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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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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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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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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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Mother of Martyr welcomes son's death
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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 here to view |
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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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Ministry of Educ. thanks mothers for providing Martyrs
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Source:
Al-Ayyam, Feb. 23, 2009
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Nivin Maslah, head of Ministry of Education dept. of public relations, Mother's Day speech:
"We send, from the Education Ministry, a kiss of love and thanks to the foreheads of our mothers… She praised the pioneering role of the mother in creating the [next] generations, and for their enormous forbearance in providing Shahids (Martyrs) and prisoners throughout the years of the struggle against the occupation". |
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Father proud of 17 year-old Martyr
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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, she became the youngest female Palestinian suicide bomber. She killed 2 Israelis and injured 28 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, March 2002:
Host: “Father of [suicide terrorist] Martyr Ayat al-Akhras - you and your cause deserve the greatest respect… Ayat was very young [17] when she was martyred… In our view, Ayat is a hero, and we want to hear more and remember this Martyr, since we hold her memory dear in our hearts.”
Father: "[Ayat's] goal was to study journalism, to promote her Palestinian cause around the world…”
Host: “Through Ayat's heroic act [suicide bombing] she succeeded in reaching the entire world.” |
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Father prayed for joy of son's Shahada death
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Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 3, 2006
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Sheikh Imad Hamato, PA cleric, during his weekly PA TV show teaching Islam:
"I once heard a father of one of the Shahids (Martyrs) say: 'I would pray with my son at night, and ask Allah for Shahada (Martyrdom) for my son. I asked Allah for Shahada for my son, until Allah gave me joy with his Shahada.'" Click here to view |
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PA glorifies mother who celebrated 4 sons' deaths
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 26, 2006
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Sheikh Yusuf Jum’ah Salameh, PA Minister of Waqf (Islamic Trust), in the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, honors woman who celebrated the death of her four sons, as "a great woman":
“Al-Khansa, this noble woman… The day she lost her brother Sakhr [before she adopted Islam] she began crying and shouting in anguish... [But] when Allah filled her heart to accept Islam, and faith filled her heart, things changed. She sent her four sons, her flesh and blood, into battle, to Qadisiyah [near Iraq] as a service to this religion. When she heard that they had attained Shahadah (Martyrdom for Allah), she said, ‘Praise Allah, who honored me with their deaths. I pray to Allah that I will join them in Paradise...’
This is the great woman. This is the noble woman. See how Islam changed her behavior and her poetry?”
Al-Khansa's joyful acceptance of her sons' death as Shahids (Martyrs) is lauded by the PA. She is presented as a role model for mothers. The PA has named eight schools after her. |
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Mother: Son's death "best day of my life"
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Source:
Hamas website, Jan. 1, 2006
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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 here to view |
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Mothers teach daughters that Shahada is wedding
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Dec. 15, 2004
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PATV interview:
Sana Aida, Official of PA Ministry Social Affairs: "Any woman who is told, 'Your son was run over and died,' is shocked, grieves, cries, gets sick, and has a nervous breakdown. But if we tell her, 'Your son became a Shahid (Martyr),' she makes sounds of joy, [meaning:] 'Don't comfort me; bless me, give out drinks.' They consider him a groom."
PA TV Host: "He is a groom."
Sana Aida: "This is the Palestinian mother. She passes it on. If you say to little girls, 'Your brother is a Shahid,' they will say, 'He is a groom.' She passes it on to her children, daughters and granddaughters." Click here to view |
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Mothers celebrate Shahada death with sweets
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 17, 2004
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PATV interview with Um Al-Ajrami, mother of 2 suicide terrorists:
PATV host: "They [Israelis] accuse the Palestinian mother of hating her sons and encouraging them to die."
Mother of terrorists: "We don't encourage our sons to die. We encourage them to Shahada (Martyrdom) for the homeland, for Allah. We don't say to mothers of the Shahid (Martyrs), 'We come to comfort you.' Rather: 'We come to bless you on your son's wedding.' We give out drinks, we give out sweets. Our "mourning visit" has the joy of a wedding." Click here to view |
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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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Mother explains her joy over son's Shahada death
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Nov. 28, 2003
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Mother of Shahid interviewed on PATV:
PATV host: "A mother of a Shahid (Martyr) parts from her son with sounds of joy – not because she doesn't love him. Did you make sounds of joy?"
Mother: "Yes, I did. A mother makes sounds of joy because she wants him to reach Shahada (Martyrdom). [My son] became a Shahid for Allah. I wanted the best for him; this is the best for my son. When he was martyred, [honor] was not only for him, but also for us, pride and honor for us. People started saying, 'This is a Shahid's brother', 'This is a Shahid's mother', 'This is a Shahid's sister'. The honor was for the whole family, not just for [my son]." Click here to view |
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Hamas leader thanks mothers for sacrificing sons
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Source:
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 8, 2003
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Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin:
“Yassin congratulated the fighting Palestinian woman who sends her son to the battlefront to protect Islam and the homeland and family honor, and who with shouts of joy receives the news of her son becoming a Shahid (Martyr).” |
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Mother wished son Martyrdom to marry "Maidens of Paradise"
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Source:
Palestinian TV (Fatah), Jan. 21, 2003
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Mother of Shahid (Martyr) says she supported her son's death aspiration:
“He would always dream of Shahada (Martyrdom). It was his first and last goal in life.
I told him: 'Dear, we all want to become Shahids (Martyrs).'
He said: 'In this entire world, I cant think of anyone to marry. I want to marry the Dark-Eyed (Maidens of Paradise).'
I said: 'If these are his thoughts, I wish him Shahada.'” Click here to view
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