Wednesday, October 21, 2009
From Palestinian Media Watch: English is the language of the enemy
Hamas children's program, "Tomorrow's Pioneers", last week included a part in which children learned that it is important to know English because it is "the language of their enemy."
Following is the transcript:
Child host: "What do you want to be in the future, Allah willing?"
Child caller: "A teacher of the English language."
Host: "Why do you want to be specifically an English teacher?"
Child: "To teach children the language of their enemy." [Child host smiles.]
Host: "Very nice. A great field. It is not enough for us to know our own language... We also want to study the language of our enemies, to know how to have contacts with them, and so that we can convey the message of Palestinian children..."
Nassur: "Like me! Just like I know the Zionist enemy's language."
Host: "Really?"
Nassur: "Hebrew."
Host: "Okay, speak [in Hebrew]."
Nassur: "I can't." [laughing].
[Al-Aqsa (Hamas) TV, Oct. 16, 2009]
They know who their enemy is. Do we? The good news is, off college campuses, the answer is usually yes.
They're also making sure the next generation knows that Israel is the enemy as well: PA still teaches kids that all of Israel is occupied
Allah willing, the day will come when we'll return to Lod and all the areas they [Israel] have occupied." [PA TV (Fatah), Sept. 22, 2009]
PA TV continues to teach Palestinian children that all of Israel is "occupied Palestine." Despite continued pledges to change this message and to recognize Israel and its right to exist, the PA has not progressed.
Last month, the PA TV host Wallaa expressed the above wish at an outdoor broadcast of the weekly children's program "The Best Home."
The following is the transcript:
Child: "I'm from Palestine."
Host: "From where in Palestine? We're all from Palestine."
Child: "I'm from Lod [Israeli city]."
Host: "Oh, Lod is a very, very beautiful city. Anyone who goes there is so lucky! Do you really go in and out of Lod?" [from the PA to Israel]
Child: "But they [Israelis] have occupied it."
Host: "You mean you are from Lod, but you live here [in Ramallah]. Never mind, my dear. Allah willing, the day will come when we will return to Lod and to all the areas they have occupied."
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All these vile, disgusting "palestinian" childrens TV shows demonstrate that the song from the musical "South Pacific" is as relevant today as it was in 1949 - when Broadway was still Broadway. Today broadway is a theme park ride.
"South Pacific"
Music Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II
Book Oscar Hammerstein II
Joshua Logan
Basis Tales of the South Pacific
by James A. Michener
"You've Got to be Carefully Taught"
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear
You've got to be taught
From year to Year
It's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
To be Afraid
Of people whose eyes
are oddly made
And people whose skin
Is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8
To hate all the people
your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught