10 12:48 |
| #12 Oh, and guess what guys. Paleos lied. The program will still run. RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Hamas-run television channel has defied a Palestinian government request to axe a controversial children’s cartoon in which a Mickey Mouse look-alike urges resistance against Israel. A senior official working for Al Aqsa (Jerusalem) television in the Gaza Strip said that the program - “Tomorrow’s Pioneers” - would air as normal this Friday in defiance of information minister Mustafa Barghouti. “The program will continue and it will be broadcast tomorrow at 4.00 pm [1300 GMT]. Mustafa Barghouti misunderstood the issue,” said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. Earlier, the information ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah said: “A politically-oriented children’s television program was withdrawn by the Al Aqsa TV station today following a request by the ministry of information.” |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-05-10 12:47 |
| #11 Wait till you see the new rewrite of SPIDERMAN by Haled Mashaal. Its known as SPIDERMUSULMAN in which the hero wears a turban hangs head down from the cieling(facing Mecca five times a day) and eats jewish babies for breakfast, after erecting the chalifa in NYC |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2007-05-10 12:33 |
| #10 Barghouti: "Idiots! Western countries won't help fund extermination of the Jews if you're this obvious about it!!" |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2007-05-10 12:20 |
| #9 It's so unfair when the world watches what we do. |
| Posted by: Hamas and Fatah 2007-05-10 11:57 |
| #8 Bethlehem - Gaza - Ma'an - Palestinian Information Minister Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi has played down the reaction to the news that his ministry has banned the broadcasting of a children's program on Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV because it conveys political messages. Barghouthi said in conversation with Ma'an that Al-Aqsa TV stopped broadcasting the program itself after they reviewed the program in regards to its message. Barghouthi also denied issuing an order to end the program. He stressed the need to be cautious when making children's programs so that these programs would not be exploited by bodies that monitor these programs in order to incite international public opinion against the Palestinian people and harm the Palestinian cause. In other words, boys...we know you mean well, but don't get caught. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-10 09:44 |
| #7 DMFD has it right. Rip off Disney and their lawyers will chew the meat off your dead bones. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-10 09:23 |
| #6 'Twas always thus... shine a bright light in the room, and watch the roaches skittering across the floor, running for cover. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2007-05-10 07:36 |
| #5 Jon Stewart of The Daily Show (Comedy Central) showed as clip of the show last night, with a charming little girl reciting a poem about devoting her life to martyrdom and killing Jews. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-10 07:15 |
| #4 The whole idea is perverted in so many ways that it is hard to comment. DG |
| Posted by: trenchsol 2007-05-10 06:39 |
| #3 BIGNEWSNETWORK > BOSTON HERALD > HAMAS' JIHAD MICKEY CALLS FOR MUSLIM WORLD DOMINATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-05-10 03:07 |
| #2 Wait until they find out who Israel's Lawyer REALLY is..... |
| Posted by: newc 2007-05-10 00:17 |
| #1 Shooting rockets at Israel is one thing. Messing with Disney lawyers is something else altogether. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-05-10 00:12 |