Assud the cowardly lion

Hamas' new children's TV show host is a Jew-eating bunny! This would normally be funny, in a Borat kind of way, but it's not satire. Its, um, real. Watch the video clip and let the creepiness wash over you.

When we last visited the Palestinian children's show Pioneers of Tomorrow, the star was Farfur the Mouse. He was killed by an Israeli soldier. Farfur was succeeded by Nahoul the Bee. But Nahoul got sick and died when he couldn't get to Egypt for medical attention because of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In the latest segments, Nahoul has been replaced by Assud the Bunny.

Assud and his diminutive little girl co-host chat about their willingness to be martyrs for the homeland and rid the Al-Aqsa mosque of the "filth of the Jews." Then a listener calls to ask Assud, whose name means "Lion," why he isn't called simply "Rabbit."

"Because a rabbit is not good. He's a coward. But I, Assud, will get rid of the Jews, Allah willing, and I will eat them up, Allah willing, right?"

Right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't brainwashing children to blow themselves up by killing innocent civilians fit into the "cowardly" definition somewhere?

But don't worry about the cowardly "lion." If the show follows its trajectory, Assud will die soon. That's how these uplifting Hamas scripts always end.


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