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PA TV, video clip of the song “Al-Aqsa Has Called” by Egyptian singer Muhammad Fouad

"The First Direction of Prayer" by Syrian singer Assala Nasri: “Our Martyrs are convoys and our bones are mountains"

Song lyrics: “We are masters, not slaves\ Every day a Martyr is born"

Song “Promise” by Lebanese singer Walid Tawfiq Lyrics: "Ahed, Ahed, Ahed You triumphed through your right and overcame the occupation… You have become the symbol of dignity and did not take your country lightly O sweet one, you knew how to be a sister of men! Ahed, Ahed, Ahed" Photos captions:...

Song broadcast on official PA TV: Story of a Hero by singer Shadi Al-Burini "Mahmoud woke up and left quickly. He wanted to return quickly [He told his wife:] 'Give me the rifle.' She said: 'Be careful.' He told her: 'My land calls me. I'm going and my blood belongs to my land. And if I do not..."

Show host welcomes the music group: “We welcome you on behalf of the [PA] Ministry of Culture.” Band sings the song “Intifada Anthem”: “This is our country's word in the face of death: Our language is fire, and the revolution is the roof of our house. We sing it while erasing the step of the thief...”

“He sacrificed his life for the land. They wrapped him in white cloth with a flower. He shouted and said: "How sweet is Martyrdom." Meeting his Lord was his choice. He adorned his land with the purest blood. Tears for him are [tears of] joy. [His] mother makes sounds of joy. [The Martyr] a groom...”

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!"

PA TV music video to children: "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"

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..."

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...