Israel Fear Our Birds of Paradise: "When We Seek Martyrdom, We Go To Heaven"
13 December 2010
By Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
Whilst they seem innocent, delightful children
singing songs, these "Birds of Paradise" are like
hellish creatures, plaguing us and dropping rocks on
our hands. We must kill them…we must kill them when
they are young because if they grow up they will
become terrorists. We must follow the concept of a
pre-emptive strike in this regard.
These are just some of the comments made by
Zionists in Israel on internet forums following an
article published by the Israeli Yediot Aharonot
newspaper, not against the beautiful Birds-of-paradise
that live on the island of New Guinea and the
surrounding region, but rather against the Toyor al-Jannah
[Birds of Paradise] production company, which
specializes in producing children's programs and
songs. The newspaper also published the lyrics of a
Birds of Paradise produced song entitled "When we seek
martyrdom, we go to heaven" claiming that the Birds of
Paradise production company incites violence and
terrorism.
Birds of Paradise produced content has swept Arab
satellite channels, becoming some of the most popular
programming for Arab children. This company pursues a
policy of resisting Israeli occupation via producing
innocent songs for children, and some of these songs
which can be found on YouTube have been viewed by as
many as four million people. This is not to mention
those who comment on these songs and their simplicity,
as well as praise the voices of the children who sing
these in a beautiful Palestinian accent.
One such songs portrays a simple Palestinian family
prior to Israeli occupation, with the father in the
garden watering a lemon tree, and the mother baking
bread, however the scene soon changes with the sudden
appearance of the Zionists, who try to convince the
young girl narrating the song that everything will be
good under the Israeli occupation. This song tells of
the plight of the Palestinian family and how the
Zionists falsely portrayed their intentions. The young
girl sings "they told us…we will give you some
rights…we will give you water from the rivers and
light from the sun…and you will live in safety."
However the song ends with the young girl singing
"however time flies and whatever happens to home and
family, my land is my land, and I will never give it
up."
What is so impressive is this song, which is just
three minutes long, is able to undermine three decades
of Zionist occupation and Israeli attempts to position
the viewpoint of Arab children and get them to accept
the current state of affairs. Therefore nobody can
blame these Zionist terrorists for calling for the
killing of these children, for they are an enemy and
source of sorrow to Israeli tyranny, in the same way
that Prophet Moses was an enemy and sorrow to the
tyrant Pharaoh.
The media battle with Israel is just as important
and dangerous as the war, for this conflict is one
that has a media front. The Zionists are the only ones
who have realized the danger of the spread of popular
programs like the Birds of Paradise produced songs and
programs because they consider this a media attack
akin to a rocket attack, especially as the Zionists
are masters of this art [of media attacks] and so are
wary of their enemies turning their own weapon against
them.
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid is a journalist and former member of the official Saudi
National Organization for Human Rights. Al-Majid is a graduate of Imam Muhammad
Bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh and holds an M.A. from California and a
Doctorate from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.