Who Really Killed Icky Mouse?

Claudia Rosett

Jul 02, 2007 10:08 PM July 02, 2007 10:08 PM

You’ve been reading about Farfur, the Hamas knock-off of Mickey Mouse, who was just martyred at the hands of Israelis on the Palestinian Authority’s Al Aqsa TV — with a kiddie-terrorist postscript to hammer home the message to even the most obtuse among a new generation of suicide bombers. We all know that the U.S. State Department won’t do anything about this, and Europe is probably paying for it. But, after a friend raised the issue, I keep wondering why Disney hasn’t at least sued over the infringement of copyright.

Well, until some higher power intervenes, Barry Rubin, director of the Israel-based Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, is doing what he can to take the Mickey out of the Hamas mouse. Here he sends Sami Spade, private detective, on a job to find out what really happened on that hot night in Gaza…

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected] Claudia Rosett is widely recognized as a ground-breaking reporter on corruption at the United Nations. Her investigative reporting skills, drawn from three decades as a journalist covering international affairs, led her to expose the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, the worst financial fraud in the history of humanitarian relief. Ms. Rosett worked from 1984-2002 as a staff editorialist, editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and has appeared before six U.S. House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees to testify on subjects including U.N.-related corruption and the Iran-North Korea strategic alliance. Her work on Oil-for-Food earned Claudia the 2005 Eric Breindel Award and the Mightier Pen award, and for her on-site coverage of China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, she won an Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence. She is a Foreign Policy Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and writes a column on foreign affairs for Forbes.com.