Hamas TV show kills militant mouse character GAZA CITY (AP) -- A Mickey Mouse lookalike who preached Islamic domination on a Hamas-affiliated children's television program was the victim of a pretend beating death in the show's final episode Friday.
The Mickey Mouse lookalike urged Palestinian children to fight Israel in the Hamas-affiliated kid's program.
In the final skit, the "Farfour" character was killed by an actor posing as an Israeli official trying to buy Farfour's land. At one point, the mouse called the Israeli a "terrorist."
"Farfour was martyred while defending his land," said Sara, the teen presenter. He was killed "by the killers of children," she added.
The weekly show, featuring a giant black-and-white rodent with a high-pitched voice, had attracted worldwide attention because the character urged Palestinian children to fight Israel. It was broadcast on Hamas-affiliated Al Aqsa TV.
Station officials said Friday that Farfour was taken off the air to make room for new programs. Station manager Mohammed Bilal said he did not know what would be shown instead.
Israeli officials have denounced the program, "Tomorrow's Pioneers," as incendiary and outrageous.
The program was also opposed by the state-run Palestinian Broadcasting Corp., which is controlled by Fatah, Hamas' rival.
5 comments:
See...why can't we have cartoons like that in the United States?
Oops...that wasn't a cartoon....well we still should have some like that..lol
Nope, he's real. And his rodent family is angry, and this will probably be the start of another war, which we'll just have to hop into.
what if we sent over some Cheese for the grieving family...do you think that would smooth things over?
No. They're pretty angry. Jihad angry.
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