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| Suicide terror & Shahada |
People who see life as the supreme value have difficulty understanding the mind of the suicide terrorist. Why were so many Palestinians willing and eager to kill themselves in terror attacks against Israel?
In order to create willingness among the population to confront Israel violently, the PA took advantage of the ancient tradition in Islam, Shahada or Death for Allah, which mandates Muslims to aspire to die in combat for Islam. The PA told their people that this ancient tradition also applies to them in confrontation with Israel today.
This indoctrination began shortly after the start of the PA terror campaign (the "Intifada," 2000-2005) and continues today. The PA promotes Shahada as a mandatory religious Islamic duty, both for adults and children, promising great rewards. |
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| Success of Shahada promotion |
| The Palestinian Authority's Shahada indoctrination has been very successful. Many parents celebrate the death of their children, and some even describe how they prayed for their children’s death as Martyrs. Even 11-year-olds talk about death lovingly, as if it’s the most they can achieve in life. |
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1- Children seek death
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10 year-old on Hamas TV: "We all 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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Boy vows to join father in Martyrs` Paradise
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Source:
Hamas website, Feb. 1, 2009
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Palestinian boy:
"By Allah, oh my father, I love you more than my own soul, but that is trivial because of my religion, my cause and my Al-Aqsa [Mosque]. Father, my eyes will shed no tears, but my finger will pull the trigger - this trigger that I still remember. I will never forget, beloved father, the times when you taught me the love of Jihad. You taught me the love of arms, so that I would be a knight, Allah willing. I will follow in your steps and fight the enemies on the battlefield. Every drop of blood that dripped from your pure body is worth dozens of bullets directed towards the enemies' chest. Tomorrow I will grow up, tomorrow I will avenge, and the battlefields will know who is the son of the Martyr, the commander, Ashraf Mushtaha. Finally, father, we are not saying goodbye, rather, I'll see you as a Shahid (Martyr) in Paradise. [I am] your son, who longs to meet you, the young knight, Naim, son of Ashraf Mushtaha."
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Child: Martyr is hero, 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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"Youth to continue the way of the Shahids (Martyrs)"
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 12, 2008
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| “The youth committee of the high school in the Yatta region finished the summer camp activities … in his speech, Jihad Abu Zahra, coordinator of the youth committee … emphasized the desire of the youth to continue the way of the Shahids (Martyrs) until the fulfillment of our people's goals of freedom and independence.” |
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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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Girl Shahida smiled as she died for Palestine
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Source:
Al-Fateh.net - Hamas Website, Mar. 15, 2006
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| "Su'ad sat next to the driver, to direct him, and she led him to the land-mines. Then the [car] blew-up and all of the soldiers were killed. As for Su'ad, well she became a Shahida (Martyr for Allah) on the grass, while smiling, because she died as a Shahida for Palestine."... |
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2- Adults seek death
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Woman says relative wanted Martyrdom, he is groom
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Dec. 26, 2010
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PA TV News broadcast a report on two Palestinians killed while attempting to lay landmines along the security fence in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. A family member [of one of them, Mahmoud Yousuf Al-Najar]:
"Today he is a groom. I've sounded a joyous cry. He is a groom. He wanted to become a Martyr for a long time. When I told him: 'Find a job,' he said: 'I want to be a Martyr.'"
Click to view video
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Death for Allah "great dream" of would-be terrorist
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 10, 2008
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Interview with Samira Al-Janazra, who was arrested and imprisoned by Israel for planning a suicide bombing in a bank, upon her release:
“Since childhood I wanted to light my inner revolution and I followed this path. I expected either Shahada [Martyrdom] or prison, but in the end there are those more noble than us – those Shahids [Martyrs] who fell. The Shahada is a great dream. I praise Allah for [granting] either Shahada or prison.” Click here to view |
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Palestinian female terrorist who was caught before mission: I would have become one of the 72 virgins in Paradise
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Source:
Israeli TV, Oct. 1, 2004
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Rania Diab, female terrorist captured before her suicide mission:
Host: “Had you succeeded in [your suicide] mission, what would have been your reward?”
