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Martyrdom-death for Palestinian youth glorified on PA TV News
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 23, 2012
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PA TV News reports on a demonstration in Ramallah protesting Israel’s security fence and the killing of Rushdi Al-Tamimi. Rushdi Al-Tamimi was shot during a violent demonstration of young Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. He later died of his wounds. Al-Tamimi’s brother was at the protest, and said:
“We are grateful to Allah for Shahada (Martyrdom death for Allah). All Palestine and its young people are potential Martyrs (Shahids).” |
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PA daily sports columnist glorifies Martyrdom death for children
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Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 19, 2012
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In response to Hamas' ongoing rocket fire against Israel, on Nov. 14, 2012, Israel launched an aerial offensive aimed at crippling the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. PA daily sports columnist Bader Maki demonizes Israel and glorifies Martyrdom for children in the following open letter:
"My dear general [Michel Platini], you are currently the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), and the Hebrew entity [Israel] is part of this union. Are you satisfied, my brother Michel, that this entity kills our children in Gaza? ...
This cursed entity must be kicked out of this sports union that believes in justice and fair play. The blood of [the children] Ahmed Abu Daqqa and his friends will not have been spilled in vain only if national unity is achieved. We must achieve it to honor the souls of our Martyrs (Shahids), especially those of our children who dazzled the world with only stones and RPGs in their hands. The occupier knows them well from the Intifada and Beirut."
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Jerusalem and "every inch" of land will be freed "by the blood of the youth" - girl recites poem on PA TV
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 8, 2012
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Girl on PA TV program for youth recites a poem:
"They say I’m a terrorist, but I’m no terrorist
What can I do, Mother, they took my book away
They tied me up, blindfolded me and threw me in a tank
They threw me into a dark room under watch
They wouldn’t let me see you, Mother, and wouldn’t let me see my friends
I longed to go to school and I longed to have my games...
I swear by a child’s tears...
By the blood of the youth
Jerusalem will return to us...
We’ll free every inch from the foreigner's clutch."
Host: "Bravo, bravo, applause."
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Mother places suicide belt on child, on Facebook page for Fatah in Lebanon
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Fatah's Facebook page, Sept. 3, 2012
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 "My mother dressed me in a strange belt (i.e., a suicide belt).
I asked her: 'What is this, mother?'
She said: 'I will put it on you and you will go to your death!'
I said to her: 'Mother, what have I done that you want me to die?'
She shed a tear that hurt my heart and said: 'The homeland needs you, son. Go and blow up the sons of Zion.'
I said to her: 'Why me and not you?'
She said: 'I will stay in order to give birth to more children for the sake of Palestine.'
I kissed her hand and said to her: 'Keep it up, mother, for you and for Palestine I will kill the impure and the damned.'"
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Note: The picture was posted on Facebook on Sept. 3, 2012. The Facebook page states that it is "the official page of Fatah's Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon," and is linked to from the official website of the Fatah Information and Culture Commission (www.fatehmedia.ps). |
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Song directs children to violence and Martyrdom-death
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 24, 2012
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"Don't cry, Palestine, stand tall for your heroes. Let the cowards [Israel] see that your kids didn't surrender to fear in the midst of horror. Oh children of the stones, teach the sinners [Israel] that shooting doesn't scare you, that your dignity is preserved, and that death for the sake of the country is not terror.
Terror is the occupier and his helpers, not those who saw and tasted death but were not humiliated, and not the child who nurses fear and expulsion, yet surrenders not. He vows that when he grows up, he will follow the same path. Don't be sad, oh great nation, Allah is with you. Don't be sad with Allah's help."
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PA leaders applaud kids singing "I shall saturate you with my blood, redeem you with my life"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Jan. 5, 2012
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Song performed by children at an event marking the 47th anniversary of the Fatah movement:
"How beautiful you are, my country
The love in my heart for you is great
You have brought up and educated
generation after generation,
You waited patiently and discovered your heroic children
Oh, my pure land, I shall saturate you with my blood
I shall live and die upon your green ground
Your ground satiates us, your goodness satisfies us
I shall redeem you with my life, oh my land
Your embrace warms us
Your ground satiates us, your goodness satisfies us
I shall redeem you with my life, oh my land
Your embrace warms us"
(emphasis added)
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Note: Present at the ceremony: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad; Secretary General of the Presidential Office, Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim; Secretary of the PLO Executive Council, Yasser Abd Rabbo; District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh Laila Ghannam; Fatah spokesman Ahmed Assaf.
