PrintMay 10, 2007
The world's true superpower? (updated)
It appears that Disney has succeeded where the might of the United States has not: forcing Hamas, the terror organization/majority Palestinian party sworn to destroy Israel, to back down. From the AP's Mohammed Daraghmeh:
Update from Ethel C. Fenig:Hamas militants have suspended a TV program that featured a Mickey Mouse lookalike urging Palestinian children to fight Israel and work for global Islamic domination, the Palestinian information minister said Wednesday.Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti said the character - a giant black-and-white rodent with a high-pitched voice - represented a "mistaken approach" to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation. [....]A spokeswoman for Burbank, Calif.-based Walt Disney Co. did not return phone calls seeking comment, and the Gaza TV station had no comment.
Mickey's evil twin is ba-a-a-ck! He never left!
Bravely defying the world and even the Disney Company (once run by the Jewish Michael Eisner), Mickey Mouse's evil twin will continue to preach hatred and slaughter.
A senior official working for Al Aqsa (Jerusalem) television in the Gaza Strip said that the program - "Tomorrow's Pioneers" - would air as normal this Friday in defiance of information minister Mustafa Barghouti.
"The program will continue and it will be broadcast tomorrow at 4.00 pm [1300 GMT]. Mustafa Barghouti misunderstood the issue," said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.
So despite Barghouti's chirpy assurances. Arab children, "Tomorrow's Pioneers," will celebrate their Friday Sabbath listening to and absorbing an oh so American icon, twisted and distorted for the Arab culture, singing "You and I are laying the foundation for a world led by Islamists." They can further enhance their lesson by calling in to the show singing Hamas tunes glorifying destroying Israel.
hat tip: Little Green Footballs
Thomas Lifson adds:
Maybe I am in one of my whimsical moods today, but I find the concept of an unauthorized Gaza Disneyland, a tourist attractions for jihadi families, quite intriguing. Frontierland featuring a cross-the-border barrier with bombs attached to your body ride. Fantasyland with the Arab world selling something other than oil to pay for imports. Tomorrowland with no Jews left alive. The mind boggles.
Thomas Lifson adds:
Maybe I am in one of my whimsical moods today, but I find the concept of an unauthorized Gaza Disneyland, a tourist attractions for jihadi families, quite intriguing. Frontierland featuring a cross-the-border barrier with bombs attached to your body ride. Fantasyland with the Arab world selling something other than oil to pay for imports. Tomorrowland with no Jews left alive. The mind boggles.
