Muppets Bringing Peace to the Middle East

[Quetzal]

Muppets Bringing Peace to the Middle East

TEL AVIV, Israel (Hollywood Reporter) - Where countless politicians and diplomats have failed, Elmo, Cookie Monster and their "Sesame Street" buddies are on a mission to promote peace and tolerance in the Middle East.

A programming experiment using the Muppet characters was launched six months ago and was widely welcomed by parents, educators and the media. But the Muppets are not without their critics in Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. (Oh great, What did the muppets do this time?)

Sesame Workshop partnered with local producers to create "Sesame Stories," an adventurous initiative to use new and existing "Sesame Street" characters to foster respect and understanding among children in the region.

Gary Knell, president and chief operating officer of Sesame Workshop, says in an interview that producers knew that not everybody would be open to the idea of Elmo & Co. teaching Israeli kids to respect Palestinians and vice versa.

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Is this a last ditch effort to salvage everything before all hell breaks loose?

[corporatewhore]

1. well my old history teacher says that wars happen when kids dont

watch sesame street she says that everybody would get along if they watched sesame street and the values that it presented were continued to taught through out the childs lifetime

[Quetzal]

2. kick

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. I bet Miss Piggy loves them both, Israelis and Arabs

Self-preservation, you know. :evilgrin:

[Quetzal]

4. kick

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[redqueen]

5. The children truly are the only hope for the future

I'm glad a force for good has decided to intervene and try to stop the cycle of violence and hatred.

[Quetzal]

6. kick

we all need the muppets once in a while :-)

[JohnLocke]

7. Kick