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Warner Bros. might take issue with this character, Assud the rabbit, who recently debuted on the Palestinian kid-targeted program "Pioneers of Tomorrow" and bears more than a passing resemblance to WB's Bugs Bunny. The similarities stop there, as Assud says he will "get rid of the Jews" and will "eat them up."Warner Bros. might take issue with this character, Assud the rabbit, who recently debuted on the Palestinian kid-targeted program “Pioneers of Tomorrow” and bears more than a passing resemblance to WB’s Bugs Bunny. The similarities stop there, as Assud says he will “get rid of the Jews” and will “eat them up.” Assud is the latest in a line of deceptively cute and fuzzy “Pioneers” characters — following martyred Farfour the mouse and Nahoul the bee — to take up Hamas’ cause in its long-standing clash with Israel.
Editor’s Note: After experiencing a moment of cognitive dissonance upon first viewing this clip (fuzzy bunny … eating … Jews?!), we contacted an Arabic-speaking Truthdig contributor, who affirmed that this translation is accurate.
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