Applause by PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Secretary General of the President's office Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim and PLO Secretary General Yasser Abd Rabbo. |
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PA funded magazine publishes essay by 11 year-old lauding Martyrdom-death
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Source:
Zayzafuna magazine, Jan. 1, 2012
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Essay entitled "How do you know that you're a Palestinian?" by Asil Khaled, 5th grade student from El-Bireh:
"If you know that you were born with a death sentence, and if you go to your death without caring - then you're a Palestinian!
If your song is the song of Martyrdom (Shahada), and death, for you, is birth - then you're a Palestinian!
If you love death, and you say the Shahada [declaration] (i.e., the Islamic creed: "There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is Allah's messenger.") aloud - then you're a Palestinian!
If you've ever felt that you're an exploding body and that your soul will long one day to be a knight for the homeland - then you're a Palestinian!
If the stone is your weapon against oppression, and if those who hate [you] criticize your struggle - then you're a Palestinian!
If you have saturated the tree of the homeland with your free blood, with love, and have offered the remnants of your bodily parts as a bridge for those who are yet to come - then you're a Palestinian!
If you have shattered the chains, and carried the key to the house from which [your] grandparents were expelled - then you're a Palestinian!
If your wedding (i.e., a Martyr's funeral in Islamic tradition is a wedding to 72 Maidens of Paradise) was amidst a hail of bullets between the shoulders of friends [who carried your body], against the sound of tears mingled with joy (i.e., of achieving Martyrdom) and the searing pain of separation- then you're a Palestinian, and you're full of pride at being a Palestinian."
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Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers. |
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Girl sings Intifada song about the "Martyr who loved death," PA TV host prefers song about life
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 25, 2011
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Girl: "I am the voice of the Intifada, and no voice is louder than mine;
I am the last will of the Martyr
who loved death upon the soil of the homeland.
My voice refuses to be silent.
I am the sister of the one
who adorned herself and girded herself with death.
I am the voice of the stone and the tree, the bleeding wounded."
After interviewing other children, the host turned to the girl a second time and asked her to sing a different song:
PA TV host: "Bravo, our friend Bara'a; that was a beautiful song.
We want to hear a song full of life and vitality, because we want to live. We want a beautiful life, we want always to call for all that adorns our life. We want to forget about death for a little while and distance ourselves far from death."
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Palestinian kindergarten class performs play called "The Martyr's Wedding"
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 2, 2011
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"'The Birds of Paradise' kindergarten held a nice graduation party... The ceremony included beautiful performances... one of the most outstanding was a play from the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and another performance named 'The Martyr's (Shahid's) Wedding', delighted the audience by the role-play of the children, whose acting depicted the reality of roadblocks, children, occupation soldiers, and the children's death as Martyrs. This charm caused the audience to cry, as the children's performance was accompanied by the playing of nationalistic songs."
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Exam question for high school students published in PA daily encourages violence and death
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Source:
Al-Ayyam, May 3, 2011
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Headline: “Sample questions and answers in preliminary [PA] matriculation exam”
“Al-Ayyam presents to its high-school readers sample questions and answers selected from the curriculum… under the supervision of a group of specialized teachers, with the aim of helping students to pass the examinations successfully”
"Arabic Language – part II"
[Question 5]
a. "Find the verb in the future subjunctive, and explain why it is so:
- Don’t expect to excel if you neglect your studies.
- You will never attain your rights by begging."
b. "Punctuate the underlined phrase:
- We shall die in order that our land may live”
Other questions illustrating the PA’s attitude to Israel:
[Question 1 – section 18]
"Circle… the sentence in which the direct object must precede the subject:
[The correct option:] Palestine will be freed by its heroes."