Rania: “The reward is from Allah, in Paradise. The female Martyrdom-seeker becomes one of the Dark-Eyed Virgins, and she marries one of the Martyrs.” Click here to view |
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Hamas suicide terrorist in farewell video: "How often I desired to carry out a Martyrdom-seeking operation"
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Source:
Hamas website, Jan. 14, 2004
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Reem Riyashi, Hamas suicide terrorist:
"I am the Martyr Reem Saleh Riyashi, I hoped that the shredded limbs of my body would be shrapnel, tearing Zionists to pieces, knocking on heaven's door with the skulls of Zionists. How often I spoke to my soul: "Oh soul, if you loathe the Zionists, enemies of my religion, my blood shall be my path to heaven." Since 8th grade I have striven, seeking people daily to guide [me], listen, and help me. How often I desired to carry out a Martyrdom-seeking [suicide] operation inside Israel, and with perseverance, and with Allah's grace, my wish has been fulfilled." Click to view video
Note: This video was shown on Hamas's website from 2004 to 2009. Reem Riyashi carried out her attack on January 14, 2004. She was the first female suicide bomber that had children. |
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3- Parents celebrate children's death
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Creating a supportive social environment for terrorists has been a critical factor in the Palestinian Authority's successful promotion of suicide terrorism. To this end, PA policy has been to honor terrorists as Shahids (Martyrs for Allah), and to teach Palestinian mothers to celebrate when their children die as terrorist Shahids. Categorizing these dead terrorists as Shahids grants them the highest honor a Muslim can achieve, and is therefore cause for a mother to celebrate, according to this PA teaching.
An example of that happiness and celebration can be seen in Um Nidal, mother of a suicide terrorist:
Um Nidal is filmed with her son, Muhammad, who is armed and ready to carry out a terror attack:
"By Allah, today is the best day of my life. I feel that our Lord is pleased with me, because I am offering something [my son] for Him. I wish to sacrifice more [sons] for Allah's forgiveness, and for the flag [of Islam], 'There is no god but Allah', to fly over Palestine.... It's true that there's nothing more precious than children, but for the sake of Allah – what is precious becomes cheap." Click to view video on website
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Mother of suicide bomber says she's proud, hopes more girls will follow in her daughter's footsteps
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Source:
Fatah's Facebook page, Jan. 27, 2013
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Picture posted on Fatah's Facebook page with the following description:
 "This is Wafa Idris, 23 years old, who left her family, her mother and her brothers, and said to them that day: 'The situation is grave. One might die as a Martyr (Shahid) at any moment.'
Wafa was late in returning, and night fell. Her family began to look for her, and asked some of her girlfriends who said that she had said goodbye to them, and that she had asked them to pray, saying: 'I will do a deed that will make you proud,' but she did not explain what that deed would be...
Wafa's mother said that when she heard on the media that it could have been a woman who carried out the Martyrdom-seeking operation in Jerusalem and [Wafa] hadn't come back, she thought that this could be the only explanation for her being missing. She added that she is a hero, and said, 'My daughter is a Martyr (Shahida).’ ...
At least 2,000 Palestinians participated in the symbolic funeral of the first female Martyrdom-seeker who blew herself up in Israel... The coffin was draped in the Palestinian flag and posters of Wafa Idris were put on the walls of the streets in the refugee camp. Participants called 'Wafa is a hero' while armed men fired in the air to salute Wafa.
Wafa's mother said that she is proud of her daughter, and hopes that more girls will follow in her footsteps. Wafa - the beautiful flower who, through her Martyrdom-seeking operation, turned upside down Israeli security considerations that had focused on observing young Palestinian men only."
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Note: Wafa Idris was the first Palestinian female suicide bomber. She killed one and injured over 100 in her 2002 Jerusalem attack.
