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Nora
on 2004-05-25 18:12 [#01207273]
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Palestinian kids raised for war Taught to hate, kill Jews through 'Sesame Street'-type TV show
By Jon E. Dougherty and David Kupelian © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
Heavily armed Israeli soldiers shooting at innocent Palestinian children caught in the crossfire. That is the image that has dominated international press coverage of the five-week-old wave of violence that has wracked the Middle East, during which, according to some accounts, over 40 Palestinian children have died.
With each new report of youthful casualties, the perception of something unthinkable -- that Israeli soldiers are targeting children -- is reinforced in media coverage, a great deal of which tends to favor the perceived underdog in the clashes, namely the Palestinians.
The reality is indeed unthinkable, but not in the way so neatly portrayed by sound-bite media accounts of Palestinian children being shot by Israeli soldiers. Indeed, powerful and secret forces are at work in Palestinian nurseries, preschools, entertainment venues, classrooms and summer camps - forces that shape the current and future battles between Palestinians and Israelis, indeed, make them all but inevitable. However, up until recently, this amazing story has for the most part been hidden from Western eyes.
Palestinian children are taught to hate Jews, to glorify "jihad" (holy war), violence, death and child martyrdom almost from birth, as an essential part of their culture and destiny.
As captured on an Israeli video documentary produced in 1998, a "Sesame Street"-like children's program called the "Children's Club" -- complete with puppet shows, songs, Mickey Mouse and other characters -- focused on inculcating intense hatred of Jews and a passion for engaging in and celebrating violence against them in a perpetual "jihad" until the day the Israeli flags come down from above "Palestinian land" and the Palestinian flag is raised.
Palestinian children throwing rocks at an Israeli military vehicle.
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Nora
on 2004-05-25 18:13 [#01207274]
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In one song on the "Children's Club," very young children are shown singing songs about wanting to become "suicide warriors" and to take up "a machine gun" to direct "violence, anger, anger, anger" against Israelis.
During the show, which features children aged 4-10, one young boy sings, "When I wander into Jerusalem, I will become a suicide bomber." Afterward, other children stand to call for "Jihad! Holy war to the end against the Zionist enemy."
In another segment, a boy who appears to be no more than 8 or 9 years old chants: "My patience has run out. All Arab existence cries for revenge" against the Jews in Israel.
The documentary also juxtaposes the children's programming with television news reporting, in which the news anchor - reflecting the same message the children are receiving -describes Palestinians as "noble, courageous" fighters, while describing Israel as "mean, fascist, racist, genocidal" and "Nazis."
Other "highlights" of the "Children's Club":
Groups of children are gathered together, shouting for "Jihad against Israel."
One girl, who appears to be in a Palestinian school classroom, sings of donning "battledress" to "attack the Zionists."
A small girl chants the now-familiar ditty, "When I wander into Jerusalem, I will become a suicide bomber."
An adult narrator reads material in a Palestinian school pamphlet: "I have raised my children for jihad and on the principle that they never give up on their land."
One segment depicts a small boy on the street chanting, "Revolution until victory."
Another boy is shown in class proclaiming, "We will settle our claims with stones and bullets."
In Palestinian school classrooms, the message is the same.
"It's very scary - it's a state-run educational system that teaches its children to be martyrs," said Meyrav Wurmser, Ph.D., an expert in Middle East politics who taught at the U.S. Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins. Wurmser is the author of the recently published book,
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Nora
on 2004-05-25 18:14 [#01207276]
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"Schools of Ba'athism," in which she makes a comprehensive survey and analysis of Syrian school textbooks. What she found is identical to what goes on with the Palestinians, she says.
"In the Palestinian case, what we see is the cynical use of children, who are exposed to a state-run ideology that pushes them to their death, in the name of Palestinian nationalism," she says. "Children are taught to idealize death, to view it as a positive. In many cases, they are told that death is not death at all, but rather the beginning of a new life."
Wurmser is currently the executive director of The Middle East Media & Research Institute, or MEMRI, and has published extensively on the Middle East and Arab and Israeli politics.
How can children be sold on dying in battle?
"The state threatens children if they're not willing to commit jihad," says Wurmser, "and tells them they will be punished by God if they do not commit jihad. If they do commit jihad, they and their families will be benefited by the state. [Their families] are promised major financial benefits if they kill themselves in suicide attacks against Israel."
To get over the fear, explained Wurmser, "they are told by their teachers that they're not going to die at all. There is definitely an element of denial they are exposed to."
This is not to say that some parents won't object to having their children converted to terrorists, says Wurmser, "but in the more religious families, there is no sense of sorrow. We see Palestinian mothers who have lost children - especially parents from very fundamentalist Muslim backgrounds -- who are not upset at all, but who say their sons have brought great honor to their families." This is typical, she says, of "radical national Arab regimes who have adopted the Islamic line."
This shocking assessment was bolstered in an Oct. 27 Jerusalem Post editorial, in which writer Gerald M. Steinberg provided details of statements made by Palestinians to reporters after their children had be
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Nora
on 2004-05-25 18:16 [#01207278]
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en killed in fighting.
"Interviewed by journalists after [recent] tragedies, some of the parents of these young victims refer to their children as shaheeds (martyrs), whose lives were given willingly and proudly to the Palestinian cause in fighting the hated Zionist enemy," Steinberg said.
Palestinian man teaching children how to fire M-16 automatic assault rifles.
"In an unbelievably shocking scene, one mother boasted that she bore her son precisely for this purpose, and the father proudly claimed credit for providing the training. The parents will also receive a sizeable financial 'reward' from the Palestinian Authority," he said.
"For a people who count Abraham (or Ibrahim) among their ancestors, this willful child sacrifice violates the fundamental tenets of morality and ethics," said Steinberg. "The message of Abraham's non-sacrifice of Isaac was, and remains first and foremost, the absolute rejection of such practices."
Middle East sources consulted by WorldNetDaily said the "Children's Club" is no longer being produced, but that other programs with similar messages and themes have taken its place.
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-05-25 18:16 [#01207279]
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Oh you can fuck right off...stop posting completely biased news story which align completely with US governmental view point and foreign policy. They lack any sort of objectivity or balance and read as nothing more than poorly written propaganda.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2004-05-25 18:17 [#01207280]
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"Palestinian children throwing rocks at an Israeli military vehicle."
omg!
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k_maty
on 2004-05-25 18:19 [#01207281]
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damn, that was funny.
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wimp
on 2004-05-25 18:20 [#01207284]
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Thems aren't just any ordinary rocks...
...thems be "throwing" rocks.
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2004-05-25 18:20 [#01207286]
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It's almost certainly true.
LAZY_TITLE
Don't miss the Al Shatat and Blood Libel videos. This is what Arabs are taught about Jews.
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Nora
on 2004-05-25 18:20 [#01207288]
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ecnadniarb the great thing about freedom is the ability to express oneself. if you want to stick your head in your own ass, fine by me.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-25 18:21 [#01207292]
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that seems to be your thing, the sticking of heads up asseseses.
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2004-05-25 18:22 [#01207294]
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Oh yeah, and the women's magazine show is a hoot.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-25 18:23 [#01207296]
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ha ha nice umbrella! :D
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-05-25 18:25 [#01207299]
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I'm not saying that there isn't a problem...but flying of gunships and the use of heavily armoured land vehicles isn't exactly teaching Jewish kids to be tollerant and loving towards Palestinians is it.
It's a fucked up situation, but completely biased news coverage compounds the problem.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:25 [#01207300]
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Hello, McFly, for the 3rd time now:
"im so sick of you. im no longer discussing these issues with
you because either a. you are completely retarded, and its a
waste of my time, or b. you are just being a dick, trying to
cause arguements.
I really hope its b, because I find it hard that there is someone so stupid as you."
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2004-05-25 18:25 [#01207303]
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Oh well now, it's just something I threw on.
:: blush ::
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:27 [#01207306]
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the trend is looking towards a, though
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JivverDicker
from my house on 2004-05-25 18:29 [#01207309]
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he's a boring tit that keeps copying and pasting polemic half truthes.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-25 18:33 [#01207314]
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he's a boring tit that keeps copying and pasting polemic half truthes.
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wimp
on 2004-05-25 18:36 [#01207319]
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Man, those videos....man....I hate Jews now. Allah Akhbar!
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epohs
from )C: on 2004-05-25 18:37 [#01207321]
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no wonder people hate us.
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k_maty
on 2004-05-25 18:38 [#01207323]
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ha ha
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:39 [#01207327]
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ecnadniarb,
Sadly, your post is .... well, quite uninformed. As you obviously don't know why Nora made this thread........
Zeus,
You can keep pasting that line of text all you want. Apparently, Nora is really getting you quite worked up.
Stop getting all hicky picky about a stupid thread, sheesh. Arguements are for educational purposes only. As you and I know, that none of us will be able to change what is going on.
(now its my time to post a stupid sentence):
All your talks about what you beleive; I find it hard to ever see yourself coming to a conclusion that is actually worth FIGHTING for.
Good day, sir.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:40 [#01207329]
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*that you yourself would actually fight for.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:43 [#01207336]
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no... or else id keep getting sucked into the debates. i told him im tired of wasting my time, he cant take a hint.
the only response he will get from me on these issues will be that copy and paste message, until he gets the fucking hint.
not many things are worth FIGHTING for. There are many alternate solutions. MANY. Fighting is a last option, and we have hardly gone through all options.
Good day to you too.
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wimp
on 2004-05-25 18:43 [#01207337]
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I would fight....for the right.....to paaaaaaarrrty.
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b0nk
from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:43 [#01207338]
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it is fact that palestinians children are taught to hate jews. to say that is a bias opinion from the american media is false as well because the american media doesn't report that, if you look at a lot of liberal media outlets they are just as anti israeli. ofcourse most people will deny that
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:54 [#01207365]
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You are denying your greatest human instinct, Zeus.
I appreciate and admire your "fight" to not fight, but sadly...it will not last.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-05-25 18:57 [#01207375]
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may the force be with you..
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-05-25 18:57 [#01207376]
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greatest human instinct.
ok, we've now reached the same point as nora. elusive, I think you are a swell guy, but we just differ so greatly on matters like this, I would rather not talk about it any more.
It will lead us no where. Lets keep it to music?
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wimp
on 2004-05-25 18:58 [#01207377]
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Elusive's last post should be followed by a sinister cackle.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 20:25 [#01207527]
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sorry, I cannot resist the deepest of urges.
all things come down to fists.
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dog_belch
from Netherlands, The on 2004-05-25 20:31 [#01207530]
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Personally i can't come being fisted, but whatever.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 20:33 [#01207531]
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Not literally.....of course
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 20:33 [#01207532]
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guess i should have mentioned that.
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3051
from Vietnam on 2004-05-25 20:34 [#01207533]
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So many mistakes so far!
I hope that some sigma does not make one.
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Taffmonster
from dog_belch (Japan) on 2004-05-25 20:49 [#01207540]
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nora what a cunt aye?
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2004-05-25 20:55 [#01207544]
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yar! stirrin up some trubbbble
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