[Question 11, section c3]
"Punctuate the underlined phrase:
Do not view the occupier as human”
[Question 14b]
"Add the verb ‘to be’, or a verb that follows the same form, to the following sentences, and punctuate accordingly:
- Palestinian women are fighters” |
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Poem in PLO youth magazine expresses pride in Jihad fighters who died as Martyrs
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Source:
Zayzafuna magazine, May 1, 2011
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Poem by a girl in 8th grade, published in PLO magazine for youth, Zayzafuna:
“Look at Jerusalem and at the Dome of the Rock [Mosque] Whose moon is high in the sky
Raising its head [in pride] at its sons who have Died as Martyrs for its [the mosque’s] liberation There the mighty Jihad fighter died as a Martyr
And Jerusalem is proud of its heroes who defend it with stones. Oh Jerusalem, do not be sad, for your victory is near
With the song of birds up high
Asking its people to stone the enemy
Oh bride of time
Oh third holy place [to Islam] – we will redeem you with our life
Oh compass of the nation – do not be sad
For your victory is near, Allah willing
Victory, victory, victory, oh city of Jerusalem.”
Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine, which includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers, represents the values of the educators and serves as a window into the minds of the Palestinian children submitting material to the magazine. PMW’s book Deception includes a chapter on Zayzafuna. Following PMW’s exposure of Hitler glorification in the February 2011 issue, UNESCO halted it’s funding of the magazine. View UNESCO’s statement and PMW's bulletin on the December 2011 issue of the magazine. |
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Girl on PA TV dedicates song glorifying Martyrdom to her terrorist uncle
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 13, 2011
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"When we become Martyrs we'll go to Paradise.
Don't say we're young.
This way of life has made us adults.
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Without Palestine, what meaning is there to childhood?
Children, you performed the (religious) duty and Sunna (Islamic tradition):
There is no God but Allah, and the Shahid (Martyr) is Allah's beloved.
You have taught us the meaning of heroism.
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Even if they were to give us this world and all of its treasures, no, it would not make us forget [Palestine]. Not at all.
It is my country and [I give] my blood for its sake."
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Essay in PLO youth magazine glorifies Martyrdom-death
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Source:
Zayzafuna magazine, Apr. 1, 2011
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Essay by a girl in high school entitled "The Palestinian Mother," published in PLO youth magazine Zayzafuna:
“I am the Palestinian mother, I am the mother of the Martyr (Shahid) who sacrif iced himself for the sake of liberty, and followed the path of Martyrdom (Shahada) for the sake of the homeland… He fell upon the land of Palestine, quenching it with his pure blood. My son died as a Martyr with a bullet, a treacherous bullet, to his chest. But the main thing is that he died as a Martyr upon the land of Palestine; oh the land of Divine missions, the blessed land and the homeland of the prophets and the messengers; oh the place of the Prophet’s [Muhammad’s] Night Journey… Congratulations [you are in] Paradise and [in] the heavenly dwellings, oh Palestinian Martyr. With our lives we will redeem you, Palestine.”
Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine, which includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers, represents the values of the educators and serves as a window into the minds of the Palestinian children submitting material to the magazine. PMW’s book Deception includes a chapter on Zayzafuna. Following PMW’s exposure of Hitler glorification in the February 2011 issue, UNESCO halted it’s funding of the magazine. View UNESCO’s statement and PMW's bulletin on the December 2011 issue of the magazine. |
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PA TV: Sacrifice your children as Martyrs to defeat the enemy [Israel]
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 3, 2011
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Program: "In a Fighter’s Home”
Visit to the home of Martyr (Shahid) Fadaa Kandil and his brother, prisoner Yousuf Kandil
Father says: ”If every home would sacrifice two of its children, we would defeat the enemy. Let every house with 7 [children] sacrifice 2, as I have done.” |
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Poem in PLO youth magazine depicts a "Martyr's" death as a wedding
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Source:
Zayzafuna magazine, Feb. 1, 2011
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Poem written by a boy in 6th grade, published in PLO youth magazine Zayzafuna:
“My mother went to the home of the Martyr (Shahid) to express condolences…
My mother said [to the Martyr’s mother]: ‘Why do you weep? He died as a Martyr, do not be sad.
‘His mother said: ‘My tears f low from sadness over his youth… But in my heart I am very happy, because he died as a Martyr. I will contain myself.’
Following the afternoon prayer, the whole village set off on a grand funeral procession. Muhammad’s mother accompanied her [dead] son as though he were not a Martyr, but rather at a wedding ceremony.”
Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine, which includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers, represents the values of the educators and serves as a window into the minds of the Palestinian children submitting material to the magazine. PMW’s book Deception includes a chapter on Zayzafuna. Following PMW’s exposure of Hitler glorification in the February 2011 issue, UNESCO halted it’s funding of the magazine. View UNESCO’s statement and PMW's bulletin on the December 2011 issue of the magazine. |
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Palestinian girl wants to sacrifice her life for Jerusalem
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Source:
Zayzafuna magazine, May 1, 2010
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Written by a girl in 10th grade, published by PLO youth magazine Zayzafuna:
“A Palestinian, I am a Palestinian
With my life I will redeem you, Jerusalem…”
Note: Zayzafuna is a PLO magazine for children funded by the PA. The magazine, which includes material written by both the magazine’s staff and child readers, represents the values of the educators and serves as a window into the minds of the Palestinian children submitting material to the magazine. PMW’s book Deception includes a chapter on Zayzafuna. Following PMW’s exposure of Hitler glorification in the February 2011 issue, UNESCO halted it’s funding of the magazine. View UNESCO’s statement and PMW's bulletin on the December 2011 issue of the magazine. |
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Mother of Martyr: "Every mother should sacrifice her child for Palestine"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 11, 2010
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PA TV news report:
Mother upon news of son's death in an IDF airstrike: "We had always hoped for his [my son's] Martyrdom (Shahada), knowing he wanted to die as a Martyr (Shahid). Every time he went out, we would say to him, 'May Allah be with you.' We knew that he wanted to die as a Martyr. Praise to Allah, he sought Martyrdom, and he achieved it. My message to every mother is to sacrifice her child for Palestine.
Another woman: "By Allah, we welcome every Martyr as if he were a groom among us." Click to view video
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Hamas TV applauds child's wish for Shahada
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Jan. 22, 2010
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Phone interview broadcast on Hamas TV kids' program, Tomorrow's Pioneers:
Host to girl on phone: "How was it for you during the [Gaza] war [2009]? Were you afraid that you would die, that you would leave this world?"
Girl: "No. I wasn't afraid. I wished for Shahada (Martyrdom) -- Shahada for Allah."
Host: "How wonderful. Even this little girl - how old are you?"
Girl: "Ten."
Host: "[She] is not more than ten years old, and wants to die as a Shahida (Martyr) for Allah. We all wish for this [Shahada]."
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Kids shown video of their mother's suicide bombing death on Hamas TV
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), July 3, 2009
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On a kids' TV show, the children of Reem Riyashi, a suicide bomber, watch the reenacment of her suicide:
TV Host: "[Our guests are] the children of the Shahida [Martyr] Reem Riyashi."
The video is shown:] "Mommy, what are you carrying in your arms instead of me? A toy or a present for me?
[Visual: Mother prepares bomb, hiding bomb]
Are you going out, Mommy? Come back quickly, Mommy.
[Girl sees TV news about her mother's bombing]
Instead of me you carried a bomb in your hands. Now, I know what was more precious than us.
My love [for Muhammad] will not be [only] words. [Picks up explosives in mother's drawer]
I am following Mommy in her steps! My mother! My mother!" [Girl looks at bomb in her hand]
TV Host: "These are the children of the Shahida [Martyr], the heroic Jihad fighter who sacrificed all that she had for her homeland. She cared less about her own flesh and blood, and for their sake, she sacrificed [herself] for Allah. We say to the occupier, that we will continue in the footsteps of the Shahida [Martyr], the Jihad fighter Reem Riyashi, until we liberate our homeland from your hands, usurper." Click here to view |
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Hamas TV music video: Daughter of suicide terrorist promises to follow in mother's footsteps
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), May 22, 2009
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5 year-old daughter of suicide terrorist Reem Riyashi, sings to her mother, promising to follow as suicide terrorist:
"Mommy, what are you carrying in your arms instead of me? A toy or a present for me?
[Visual: Mother prepares bomb, hiding bomb]
Are you going out, Mommy? Come back quickly, Mommy.
[Girl sees TV news about her mother's bombing]
Instead of me you carried a bomb in your hands. Now, I know what was more precious than us.
My love [for Muhammad] will not be [only] words.
[Picks up explosives in mother's drawer]
I am following Mommy in her steps! My mother! My mother!"
[Girl looks at bomb in her hand]
Click to view video
Note: This video was broadcast repeatedly from 2007-2009. |
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Islamic legendary mother urged sons to die as Shahids
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Source:
Reading and Texts Part II, Grade 8, Apr. 15, 2009
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| “Al-Khansa witnessed the Battle of Al-Qadisiyah with her four sons. She urged them to fight… They fought until all of them fell as Shahids [Martyrs for Allah]. When the news reached her, she said, ‘Praise be to Allah who has honored me by their Shahada [Martyrdom]…’” |
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Hamas song for kids: "Death is honor and victory"
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Mar. 20, 2009
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A young girl throws darts shaped like missiles at a target shaped like the Star of David, promoting another repeating Hamas message - violence against Israel. When the target is hit and the Star of David falls, the young girl raises her hands in victory. All this is shown while the following words of the song are being sung:
"Teach the children that death is honor and victory. Through death, we seek to bring the dawn and the day." Click to view video
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Hamas kids' TV: Death is heroic
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Jan. 2, 2009
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Assud, Hamas's rabbit puppet, dies on kids' TV show:
TV Host: "Also our friends Assud was injured."
Assud: "Tell [the children] that Assud has died, has died as a hero, died as Shahid (Martyr), died as Shahid, O Saraa, died as Shahid, O Saraa."
[Assud in death throes]
[Assud died]
TV Host: "Assud... Assud... No, Assud... Don't die, Assud... We will sacrifice ourselves for you, Palestine." Click here to view |
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Schoolbook: "Your enemies seek life while you seek death"
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Source:
Reading and Texts Part II, Grade 8, Jan. 1, 2009
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PA schoolbook written by Fatah educators teaches 13 and 14 year-olds to prefer death in battle over life, while it is the enemies who cherish life:
“O heroes, Allah has promised you victory ... Do not talk yourselves into flight…Your enemies seek life while you seek death. They seek spoils to fill their empty stomachs while you seek a Garden [Paradise] as wide as are the heavens and the earth. Do not be anxious to meet them [enemies], for death is not bitter in the mouth of the believers. These drops of blood that gush from your bodies will be transformed tomorrow into blazing red meteors that will fall down upon the heads of your enemies."
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PA names eight schools after "Mother of Martyrs"
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 1, 2009
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| Al-Khansa is a woman who is honored in Islamic tradition for celebrating her four sons' deaths in battle. The PA presents Al-Khansa as a role model for children and has named eight schools for Al-Khansa. |
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Child in PA school declares his love of Martyrdom death
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 14, 2008
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Child in PA school:
"I have let my land drink my blood"
"We are the ones who chose the way of peace; you are the one who chose the way of war.
We are the children of the green gardens. Palestine is my mother and my father;
I have let my land drink my blood, and I love the way of the Shahada [Martyrdom for Allah]."
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PA TV glorifies child Martyrdom: "Martyrdom is bliss"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 16, 2008
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Child host:
"The [clue] to the riddle:
The national hero, a small child;
A knight riding the "Martyrdom" horse;
Martyrdom is bliss.
Paradise is yours, the hero of Palestine,
who carried a stone to confront a tank.
The prize is very high: $200."
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Fatah TV quiz glorifies terrorist Mughrabi alongside Mickey Mouse
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 6, 2008
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 “Dear children, here is [the clue] to the riddle:
[You were] a beloved bride, daughter of Jaffa,
Jasmine flower; You have lived 30 years since
your death. You were escorted [in death]
with your friends and the flag of Palestine…
Dear children, the answer to the riddle:
Dalal Mughrabi.” Click to view video
Note: Dalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history in 1978, when she and other terrorists hijacked a bus and killed 37 civilians, 12 of them children. |
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PA TV message for kids: Death for Allah is bliss
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 16, 2008
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Child host: [the clue to] the riddle: The national hero,
A small child: A knight riding the "Martyrdom" horse; Martyrdom is bliss. Paradise is yours, the hero of Palestine, who carried a stone to confront a tank.
"On the day of his death Faris Ouda left his home with a slingshot, after having made himself a wreath decorated with photos of himself and having written on it 'The brave Shahid (Martyr) Faris Ouda.'"
[Official PA daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 30. 2000] |
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Mother to son: Don't be sad at my death
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 14, 2008
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In a PA TV music video, a mother sings to her son:
"If you hear of [my] death, don't be sad.
My soul and yours, my dear, are to honor Palestine, to honor Palestine!"
