[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H2074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          BRINGING AN END TO HATEFUL SPEECH IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the Middle East Research Institute, which 
monitors extremist media, recently reported on a disturbing children's 
production that aired on Hamas TV. The program, aimed at a child 
audience, depicted a little boy who accuses President Bush, along with 
Israel, of killing his family. In the show, the boy proceeds to take 
out a sword and stabs the President to death. This is a children's 
program.
  There is little chance for peace in the Middle East if the young 
minds of the region are polluted with this type of hatred and violence. 
Many young people in the region are being exposed to similar messages 
in their school textbooks.
  I commend the Council of Religious Leaders in the Holy Land, 
religious leaders from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith who are 
working together to counter this type of hate speech and violent 
message, and they do it with moral authority. We need more brave 
leaders like those on the Council if we are going to create a condition 
for peacemaking in the Middle East.




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