Monday, October 15, 2007
Sick stuff for kids from Hamas, and you-know-who makes an appearance.
MEMRI TV: New Animated Film on Hamas TV Focuses on Child Martyrdom
Omar:What is this?
Amjad:These are children who were martyred during the blessed Al-Aqsa Intifada. I and a group of friends have cleaned this cave to make it fitting for the Intifidada’s child martyrs. Here, we honor the memory of the martyrs in our own way. All these children sacrified (their lives) for the sake of Allah, in order to liberate their country. The homes of some were toppled on top of them when they were asleep, and others were martyred when they faced tanks with stones. Each martyr has a story of his own.
Omar:All these children were martyred during the Intifada? My God.
Amjad:Yes, my friend. The Zionist enemy is merciless, and does not distinguish between old people and children.
Omar:My God, this picture is so vivid. Who is this martyr?
Amjad:He is the martyr Muhammad Al-Durra, who gained the honor of martyrdom last month, in full view of the entire world. Some journalist risked his life in order to film his martyrdom. This is why we called him “the Martyr of the World.â€
Omar:Would you tell me the story of his martyrdom?
Amjad:Muhammad Al-Durra lived with his family in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in Gaza, just like all the other refugee families that had moved to camps within the homeland...
...Abu Muhammad:Allah be praised, you look better. Muhammad, come, my dear. You murderers…
Girls singing in the background: Our martyr, Al-Durra. We long for martyrdom. Our martyr, Al-Durra. We long for martyrdom. Our country is free and our death is happiness. Our martyr, Al-Durra. We long for martyrdom...
Yeesh, it looks like the guy on top in the screen capture is ramming religion down the kid's throat (so to speak).
No wonder they want to martyr themselves if they have to put up with that.
I watched the tape, and was especially amused by the Al Dura scenes at Netzarim Junction. First of all,the video has it that the boy had been on his way to the doctor. Yet I remember reading that he had been going with his dad to see about buying a used car. I guess the video makers figured that a child going to see a doctor would be more melodramatic, a greater tug at the heartstrings.
But then, the "battle" scene at Netzarim Junction in the video is a real hoot. It's a full battle scene, reminiscent of D-Day or Anzio Beach! Israeli soldiers are outside their station blasting away, gunning down children at close range. Bullets and missiles are thick in the air, flying in all directions.
Now compare this with the scenes on the videos at Richard Landes' Second Draft site, in which people are laughing and milling around, no Israeli soldier dares show his face at the door of the Israeli police station, faked "injured" are hopping about when it suits them, and ambulances are standing by like stage props.
This animated video is just amazingly exaggerated and crude. They take amazing liberties.