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Hamas owned al Asqa TV is known by many for promoting anti-Semitic values to children through its use of cuddly animals such as "Assoud the ‘holy war' rabbit". Last month however, the channel aired a cartoon which seemed to be advocating dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian kids. Too good to be true? When the Jews in it look like devils, yes.
The cartoon was aired as a part of the children's programme, "The Pioneers of Tomorrow". It features a conversation between a Palestinian boy and a young Israeli Jewish settler. Through their dialogue and interaction, the Jewish settler learns to question everything negative he had been taught about Palestinians.
But while the cartoon is seemingly hinting at the benefits of dialogue, it is marred by the use of negative stereotypes - as one of our Observers points out, the Jews hardly get a fair deal in the cartoon.
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