Hamas TV pulls children`s program with Mickey Mouse-like character advocating violence

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' television station for review, the Palestinian information minister said Wednesday.

Mustafa 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-Aqsa TV and placed under review.

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They should have used Donald Duck whose Type-A personality would have been more appropriate.

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Hamas's television station defied the Palestinian government on Friday by airing a show featuring a Mickey Mouse look-alike that urges children to support armed resistance against Israel.

Called "Tomorrow's Pioneers", the show that airs weekly on Hamas's Al-Aqsa Television features a character named "Farfur", an actor dressed in a full body-suit that resembles Walt Disney's famous cartoon character.

Following complaints by Israeli watchdog groups that triggered international scrutiny, Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouthi said he asked Al-Aqsa to stop the broadcasts so the content could be reviewed.

Despite Barghouthi's call, "Tomorrow's Pioneers" went on the air as usual on Friday.

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