Hamas Bomb-Maker Star of Syrian-Produced TV Series

It has been reported that a 12-part series on the life of the "father of suicide bombings," Hamas bomb-maker Yihye Ayyash is set to be aired on the Lebanese-based Hizbullah satellite television station al-Manar, effectively controlled by Syria.

This is not the first anti-Semitic program to be aired on the al-Manar station. It routinely broadcasts laudatory news reports following any attack on Israeli civilians. It also broadcast a series called 'A-Shatat' [Diaspora] in November 2003. The show was billed as an accurate depiction of modern Zionism, but was blatantly anti-Semitic in content and made repeated references to the forged anti-Semitic document "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion".

The mass murdering Ayyash, who built the bombs used by suicide bombers to kill Jewish children and other civilians, is portrayed on the program as a role model, and even a moral humanist. He says to his operatives: "Never forget, we are superior to our enemy in our moral standards."