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Last update - 17:08 11/05/2008 Cartoon film on Nakba describes Jews as 'enemies of homeland' By Reuters Tags: Nakba, Gaza, Palestinians  Jewish fighters are shown shooting Palestinians and bombing their villages in an animated film by Gaza-based women marking 60 years since Israel was founded and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced. "The Tale of a Key" describes the Jews as "enemies of the religion and enemies of the homeland" and is meant to highlight what the illustrators called the "holy" right of dispossessed Palestinians to return to land that is now part of Israel. The women behind the film, who run a production company in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, say they are not politically aligned but want to teach Palestinian children and adults about the events that drove them from their homeland. Advertisement "It tells of the suffering, the killing and displacement," said Moamena Abu Hamda, director of the JohaToon company in Gaza City. "It shows that the Palestinian people did not leave their land by their own will but they were forced to do it." Hamas's Al-Aqsa Television drew Israeli and international censure last year for using cartoons and puppet-shows featuring Mickey Mouse and Lion King lookalikes to illustrate the Islamist movement's battle against Israel, which it does not recognise. JohaToon plans to screen the 32-minute film, which it says is for adults as well as children, in Gaza this month and hopes to market it in other Arab countries and further afield. Some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. About 4.5 million refugees and their descendents now live in squalid camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Most of the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million residents are either refugees or their descendants and live in eight densely populated camps and four cities. Refugees cling to a "right of return" and their fate is one of the thorniest issues facing negotiators who are trying to reach a deal this year to create a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank -- land Israel occupied in 1967 Middle East war. While Israel celebrates its 60th birthday with fireworks, parties and military display this month, Palestinians hold rallies to mourn the "Nakba", or "catastrophe" of displacement and to highlight the refugee problem. Abu Hamda insisted "The Tale of the Key" - which refers to the keys many Palestinians carry as symbols of their lost homes - was not meant to incite violence against Israelis but to recount stories passed down from previous generations. "We have laid down facts as we heard them from our grandfathers and grandmothers," Abu Hamda told Reuters. "We told the tale as we heard and as people saw it." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Killing spree Police conclude Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone. The Bar exam Attention celebrities: Israeli start-up company can save you from paparazzi   1.   Children be wary as he wants to control your mind and your soul 19:00  |  Fred 11/05/08   2.   Tit for Tat? 19:17  |  Arie 11/05/08   3.   #1 Fred who does not have a mind of his own 19:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 11/05/08   4.   #1 Fred the Racist in Canada 19:27  |  shogun 11/05/08   5.   Its important to recall 19:33  |  Scharker Yid 11/05/08   6.   Margie in Tel Aviv 19:57  |  Fred 11/05/08   7.   THEY FORGOT FOOTAGE OF THE 800,000 JEWS DISPLACED FROM ARAB LANDS 20:08  |  PalestniansAreA Myth 11/05/08   8.   Cut off their fuel! 20:13  |  Mike 11/05/08   9.   Shogun A Yankee calling a Canadian a Racist that 20:19  |  Fred 11/05/08   10.   AT LAST..... 20:41  |  Ian 11/05/08   11.   Different versions of the truth 21:04  |  Natallie Durson 11/05/08   12.   # 4 shogun...he said Muslim children 22:07  |  Lynn 11/05/08   13.   #12 Lynn re fred 23:20  |  shogun 11/05/08   14.   natallie`s children 23:22  |  odles 11/05/08   15.   to # 7 23:22  |  S. Baptist American 11/05/08   16.   to # 7 23:29  |  S. Baptist American 11/05/08   17.   Natalie 23:47  |  Michael 11/05/08   18.   Fred, you mean the Masada myth for Jews is OK? 00:02  |  Secular 12/05/08   19.   Fallacy number TWO....their is no such thing as a PALESTINIAN. 00:25  |  r 12/05/08   20.   #16 S. Baptist American 00:32  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   21.   Fallact number THREE... it is untrue story( done poorly). 00:34  |  r 12/05/08   22.   Haniyeh 00:56  |  Rozz 12/05/08   23.   Secular I dont here of Jews cutting peoples 01:37  |  Fred 12/05/08   24.   To the Babtist American 02:07  |  Victor 12/05/08   25.   Zionists tells lies to their kids and believe it, 02:10  |  Moise 12/05/08   26.   "jewish fighter are shown shhoting palestinian " 02:28  |  fab 12/05/08   27.   Progress! 02:54  |  Jim 12/05/08   28.   Shogun 13 02:55  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   29.   S. Baptist American 03:02  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   30.   S. Baptist American 03:02  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   31.   Secular 03:06  |  ChanahS 12/05/08   32.   18 Secuilar - It`s evident you`ve never been to Masada 03:15  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   33.   Does this Film Put the Blame on the UN Where it Belongs? 03:43  |  MIKE 12/05/08   34.   Arabs and the right of return 04:06  |  Sam C 12/05/08   35.   Palestinian Leni Riefenstahl 08:49  |  Ilan 12/05/08   36.   The truth about the "right of return" 09:58  |  Jordan 12/05/08   37.   reuters is wrong and so are the palestinians 10:37  |  scallywag 12/05/08   38.   Sam, they do believe, it is true. 12:13  |  vladimir 12/05/08   39.   #26 fab 12:47  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   40.   Key 12:48  |  Guido 12/05/08   41.   I wish someone would post the films link 13:11  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   42.   # 13 shogun...I`m not so sure 14:32  |  Lynn 12/05/08   43.   BEN JABO...probably will show up on MEMRI 14:33  |  Lynn 12/05/08   44.   # 36 Jordan.....there is no "right of return" 14:35  |  Lynn 12/05/08   45.   #20 You are playing the blind! 16:24  |  S. Baptist American 12/05/08   46.   #39 Ben Jabo 16:27  |  fab 12/05/08   47.   #4 17:57  |  ravid 12/05/08   48.   #45 S. Baptist - are you playing Stupid? 18:33  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   49.   #46 fab 18:34  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   50.   #43 Lynn - I check MEMRI - so far NADA 18:37  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   51.   to # 48 19:16  |  S. Baptist American 12/05/08   52.   #51 S. Baptist American 19:34  |  * BEN JABO 12/05/08   53.   the bitter truth... 21:26  |  ravi 12/05/08   54.   Just more proof of what a fraud the "peace process" is. 02:04  |  Chaim 13/05/08   55.   Just incase you dont think Palestine exist 11:13  |  Eman 13/05/08   56.   Cartoon on "Nabka" 19:50  |  Bryna Weiss 13/05/08   57.   OK, I Never Read An Israeli History Text 20:06  |  Natallie Durson 13/05/08   58.   cartoon film 20:34  |  PAUL FELDMAN 13/05/08   59.   right of return 00:37  |  lewis 07/07/08

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