Which is More Problematic?

A ten year old boy in Israel wrote the following poem:

Ahmed's bunker has surprises galore: Grenades, rifles are hung on the wall. Ahmed is planning another bomb!
What a bunker Ahmed has, who causes daily harm.
Ahmed knows how to make a bomb. Ahmed is Ahmed, that's who he is, so don't forget to be careful of him.
We get blasted while they have a blast!
Ahmed and his friends could be wealthy and sunny, if only they wouldn't buy rockets with all their money.

There are no calls for the murder of anyone. Each day, the Israeli town of Sderot is bombarded with Qassams. When a terrorist does succeed in murdering, there is much rejoicing in Gaza and the West Bank Contrast the poem to the video below:



From the Ynet article about the poem:

According to the Arabs who read the poem, it is racist and incites hatred among Arabs and Jews. Ibrahim Abu-Shindi, who manages the Arab community center in Jaffa, said the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the State and its leaders. "I'm not surprised by this story because all that Jewish children know from television is the Hamas man as a terrorist and a murderer."

According to Abu-Shindi, "the Education Ministry does not invest in bringing people together at all. There used to be a department for democracy and co-existence that did much to bring Arabs and Jews together, but it was cancelled. They send Jews to meet their Jewish friends from America through the 'Taglit' project, but they never get to know the Arabs that live only a few meters away."

The poem, in his opinion, creates a problematic state of events. "Placing this poem in a booklet is very serious, and encourages other children who think like this boy. If you want to bring people together you need stories about encounters and hope, otherwise you encourage hatred."

Abu-Shindl mentions there once was an effective program to bring Jews and Arabs together. He doesn't say why it was cancelled. Nor does he say when it was cancelled. My guess would be after the Arafat, that paragon of "peace", instigated the Second Intifada.

Which is more problematic: A poem by a ten year old or a children's television show aired by Palestinian authorities? It is interesting that Abu-Shindi mentions Hamas. Hamas states time and again its goal of destroying Israel. Which is more problematic?