Click to view video
Note: Broadcast November 2007 to June 2008, almost daily. |
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Hamas children's TV: Puppet's Martyr-death celebrated as wedding
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Feb. 1, 2008
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The Martyrdom of Nahoul, Hamas's bee:
[Doctor examines Nahoul.]
Man: "Doctor, he needs medicine which our hospitals lack. We wanted to transfer him to Israel, but Israel prevented his entry."
[Attempted resuscitation]
[Nahoul dies]
TV Host: "Today we say: congratulations, oh Nahoul, this is your wedding, Nahoul. We don't see it as your death, Nahoul, but as your wedding, Nahoul." Click here to view |
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PA TV glorifies 17 year-old suicide terrorist as hero
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Dec. 23, 2007
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PA TV interview with father of suicide terrorist Ayyat al-Akhras. At the age of 17, Ayyat Al-Akhras became the youngest female Palestinian suicide bomber. She killed 2 Israelis and injured 28 in a suicide bombing near a Jerusalem supermarket on March 29, 2002.
Host: “Father of [suicide terrorist] Martyr Ayyat al-Akhras - you and your cause deserve the greatest respect… Ayyat was very young [17] when she was martyred… In our view, Ayyat is a hero, and we want to hear more and remember this Martyr, since we hold her memory dear in our hearts.”
Father: "[Ayyat's] goal was to study journalism, to promote her Palestinian cause around the world…”
Host: “Through Ayyat's heroic act [suicide bombing] she succeeded in reaching the entire world.” |
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Hamas children's show teaches: Jews are murderers
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), July 20, 2007
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Hamas TV repeating libel: Jews are murderers:
Nahoul: "We will liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews, who killed my grandfather, and killed Farfur, and history will bear witness to that."
TV Host: "Sabah, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Sabah: "Journalist."
TV Host: "Wow, Journalist! Nahoul, we need journalists."
Nahoul: "Why? So that... so that they will photograph the Jews when they are killing Farfur and the little children?"
TV Host: "Yes, Nahoul."
Child: "We will go on Jihad when we grow up."
Nahoul: "Yes, we are the Jihad warriors, me and you!"
Child: "Allah willing." Click here to view |
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Hamas kids' TV: Mickey Mouse puppet killed by Israel becomes a Martyr
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Source:
Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), June 29, 2007
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A video of Farfur, Hamas Mickey Mouse being beaten and killed by Israeli:
[Farfur in interrogation]
Israeli interrogator: "Sit down Farfur. Farfur, we want to buy the land, we will give you a lot of money.
Farfur: "No!! We don't sell our lands to terrorists!"
Israeli: "Farfur!!! I want you to give me the documents, give me the documents!!!"
Farfur: "I won't give the document! Won't give! Won't give!"
Israeli: "Farfur!!! Farfur! Hand me the documents Farfur! Hand me the documents Farfur! You call us terrorists, Farfur?! Take this, take this! Take this! Take this!"
Farfur: "Stop! Stop!"
TV Host: "Yes, our children friends, we lost our dearest friend, Farfur. Farfur became a Shahid (Martyr) while protecting his land." Click here to view |
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Journalist condemns PA culture of death taught to kids
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Source:
Al-Ayyam, June 18, 2007
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A Palestinian journalist has expressed despair about the society of death worship in Gaza. In so doing, he has corroborated PMW findings documenting the death culture promoted in Palestinian Authority education.
Ghassan Zaqtan, PA journalist:
“We knew that they would do it, especially in Gaza, where a mother brushes her young son's hair at 7:00, so that he will be killed at 7:30, and where the children learn that death is preferable to life! We knew that they would do this, it was clear to us: with language overflowing with the rhetoric of death and the norms of killing, in the religious rulings [Fatwas] and in Friday and holiday sermons.” |
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Palestinian children taught paradise is reward for martyrdom
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 28, 2006
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PA TV video features Muhammad Al-Dura, a Palestinian boy who was killed in a televised crossfire in Gaza in 2000. Al-Dura calls children to follow him to Paradise:
Text on screen: "I am waving to you, not in parting, but to say follow me..."
Narrator: "How sweet is the fragrance of the martyrs. How sweet is the fragrance of the earth, its thirst quenched by the gush of blood flowing from the youthful body. How sweet is the fragrance of the earth. The boy [Muhammad Al-Dura] cried: 'Oh father, till we meet, till we meet, father, till we meet, I will go with no fear and without crying. How sweet is the fragrance of the martyrs. I will go, father, to my place in heaven. How sweet is the fragrance of the martyrs. Oh father, till we meet, till we meet, Oh father, till we meet.'"
