News Brief
5/9/2007, Iyar 21, 5767
Violent ‘Mickey’ Pulled from Hamas TV
Hamas TV has taken a show featuring a
violent character resembling Mickey Mouse off the air, and say it will be reviewed. Palestinian Authority Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti announced Wednesday that the matter had been resolved, and expressed annoyance at the fact that clips from the show are still receiving publicity abroad.
Translated clips from the show in which the hosts call for world domination and violence against Israel were provided by Palestinian Media Watch, and have received international publicity. The only surviving child of Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey, called Hamas “pure evil” for indoctrinating children to hate.