By Julie
Stahl
CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
July 16, 2007
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Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Hamas television has created a new character to
replace the Mickey Mouse look-alike named Farfur that called for jihad and a
global Islamic takeover.
Nahool is a giant yellow and black-striped bumblebee, suspended from the studio
ceiling. He says he wants to follow in his cousin Farfur's footsteps and calls
for jihad, according to a translation provided on Monday by the Palestinian
Media Watch (PMW).
During the episode of the children's program "Tomorrow's Pioneers" that aired on
Friday, the child hostess Saraa looks up and sees Nahool. She asks him who he is
and what he wants.
"I am Nahool [the bee], Farfur's cousin...I want to continue the path of Farfur,
-- the path of 'Islam is the solution; the path of heroism; the path of
martyrdom; the path of the Jihad warriors. Me and my friends shall continue the
path of Farfur," Nahool says in the same squeaky voice that his cousin had.
"And in his name we shall take revenge upon the enemies of Allah, the murderers
of the prophets [i.e. the Jews], the murderers of innocent children, until Al-Aqsa
will be liberated from their filth," he said. Saraa welcomes Nahool to the show.
Al Aqsa is the mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem that is the third holiest
site in Islam. Al Aqsa was the name given to the violent Palestinian uprising
that began in 2000.
Former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat vowed that there would be a
million martyrs if necessary to take the Al Aksa mosque - currently under
Israeli sovereignty.
It is also the name of the Hamas television station and the military wing of the
Fatah faction.
The use of Farfur to preach Islamic world domination angered many in the Western
world. On the program two weeks ago, Farfur was "martyred" when an actor playing
an Israeli interrogator beat him to death for refusing to sell his land.
PMW said it was clear that the show would continue its "rabidly anti-Israel
messages" through Nahool after the death of the character of Farfur.