Palestinian News Item Ministry of Educ. thanks mothers for providing Martyrs Al-Ayyam - Feb. 23, 2009   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".