Hamas TV use children to praise terror

Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist organization whose members makes up the majority of the Palestinian National Authority. The PNA governs the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On January 7, 2006, Hamas launched its own television network called Al-Aqsa TV.

The organization receives funding from Iran and private benefactors in Saudi Arabia and surrounding Arab nations. The experimental television station has grown over the past year and now dedicates an entire television show to children.

In 2004, Rim-Al-Riyashi, a Palestinian suicide bomber, blew herself up in an act of "martyrdom". Below is a video clip from an Al-Aqsa TV interview with her two children from March 8, 2007. They have been raised to believe her mother killed herself and is now in "Paradise". Memri.org translated and transcribed the vocies in the video, which can be found here.



The video shows the host pressuring the children to speak and recite the words they have been taught that justifies their mother's actions. The children, they appear to be no older than 8, were three years younger when her mother blew herself up. They have been taught to approve her actions and will most-likely follow in her path in the future.

The Middle-Eastern media is widespread and coverage like this is not only affecting the core of the disputes, but also people all around the world. Exploiting children in a way to condone a terrorist act is truly frightening. Peace in the Middle East will never be reached if Hamas, whose widespread hatred for the Israelis is communicated across airwaves all around the world.