When a large black-and-white mouse appears on the TV screen, the kids quickly gather around. But this is no Mickey Mouse show. It's Farfour, the lovable terror muppet. (Farfour translates as butterfly).
Farfour's comedy schtick consists mostly of pouring invective on the U.S. and Israel. He appears on a Gaza Strip children's show Tomorrow's Pioneers broadcast each Friday on Al-Aqsa TV, which is owned and operated by Hamas.
Children call in to the show, many singing Hamas anthems about fighting Israel.
"You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists," Farfour squeaked on a recent episode of the show. "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."
Watch a translated clip from the show here.
Isn't he just adorable?
Um, I thought I'd never say it, but I'm nostalgic for Barney: "I love you. You love me. We're best friends like friends should be...."
UPDATE: Farfour's show has been pulled off Hamas's television station for "review," Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said May 9. Barghouti said the use of the cartoon character in such a role represented a "mistaken approach" to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation.
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Hamas-run television defied the Palestinian government May 11 by airing Farfour's show again. Stay tuned.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Video: Cute terror muppet wows Gaza Strip kids
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I wonder if they've heard of this soap opera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7UQzkceUE
the video clip was amazing and demonstrates how little we understand of the Islamic mind.
A few years ago I was reading one of the major news magazines while in the doctor's office. I came upon a shocking photo. Everyone knows how you get your baby's picture taken. oo how cute they are! Sometimes you get to select backgrounds and even costumes. Well, the photo that caused my jaw to drop a couple feet was a photo of an adorable infant. The infant's parents had selected a costume for the little one. The costume included a fashionable vest-and the vest had adorable sticks of explosives inserted in the appropriate pockets. The photo was on the mantelpiece.
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