Second Hamas video
promotes terrorism among children
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
 Another Hamas video encouraging the participation of children in terrorism has been broadcast on Hamas TV. The video, which focuses on Ahmed Yassin, Hamas founder and religious leader killed by Israel, portrays young children as the continuation of Yassin. Children are shown in uniforms, holding rifles and participating in military training. The lyrics stress the children's connection to Yassin: “Even though they killed our [Ahmad] Yassin, the land will grow a thousand Ahmad.”
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The following are the lyrics of the new video: "These are the acts of the Martyrdom-Seekers
Ahmad [Yassin] did not die
Do not mourn.
These are the acts of Martyrdom-Seekers
Palestine – one of its leader is Ahmad Yassin
Its children carry the knife.
Palestine – among its leaders is Ayyash [Hamas bombmaker]
Its children carry machine guns.
The land is filled with furious lions
Even though they killed our Yassin
The land will grow a thousand Ahmad!”
[Al-Aqsa TV, March 25, 2007]
This was the second Hamas TV video in less than a week to promote children's involvement in terror. The first was the video dramatization of the four-year old daughter of female suicide bomber Reem Riyashi, singing to her dead mother and vowing to follow in her footsteps. After the PMW report, this video received widespread media coverage around the world, including more than 100,000 viewings on a YouTube posting in just four days. Click here to see Reem Riyashi video on You Tube video Click here to see Reem Riyashi video on PMW web site To see the Reem Riyashi bulletin click here
From the PMW archives: The following is the text of the song that Duha, Reem's daughter, sings to her mother in the video dramatization [see PMW bulletin of March 21, 2007]: [Daughter sees mother preparing explosives sticks] "Mommy, what are you carrying
in your arms instead of me? [Mother turns to hide bomb] A toy or a present for me?...
Mommy Reem!
Why did you put on your veil?
Are you going out, Mommy?...
Come back quickly, Mommy
I can't sleep without you,
unless you tell me and Ubaydah [her brother] a bedtime story. [Daughter sees mother's picture and news story about bombing on PA TV] My mother, my mother,
Me and Ubaydah are awake and waiting for you
to come to put us to sleep.
Me and Ubaydah, oh Mommy,
still need you to wipe our tears...
Instead of me you carried a bomb in your hands.
Only now, I know what was more precious than us...
May your steps be blessed,
and may you be flawless for Jerusalem.
Me and Ubaydah wish we were there with you. [Images of her mother's grave and the graves of other terrorists,
including Aayat Al-Akhras, 17-year-old female suicide terrorist] Send greetings to our Messenger [Muhammad] and tell him:
'Duha loves you.'
My love will not be [merely] words.
I am following Mommy in her steps. [Finds explosives that mother left in her drawer,
picks up stick of explosives] Oh Mommy, oh Mommy." Click here to see the video clip Please feel free to forward this bulletin, crediting Palestinian Media Watch
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