Bulletin
Feb. 8, 2010
Palestinian Media Watch

Palestinian child sings about victory
over Israel and the US:
"Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle"
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1643

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
t :+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

Violence is the ideal means to solve conflict. For years this has been the
repeated message from both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas - from
glorifying violence by honoring terrorists as role models to directly
calling for the killing of Jews.

Israel, which is denied any legitimate right to any part of "Palestine," is
presented along with the US as the arch-enemy against whom this violence
should be directed.

Palestinian children have absorbed the message and know by heart how to sing
praises to violence. In the latest episode of the weekly children's program
Tomorrow's Pioneers on Hamas TV, a Palestinian boy chose to sing the
following children's song:

"Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle.
When I am a big boy, I will join the Liberation Army.
The army of [Izz Al-Din] Al-Qassam (Hamas),
which has taught us how to defend our homeland.
Our homeland is precious, precious.
We [are] victorious, victorious over America and Israel.
[Improvises:] Son of a bitch - what brought you to this land?"

It is worth noting that the two hosts, the young girl Saraa and Nassur, an
adult in a bear costume, approved of the boy's choice of song and let him
sing it. Only when the boy cursed ("Son of a bitch") did the young girl cut
him off, pointing out that the "program is a program for children, not for
anything else." The objection was to the boy's cursing, not to the content
of the song. The adult inside the puppet ended the exchange by defending the
boy: "He didn't say anything else, Saraa. He said the truth."

A Palestinian girl singing the same song was once broadcast on PA TV. To see
the video, click here.
www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=472&fld_id=473&doc_id=985

To view PMW's recent bulletin on the call for killing Jews on PA TV, click
here.
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1624

To view PMW's recent bulletin on glorification of terrorists in the PA,
click here.
www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1526

The following is the transcript of the Palestinian boy's song about victory
over Israel and the US on Hamas TV:

Boy named Raad calls in from Hebron to the children's program Tomorrow's
Pioneers and recites a popular song:

"Daddy gave me a present, a machine gun and a rifle.
When I am a big boy, I will join the Liberation Army.
The army of [Izz Al-Din] Al-Qassam (Hamas),
which has taught us how to defend our homeland.
Our homeland is precious, precious.
We [are] victorious, victorious over America and Israel.
[Improvises:] Son of a bitch [lit. "daughter of a dog" - apparently a
reference to Israel] - what brought you to this land?"
Child host Saraa interrupts: "Thank you very much, Raad from Hebron, for
your participation. Of course, our program is a program for children, not
for anything else."
Nassur [adult host in bear costume]: "Yes, but he didn't say anything else,
Saraa. He said the truth."

[Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Feb. 5, 2010]