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Mother praised Allah when she heard of her son’s Martydom-death in a terror attack
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 31, 2012
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PA TV program Palestine This Morning on the subject of the numbered cemeteries (i.e., Israeli cemeteries for terrorists and enemy soldiers). The program interviews the mother of "Martyr" (Shahid) Ihab Abu Salem from the village Rantis, who carried out a terrorist attack in Jerusalem in 2003.
Mother of Ihab Abu Salem: "I received the news of his death as a Martyr with a happy heart, because death comes to all of us- with Shahada (Martyrdom death for Allah) or without it. Praise to Allah – Allah chose what was best for him."
Interviewee: "When he died as a Martyr, we had a feeling of pain and separation along with pride, but after 9 years I think that we feel only pride."
Note: The Cemeteries for Enemy Casualties are two burial sites that are maintained by the Israeli army and are used to bury the bodies of enemy soldiers as well as terrorists. The burial sites are fenced and marked as such. The graves have markers instead of gravestones. The burial is temporary, with the assumption that the bodies will be returned to their countries in the future. No ceremony is held, and the body is buried in a numbered casket, after the details of the body's identity have been documented.
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Song on PA TV: Mothers celebrate the Martyrdom-death of their sons
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 31, 2012
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PA TV program For You shows the Graves of Martyrs (Shahids). PA TV chose to play the following song in the background:
"Our brother has returned;
Oh eye – do not spill tears for him.
He returned on the shoulders of his friends and people who love him.
The brother has returned;
Oh mother – make sounds of joy;
The blood of this Martyr is a debt that we must repay."
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The Palestinian mother is “a model of giving” for proudly sending off her son to die as a Martyr
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 8, 2012
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| "Laila Ghannam, District Governor of Ramallah and El-Bireh paid a visit yesterday to released prisoners Tamer Shawamreh and Omar Khalil Karakreh [both had been serving time in prison and were released in the framework of the second stage of the Shalit exchange]. Ghannam said: 'The Palestinian mother is a model of giving… She parts from her Shahid (Martyr) son with trills of victory and pride, and marries off her prisoner son with full honor, glory and acclaim.'" |
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Mother upon news of daughter's suicide bombing: "I want to sing, she is a bride"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Aug. 3, 2011
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PA TV program The Best Mothers visits the mother of Darin Abu Aisheh, a suicide bomber who blew herself up at a roadblock in 2002, wounding three Israelis. The mother spoke with pride of how she received the news of her daughter's death, seeing it as her wedding:
"I didn't scream, even my scarf stayed on my head. Everyone came.
Everyone heard what happened... I was sitting and started to sing to her.
I said, 'It's the night before your wedding, Darin, and we won't see you anymore, my daughter.' People around me said, 'Allah be with you.'
I said, 'I haven't gone mad, I'm not crazy. I want to sing, Darin is a bride.'"
 PA TV focused on a poster of the terrorist displayed in the mother's home with the following text and Quran quote:
"Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers" [Quran 14, 9]
"The Palestinian National Liberation Movement - Fatah - Beit Wazan branch is happy to announce [the death of] the heroic Martyrdom-seeker, Darin Muhammad Tawfiq Abu Aisheh Member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades"
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Note: Islamic tradition says that male Martyrs marry the 72 Dark-Eyed virgins of Paradise. There is also a belief that a female Martyr becomes one of the virgins and marries a Martyr. |
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Mother of a Martyr wishes for more children who will become Martyrs
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Sept. 24, 2010
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Talkshow: “Good Morning Jerusalem”
Subject: Attacks on prisoners.
Guest: Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Committee of Prisoners’ Families.
Guest from Jerusalem: Mother of a Shahid and five prisoners, Um Rafat Al-Isawi (she herself is a former prisoner)
Mother says: “If I were young and could bear children who would fight the way my children fought, and another generation of my children could arise, I would do it.”
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