15-year-old terrorist proclaimed his choice to die for Allah just hours before his terror attack
- 15-year-old Palestinian: “Only Martyrdom is fitting for the life of a Jihad fighter”
15-year-old terrorist Muhammad Al-Za’arir tried to stab and kill two Israeli soldiers, just hours after he had praised death as a “Martyr” on Facebook:
“Only Martyrdom is fitting for the life of a Jihad fighter”
[Terrorist Muhammad Al-Za’arir, Facebook page, Aug. 1, 2023]
Terrorist stabber Al-Za’arir was shot and killed by the soldiers in self-defense, and thereby achieved the “Martyrdom” he had praised hours earlier. Palestinian Media Watch has proven how the PA successfully teaches Palestinian children and youth like Al-Za’arir to grow up seeing “Martyrdom-death” as an ideal.
Nevertheless, completely ignoring Al-Za’arir’s attack, the PA as is its policy, portrayed the terrorist stabber as an innocent victim “executed in cold blood” by “the occupation forces,” who “opened live fire on the child”:
Official PA TV host: “The occupation’s policy of murder and execution in cold blood still continues. Child [Muhammad] Farid Al-Za’arir died as a Martyr yesterday [Aug. 1, 2023] next to the town of Al-Samu’, near Hebron. The occupation forces opened live fire on the child Al-Za’arir and prevented the medical teams and residents from approaching him.”
[Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, Aug. 2, 2023]
The Chairman of the Palestinian National Council Rawhi Fattouh also “condemned the execution of child Muhammad Al-Za’arir,” claiming that Israel murders Palestinian children in an “organized” way to “annihilate” them:
“Fattouh said that the murder of the children of Palestine is an organized process that Israel is carrying out for the purposes of racist annihilation [of Palestinians].”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 3, 2023]
As policy, the PA indoctrinates Palestinian children to seek Martyrdom-death, waits for them to be killed, and then complains to the international community that Palestinian children need protection from Israel. The ones Palestinian children need protection from are their own leaders.
PMW has presented this information documenting the PA’s child abuse already to MPs in 10 legislatures and members of US Congress and political actions in defense of Palestinian children are being planned.
The following are longer excerpts of the statements cited above and additional PA reports ignoring the terrorist stabber’s attack:
“Palestinian National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) Chairman Rawhi Fattouh condemned the execution of child Muhammad Al-Za’arir (i.e., terrorist, attempted to stab Israeli soldiers) from the town of Al-Samu’, south of Hebron, by the occupation army two days ago [Aug. 1, 2023].
In a statement, Fattouh said that the murder of the children of Palestine is an organized process that Israel is carrying outfor the purposes of racist annihilation [of Palestinians]. He added that ever since the start of the occupation and until this very day, dozens of massacres, executions, and acts of murder have been committed against hundreds of Palestinian children, and that hundreds have been wounded in a way that caused them permanent defects, in a clear violation of the UN conventions and the international agreements protecting and defending the Palestinian child’s right to life and freedom.
He also said that the international community’s silence over the occupation’s crimes against our people encourages it to continue this.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 3, 2023]
Muhammad Farid Shawqi Al-Za’arir – 15-year-old Palestinian terrorist who attempted to stab two Israeli soldiers at a bus stop in the southern Har Hebron region on Aug. 1, 2023. The soldiers shot and killed Al-Za’arir in self-defense. Al-Za’arir, a successful student, posted on his Facebook page on the day of his attack: “Only Martyrdom is fitting for the life of a Jihad fighter.”
Headline: “Israeli forces kill Palestinian child, 14, near Hebron”
“Israeli forces Tuesday evening shot and killed a Palestinian child near the town of al-Sumo', to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
The Ministry of Health said it was informed by the Civil Affairs Authority of the death of Mohammad Farid al-Za'areer, 15, after he was shot by Israeli soldiers.
Security sources said that the Israeli army opened fire at the Palestinian child near the illegal Israeli settlement of ‘Eshtmou’ and prevented medical crews from reaching it.
According to local sources, Za'areer had just successfully finished the 9th grade and was one of the top students in his class.”
[WAFA, official PA news agency, English edition, Aug. 2, 2023]
“Sources reported that the occupation forces shot the youth [Muhammad Farid Shawqi] Al-Za’arir (i.e., terrorist, attempted to stab Israeli soldiers) next to the settlement of Eshtemoa, which was established on the lands of the town [Al-Samu’], and they prevented the rescue teams and civilians from reaching him.
In Israeli reports it was claimed that the Martyr attempted to stab Israeli soldiers who were at the bus stop next to the town of Al-Samu’ and was shot.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 2, 2023]
“Official [PA] Presidential Office Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeina said that the international silence and that fact that they are not demanding an accounting [from Israel] are what has encouraged the Israeli occupation to continue committing crimes against our people. The latest of them was the execution in cold blood of 15-year-old child Muhammad Farid Shawqi Al-Za’arir (i.e., terrorist, attempted to stab Israeli soldiers) yesterday evening, Tuesday [Aug. 1, 2023], by the occupation forces next to the town of Al-Samu’ south of Hebron… He said: ‘The Israeli occupation government is defying international law with the daily acts of murder of our Palestinian people. It is determined to continue the acts of murder, the summary executions, and the invasions of the Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps.’ …
Abu Rudeina called on the international community and its institutions, and foremost among them the [UN] Security Council, to provide international protection to our people and to implement the resolutions of the international institutions. He emphasized that the American administration needs to intervene to stop the Israeli bullying before it is too late, because the alternative is dragging the region into a place of violence and instability. He also emphasized that the Israeli occupation authorities and the American administration bear responsibility for the deterioration and the explosion of the situation.”
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 2, 2023]
Nabil Abu Rudeina also serves as PA Deputy Prime Minister, PA Minister of Information, Fatah Commissioner of Information, Culture, and Ideology, and Fatah Central Committee member.