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Last update - 00:48 03/07/2007
Hamas television to replace 'martyred' Mickey Mouse look-alike
By Reuters

A Hamas television station that last week killed off a Mickey Mouse look-alike who urged children to fight against Israel will use other famous characters to further their Islamist agenda, station officials said on Monday.

The host of the children's show "Tomorrow's Pioneers," Farfur, dressed in a full-body suit to resemble the Walt Disney cartoon character. The character was beaten to death in the show's final episode last week by a character posing as an Israeli.

Farfur and a female co-host instructed their young viewers on Hamas's militant brand of Muslim piety and urged children to support armed resistance against Israel.
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Mohammad Saeed, the director of production at Al-Aqsa Television, told Reuters the station would use other famous cartoon characters in future shows.

"Farfur was a story alive and he has turned into another story as a [martyr]," Saeed said
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  1.   These people are beyond contempt! 23:46  |  Larry 02/07/07
  2.   How Delightful 23:51  |  Walt Disney 02/07/07
  3.   oh goody another program on suicide for arab children is more pro 23:51  |  ralph 02/07/07
  4.   2 state solution 00:03  |  Joe 03/07/07
  5.   Palestinian resistance of the evil occupation 00:17  |  German 03/07/07
  6.   Hamas television to replace `martyred` Mickey Mouse look-alike 00:18  |  Ari 03/07/07
  7.   Joe, when faced with perpetual enslavement 00:21  |  Australian 03/07/07
  8.   Maybe... 00:32  |  Yoram 03/07/07
  9.   Sickening. Absolutley sickening. 00:39  |  Dan 03/07/07
  10.   India would still be British 00:50  |  The Barber 03/07/07
  11.   a cartoon character - just like their leaders 00:54  |  Richard S 03/07/07
  12.   You couldn`t make this stuff up 00:54  |  Gal 03/07/07
  13.   other cartoon characters 00:55  |  walt 03/07/07
  14.   Stranger than fiction 01:00  |  Goofy 03/07/07
  15.   So sad for Farfur 01:12  |  Will 03/07/07
  16.   THE CAST OF CHARACTERS 01:16  |  Brant 03/07/07
  17.   Its ironic. 01:38  |  Paulo 03/07/07
  18.   Pitiful sociopaths 01:39  |  Isaac Leal 03/07/07
  19.   what a marvelous culture! 01:54  |  don 03/07/07
  20.   are you so scared of the main point? 02:06  |  henry 03/07/07
  21.   Farfur 02:11  |  Jeff 03/07/07
  22.   Hamas will replace Farfur with Donald Duck -the 02:46  |  Sal 03/07/07
  23.   New character suggestions 02:58  |  JW 03/07/07
  24.   Gotta Love This Stuff 02:59  |  Dyinglikeflies 03/07/07
  25.   ONE AND ONLY STATE: MOSHIACH KINGDOM! ALL NATIONS REPORT TO HIM)) 03:27  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 03/07/07
  26.   Daffy Duck blew himself up in once cartoon -- perfect 03:32  |  McQueen 03/07/07
  27.   If Disney doesn`t sue they should lose their copyrights 03:34  |  McQueen 03/07/07
  28.   I suppose Porky Pig is haram 03:36  |  McQueen 03/07/07
  29.   Those guys never miss a chance 03:39  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/07
  30.   animals for animals 03:47  |  Shmuel 03/07/07
  31.   Walt Disney has illuminati agenda so whats the big deal? 03:51  |  Deen 03/07/07
  32.   #9 wake up -smell the coffee #1 04:01  |  ryan 03/07/07
  33.   #9-paulo WAKE UP SMELL The coffe #2 04:08  |  Ryan 03/07/07
  34.   Disney won!! 04:50  |  Lynn 03/07/07
  35.   Finally a use for those Danish cartoons 05:18  |  Larry 03/07/07
  36.   #9 IRONICALLY WE TOO ARE AWAITING A RESPONSE 05:57  |  JOEL WELTMAN 03/07/07
  37.   Borat , soon on Hamas TV 06:21  |  Lev 03/07/07
  38.   Ignorant posters find a way to justify this sick perversion 06:22  |  David 03/07/07
  39.   American culture 101 for Walt 06:43  |  Jacob Blues 03/07/07
  40.   McQUEEN 06:47  |  JOEL WELTMAN 03/07/07
  41.   Israel Should Produce Their Own Show 06:47  |  Yosemite 03/07/07
  42.   Time to put the aluminum foil back on your head Deen, 06:47  |  Jacob Blues 03/07/07
  43.   JEWISH COMICS RULE 07:09  |  JOEL WELTMAN 03/07/07
  44.   #31 #35 your both blind tools 07:28  |  deen 03/07/07
  45.   Paulo 07:35  |  geoffrey 03/07/07
  46.   replace Jew with Palestinian on the Show & the HWRC would react 07:40  |  Jonathan 03/07/07
  47.   Palestinian children on the front lines 07:54  |  Gina 03/07/07
  48.   farfur. 08:53  |  charro 03/07/07
  49.   What`s absent on this posting? 09:05  |  Shimon Kohn 03/07/07
  50.   Micky,Minnie and Hamas 09:08  |  Connie 03/07/07
  51.   THE US AND ISRAEL EQUATION ON HAMAS 09:16  |  indrajaya 03/07/07
  52.   Israel`s stupidity made the show very very popular 09:21  |  Israeli 03/07/07
  53.   A rotten people, no excuses, this is sicknes defined 09:22  |  Johnny 03/07/07
  54.   Cartoonistinians 09:31  |  Bill 03/07/07
  55.   to the german #5 09:49  |  scallywag 03/07/07
  56.   to indrajaya #51 09:52  |  scallywag 03/07/07
  57.   Australian (immigrant?) 09:54  |  Sarah 03/07/07
  58.   Brainwahing children 09:58  |  KUTW 03/07/07
  59.   Are there still people out there who are not convinced of Hamas`s 09:59  |  Avihu 03/07/07
  60.   to paulo #17 10:00  |  scallywag 03/07/07
  61.   Paulo - You must be happy, your local reps are changing 10:01  |  Amit 03/07/07
  62.   #17 Paulo 10:05  |  Sarah 03/07/07
  63.   pop-eye, mighty mouse and donald duck... 10:15  |  Akiva Patysh 03/07/07
  64.   To the fake Israeli who posted No.52 10:20  |  Hastaroth 03/07/07
  65.   37 LEV 10:24  |  Trev 03/07/07
  66.   Hamas, Jihad, etc, are no Mickey Mice, they are mega sewer rats. 10:33  |  Uzi 03/07/07
  67.   Farfur, Oh my! Killed by a Black Man 10:33  |  FOX 03/07/07
  68.   Good Morning Tommy Jackson! 10:41  |  FOX 03/07/07
  69.   "You Tube" Farfur, final episode, 10:52  |  FOX 03/07/07
  70.   Farfur versus Sesame Street 10:57  |  FOX 03/07/07
  71.   surely israel;i tv must have a fun cpmeting arabic kids show bett 10:59  |  ralph 03/07/07
  72.   Hasarouth...don`t we teach our kids to hate the Nazis? 11:04  |  Israeli Jew 03/07/07
  73.   to sarah(messages on the rockets) 11:20  |  mia 03/07/07
  74.   To Indrahaha who posted #51 11:20  |  Hastaroth 03/07/07
  75.