The Hamas backed children's show called "Tomorrows Pioneers" has caused quite a lot of surprise in the Western World. But the cartoonish mouse singing about an AK47 should not have surprised anyone, this sort of fair has been the norm on Palestinian televisions for years. It is however quiet a difference from similar shows in the West which tend to stress interpersonal problem solving (sharing, forgiveness) and language and math skills.
Some of the more shocking dialogue has been questioned by some translators but even the unquestioned parts of the show are quiet strong warlike messages. Young humans can be some of the most dangerous do not forget it was the child soldier's of the Khmer Rouge that were involved in those killings and child soldiers that are involved in the most bloody of the African Wars today.
Most disappointing about this is that it undermines the hopes of the Palestinians themselves, they can not win a military confrontation against Israel, and to ask of the young to fight that war is to ask them to fight fruitlessly. Yet, if the Palestinians taught craftiness and not hate they would likely have their own country by now, and those of us would would have liked to have been sympathetic would feel more free to be so.
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