The only surviving child of Walt Disney has called Hamas "pure evil" for turning Mickey Mouse into a propaganda tool for hate. Diane Disney Miller said she was disgusted that a rip-off of the loveable cartoon character was being used on a new Hamas TV show to encourage Palestinian children to take up arms against Israel and America.
Ms Miller, 73, said it went "against the grain of humanity". She told the New York Daily News: "Of course I feel personal about Mickey Mouse, but it could be Barney as well.
"It's not just Mickey, it's indoctrinating children like this, teaching them to be evil.
"The world loves children and this is just going against the grain of humanity."
Hamas's Al-Aqsa TV station started running the children's series, called Tomorrow's Pioneers, last month. It features the life-size lookalike of Mickey Mouse called Farfur, who sings about youngsters arming themselves with AK-47s and striving for world domination "under Islamic leadership".
Ms Miller said: "What we're dealing with here is pure evil and you can't ignore that."
Farfur also tells children to pray and drink their milk. |