Palestinian youth, Mohammad Ramadan, wears a rabbit suit as he appears on the Childrens Friday show "Tomorrow's Pioneers " as Assud the bunny, on Hamas's al-Aqsa channel February 15, 2008 in Gaza, Gaza Strip. Assud is the third character to appear on the children's program after his Mickey Mouse-esque predecessor "Farfour" was shown being beaten to death by Israeli soldiers after it provoked outcry in Israel and was condemned elsewhere as inciting hatred among the young . Farfour was followed by Nahul the bee who was shown being killed a week later when an Israeli siege prevented him from receiving medical treatment. The show, which was last broadcast on Friday, featured criticism of the Danish media following the recent republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Photo from ZimbioFrom The Danger Room:
Israeli Defense Forces took over Hamas' Al-Aqsa television station over the weekend -- the latest blow in a increasingly-sophisticated information war over Gaza.
The channel became infamous in 2007 for broadcasting a children's show featuring "Farfour," an anti-semitic Mickey Mouse look-a-like. But the Israeli military considered al-Aqsa to be a serious enough propaganda threat that the station's main studios were hit on the second day of the latest air campaign against Hamas.
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