NBC Cited For Martyr-Encouragement Report.
Israel Faxx, May, 2001
NBC has come under fire for a recent report exposing some of the "encouragement to martyrdom" given Palestinian children by their elders.
"The Palestinians are [now] calling on the youngest to join the battle," reported Martin Fletcher, who used material provided him by Palestinian Media Watch, "and [are] using a stunning tactic: commercials on Palestinian TV asking children, 'Drop your toys. Pick up rocks.'"
The commercials show one of the most famous "heroes" of the Palestinian violence - 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura dying in his father's arms, caught in a hail of ostensibly Israeli bullets. [Much evidence has since been produced indicating that the bullets were actually Palestinian.]
The PA television clip then shows Mohammed in...
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