Thoughts and opinions from the Rocky Mountains
Hamas is continuing to promote a peaceful two-state solution brainwash children into fighting Israel via their television children’s programming. Now they’re using puppets:
Never mind the gas and food shortages caused by Hamas, Israel is still the bad guy.
HT: Israel Matzav
HT: Jihad Watch
Being that this is an Al Jazeera report, it’s obviously slanted in favor of Hamas. Keep that in mind while viewing.
That being said, I constantly find myself amazed at how evil Tomorrow’s Pioneers is, and it keeps getting worse! Those poor kids in Gaza have little hope of escaping indoctrination.
HT: Israel Matzav
LiveLeak has reposted the controversial 15 minute video Fitna, with the following message at the top of the page:
On the 28th of March LiveLeak.com was left with no other choice but to remove the film “fitna” from our servers following serious threats to our staff and their families. Since that time we have worked constantly on upgrading all security measures thus offering better protection for our staff and families. With these measures in place we have decided to once more make this video live on our site. We will not be pressured into censoring material which is legal and within our rules. We apologise for the removal and the delay in getting it back, but when you run a website you don’t consider that some people would be insecure enough to threaten our lives simply because they do not like the content of a video we neither produced nor endorsed but merely hosted.
If that ain’t inspiring, I don’t know what is!
I’m still not sure how effective this will be, but I figure I can at least post the videos:
note: both are labeled “not suitable for minors” due to graphic pictures, so view at your own risk.
By Adi Schwartz
A report presented to a French court last week by an independent ballistics expert maintains that the death of Mohammed al-Dura, a Palestinian child seen being shot in the Gaza Strip during the first days of the intifada in September 2000, could not have been the result of Israeli gunfire, corroborating claims that the shocking footage was doctored.
Article Continues… (Haaretz)
While it’s nice for the truth to come out, this is all happening 8 years too late. Al-Dura’s death fueled an entire intifada, and that can’t exactly be undone. Ever.
HT: Israpundit
Middle East and Media Expert Tom Gross Re-examines the original coverage of the famous incident in light of questions that emerged over the past seven years.
By Aaron Klein
JAFFA, Israel — Mideast terrorist leaders today thanked actress Sharon Stone for claiming to Arab media the U.S. used the Sept. 11 attacks as “pretext” for launching wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The terrorists stated Stone’s remarks, published this week in Arabic, reinforce their views that current U.S. foreign policy is leading America toward destruction.
Article Continues… (WND)
Which is why she should stick to acting.
I mentioned it yesterday, but Pioneers of Tomorrow, a children’s program on Hamas-run Gaza television has killed off another character. MEMRI has the clip, and the Elder of Ziyon has posted it to YouTube:
Click here (MEMRI TV)
I don’t know about anyone else, but this little girl unnerves me!
UPDATE: The good folks at MEMRI have also posted this to YouTube:
View this video over at MEMRI TV.
A little somethin’ from Palestinian Media Watch:
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara CrookA music video depicting a Shahid (Martyr for Allah) being greeted in Paradise by the Dark Eyed Maidens (Virgins) has returned to Palestinian Authority (PA) television. The return of this of Shahada (Death for Allah) promotion comes at a time the PA leadership may be interested in increasing the motivation of its fighters. The PA fears an Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip in response to the continuous firing of rockets at Israeli cities.
The clip portrays a woman being shot in the back by Israeli soldiers. She is immediately transported to Paradise, where she joins other Maidens wearing identical long white gowns, all joyously dancing, waiting to marry their Shahid. The next scenes depict her male friend visiting her grave, after which he is also shot by Israeli soldiers. His Shahada- Death for Allah is immediately rewarded, and he is transported to heaven, where all the “Maidens” — including his lover — turn to greet him.
This is one of the longest-running music videos on PA TV. It was broadcast incessantly for years, often several times a day during the PA terror war (2000-2005) and returned for a month in September 2006. This recurring image of the Martyr being rewarded by receiving the Maidens was part of the multifaceted PA campaign glorifying and encouraging terror, and promoting suicide terror as idyllic Shahada (Martyrdom for Allah).