Click here to view
Note: This video was broadcast hundreds of times on PA TV from 2001 - 2008. |
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PA TV music video for kids promotes rock throwing and glorifies Martyrdom death
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 13, 2006
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PA TV music video to children, broadcast hundreds of times from 2002 to 2006:
"The beloved Al-Aqsa [mosque] cried out to us. Shake the earth, raise the stones. You will not be saved, Oh Zionist, from the volcano of my country's stones.You will not be saved, Oh Zionist, from the volcano of my country's stones. You are the target of my eyes. I welcome my falling as a Shahid [Martyr]. You are the target of my eyes. I welcome my falling as a Shahid [Martyr]. Allah Akbar, Oh the young ones."
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Mahmoud Abbas applauds girl chanting about Martyrdom
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 10, 2006
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Palestinian Children's Day event, in the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas:
"Even if all the Jews arrived [in Israel], seeking refuge with the monkeys (Israelis) and scaring the lions (Arabs), we will never accept compensation for our land. There is no substitute for Jerusalem! In Palestine there are brave people who fight the worst oppression. [...] Our death is like life. My homeland is the invaders' grave. [...] I will walk a thousand miles, even if I die there as a Shahid (Martyr). All together, to Jerusalem! To Jerusalem!" [Mahmoud Abbas applauds]
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Schools named after the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Feb. 26, 2006
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1 - “The Dalal Mughrabi girls high school – Gaza
2 - “The Dalal Mughrabi girls high school – A-Shuyoukh [Hebron]
[Dalal Mughrabi led a bus hijacking (1978) that was the worst terror attack in Israel's history. 37 vacationers, including 12 children, were murdered] |
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Mother of child Martyr wished a different son had died
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 6, 2004
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Mother of 15 year-old who died in suicide mission:
"It was sad and joyous what happened to him, meaning, he always liked the Shahada (Martyrdom). All children at his age do. He always cared for me. I would have preferred that one of his other brothers would have attained Shahada instead of him, because he was the joy of my life." Click here to view |
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PA TV children's song: Martyrdom is "sweet"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Jan. 1, 2004
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PA TV music video: Boy sends farewell letter as he leaves to die for Allah. As he falls "dead" his letter defines death as "sweet." (Broadcast more than 1000 times on PA TV, 2001 - 2004.)
"Don't be sad, my dear [father], and don't cry over my parting,
My dear father, for my country I sacrificed myself.
With determination and desire I will keep my promise.
How sweet is Shahada [Martyrdom] when I'm embraced by you, my land!
My beloved, my mother, most dear to me, be joyous over my blood, don't cry for me." Click here to view |
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Arafat to kids: Child-Martyr is role model
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 4, 2003
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"Faris Ouda left home with a slingshot, having made a wreath with his picture, and writing: 'The Brave Shahid Faris Ouda'."
He said to his mother, "Don't worry, mother, Shahada (Martyrdom) is sweet.'"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 30, 2000; Feb. 3, 2001]
Yasser Arafat, in a speech to children:
"We are saluting the spirit of our hero Shahid, Faris Ouda! Faris Ouda! Faris Ouda! We are proud of you [youth] who represent the steadfastness and the sacrifice of your companion, the hero Shahid, Faris Ouda! Oh, children of Palestine! The peers, friends, brothers and sisters of Faris Ouda."
[PA TV (Fatah), Aug. 4, 2003, July 22, 2003, Aug. 18, 2002]
Click here to view
Note: Faris Ouda is a 14 year-old who prepared his own memorial before going off to become a Shahid. |
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Teaching kids to aspire Martyrdom is educational goal
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 4, 2003
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The Director of the Palestinian Children’s Aid Association, Firial Hillis, explained that it was an integral part of the official educational policy to educate young children to aspire to Shahada – Martyr's death:
“The concept of Shahada for him [the child] means belonging to the homeland, from a religious point of view. Sacrifice for his homeland. Achieving Shahada in order to reach Paradise and to meet his God. This is the best. We also teach our children to protect the homeland, belonging and to reach Shahada.” |
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Football tournament honors suicide terrorists
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 21, 2003
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“In Tulkarem’s Abd Al-Majid Tayeh School football field, under the auspices of Jamal Tarif, director of education; sport supervisor Jamal Odeh; and in the presence of school principal Jamal Ayat; the head of the sports committee, and committee members; the Tulkarem Shahids (Martyrs) Memorial football Championship Tournament of the Shahid Abd Al-Baset Odeh, began with the participation of seven top teams, named after Shahids who gave their lives to redeem the Homeland. The teams are: ..., Shahid Raed Karmi, …, Shahid Tareq Abu Safaka, Shahid Tareq Al-Qato, Shahid Mahmoud Marmash...
