West Bank Park
From McClatchy Newspapers:
Ahmed and Salim appear to be typical teenage brothers.
They spend hours in front of their computer playing Wii and posting crude updates on Facebook. They jam with Guitar Hero and watch bad American sitcoms. They bicker and call each other names.
The animated stars of an incendiary new Internet cartoon series aren't typical, however. They're young Arabs who spend their afternoons trying to bomb Israeli buses, gun down Jewish girls and incinerate crowded cafes, and in the three months since their debut, their caricature of Islamic extremism has attracted a growing cult following in Israel.
Its creators and fans see a humorous series that resembles "South Park" -- at least visually -- and mocks Islamic terrorism. Its critics see a hate-filled cartoon that uses crude stereotypes to dehumanize Muslims, intensify Arab-Israeli divisions and inflame the conflict between Muslims and Jews.
Click here to read the full story.
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richard dent
04/25/09 05:12 AM
Sophomoric but on point. The link to the McClatchy report on this includes reader comments that claim it is racist, anti-Arab etc. However, one comment makes the argument that it is really quite similar to what the Palestinian Media/TV puts out (but not as satire), and I agree.