After an absence of more than a year, PA TV has been broadcasting this video clip regularly for the past month. It is possible that PA TV is attempting to increase the motivation for battle, and especially death in battle, among its men should a ground war develop in the Gaza Strip.
The belief that man is rewarded with beautiful women in Paradise is based on Islamic traditions in the Quran [Suras 42, 44, 52, 56, and others] and the Hadith (traditions attributed to Muhammad), and is expressed regularly in many parts of PA society..
Click on the following 5 links to see expressions of this reward:
1 – Mothers who celebrate terrorist sons’ deaths as weddings
Mother: “We do not encourage our sons to die. We encourage them to Shahada for the homeland, for Allah. We don’t say to the mothers of the shahids, ‘We have come to comfort you,’ but ‘We have come to bless you on the wedding of your son, on the Shahada of your son. Congratulations to you on the Shahada…’ For us, the mourning is joyous. We give out drinks, we give out sweets. Praise to God – the mourning is a joyous occasion.” [PA TV, November 17, 2004
Q. Had you succeeded in [your suicide] mission, what would have been your reward?
A. The reward was from Allah, in Paradise. The female Martyrdom-seeker becomes one of the Dark-Eyed Maidens, and she marries one of the Martyrs.
[IBA news, Oct. 2004]3 – Suicide terrorists who anticipate the Maidens as reward in farewell videos
Terrorist: “Angels of mercy, escort our souls to Heaven after we fulfill this duty of crushing the descendents of monkeys and pigs. Dear father and mother, blessings of honor and respect to you, while you escort me to the Maidens of Paradise as a Martyr.”
Mother: “He would always dream of Shahada, it was his first and last goal in life. I told him, ‘Dear, we all want to be shahids.’ He said, ‘In this entire world, I can’t think of anyone to marry. I want to marry the Dark Eyed [Virgins or Maidens of Paradise].’ I said [that] if these are his thoughts, I wish him Shahada.”
[PA TV, January 21, 2003]5 – PA religious leaders teach that the 72 Dark Eyed Virgins is reward of Martyr
We shouldn’t forget that Allah, praise him, in blessing the blood of the Martyr, He forgives him from the first gush of blood. And he sees his place in Paradise.
He is shielded from the Great Shock and marries 72 Dark-Eyed Maidens (virgins).” [PATV, program of Sheik Imad Hamato Nov. 3, 2006]
The PA grants Shahid (Martyr) status to all those killed in conflict including suicide bombers and other terrorists.
This is a bit off-topic, but I do think the western need to be constantly entertained ultimately teaches us to not be useful. I believe we should get out and do some good in the World, but we receive conditioning that tells us to do the contrary. It’s always good to know what you’re up against.
This also ties in somewhat with an old (pre-TCCZ) entry here. If you’re really that interested: http://blog.christian-zionist.com/2007/02/check-your-head.html
This broke yesterday, but, well, I’m slow. Anyway, this comes from MEMRI:
On September 18, Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV labeled U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a “black snake.”
The phrase is circled in the above image.
MEMRI has provided a longer clip of the Hamas children’s TV show that recently featured animal abuse. In it, there’s also a call to martyrdom to liberate the Al-Aqsa mosque. Click Here
Saraa wants to be a doctor. If she can’t, the young star of Hamas television’s best-known children’s show said, she’d be proud to become a martyr. Saraa says little Jewish girls should be forced from their homes in Israel so that Palestinians can return to their land.Full Article (McClatchy)
Based on the media coverage Tomorrow’s Pioneers has received (none of it good), it’s safe to say this little girl is quite controversial. The article is well worth reading, as it proves
“Hamas is fighting a political war for the hearts and minds of the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” said Robert A. Pape, a University of Chicago political science professor and the author of “Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.”“They are trying to show that they are the true heart-and-soul of the community, all the way down to an 11-year-old-girl,” Pape added.