Issam, the brother of the Shahid [suicide bomber Abd Al-Baset Odeh], will distribute the trophies."
Note: Abd Al-Baset Odeh - suicide bomber who carried out Passover Seder attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya in 2002. 30 Israelis were killed and 140 injured.
Raed Karmi - commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Tulkarem.
Tareq Abu Safaka - suicide bomber who carried out attack on the West bank community of Hermesh in 2002, killing three Israelis.
Tareq Al-Qato - member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades; sniper in the PA’s intelligence apparatus, who shot many Israeli soldiers.
Mahmoud Marmash – planner of the suicide bombing at the Sharon Mall in Netanya in 2001. 5 Israelis were killed and 74 wounded.
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PA TV: Mother sends sons to fight and die as Martyrs
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Oct. 13, 2002
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The video shows a group of adolescents holding rifles. One of the boys runs to dodge gunfire and is shot. The other boys bring the dead body, wrapped in a Palestinian flag, to his mother's house. The mother kisses her son and emits a cry of joy. The video then cuts to the mother handing rifles to her other sons.
The following lyrics are heard in the background:
"Our Shahids (Martyrs) have sworn, we shall live no longer. Either we shall pray [in Jerusalem] or we shall die at your gate, standing upon your threshold. 'Khaibar' [massacre of Jews] will be repeated, over and over, Oh Muslims. Mother, Oh mother, I swear by your pure eyes and hands, the tears in your eyes obligate them. Oh free [land], two children will come, in place of one. They will wipe away the shameful history. Oh free [land], two children will come, in place of one. They will wipe away the shameful history."
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Palestinian children: Death as a Martyr is sweet
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 9, 2002
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Host: "You described Shahada (Martydrdom) as something beautiful. Do you think it is beautiful?"
Walla, age 11: "Shahada (Martyrdom) is a very, very beautiful thing. Everyone yearns for Shahada. What could be sweeter than going to paradise?"
Host: "What is better, peace and full rights for the Palestinian people, or Shahada?"
Walla: "Shahada. I will achieve my rights after becoming a Shahida (Martyr)."
Host: "Ok, Yussra, would you agree with that?"
Yussra, age 11: "Of course, Shahada is sweet. We don't want this world, we want the Afterlife. We benefit not from this life, but from the Afterlife."
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Hezbollah animation teaches Palestinian kids to throw stones at Israelis and to seek death as Martyrs
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Source:
Al-Manar TV, June 1, 2002
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“The enemies harm everyone, therefore the young ones are now crying “Allah Akbar!” [Background shows the Dome of the Rock, a holy Islamic shrine in Jerusalem] You are [our people’s] purpose and concern, let your stone pour out blood. Your land is your honor and your mother, and worldly things only come after it. My book has turned into a stone. With it, I repel the treacherous. It is small like [the boy] but its effect is great. Purify yourself, pray and set out. With your blood the soil will be perfumed. Engrave your name on [Heaven’s] doors. I am at your service, on Al-Aqsa [Mosque]! I am at your service, oh Jerusalem! I may have missed a lesson, but my love for you is a lesson itself. Come out of every tunnel, window and door, join your stone to mine. The shooting of the evil [Israelis] doesn’t scare us. The dear [child] has fulfilled his desire, achieving the merit of Marytrdom. [The boy] who went to redeem his country is not considered dead.”
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Arafat: Dead child-martyrs "greatest message" to world
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Jan. 15, 2002
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Interviewer: "Mr. President, what message would you like to send to the Palestinian people, in general, and in particular to the Palestinian children?"
Arafat: "This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank – is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a Shahid? We are proud of them."
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