“Big Bird, Elmo and other characters from Sesame Street are heading to the Middle East to educate children in a unique joint initiative involving Jordan, Israel and Palestine. […] Sesame Stories aims to show children positive images of themselves and their neighbours and seeks to encourage the children to appreciate similarities and differences in their own culture and others.”

[UPDATE] DebkaFile is reporting that Elmo is actually funneling money and weapons to Bert and Osama, using Sesame Stories as a front for his smuggling operation. More on that to come…

(c/o Leslie B.)