Cartoon glorifies teen terrorist “Martyr” as highest achieving

Cartoon published in the official PA daily celebrates teen's Martyrdom.

Text on cartoon: “Will the successful one [strikethrough in source] the revolutionary raise his hand” (i.e., a 17-year-old's being killed as a revolutionary is preferable to a successful life).

Text on tombstone: “Martyr Majdi Ar’arawi"

"He achieved the most respected shahada." (i.e., A play on words, “shahada” in Arabic means both 'Martyrdom Death for Allah' and “certificate,” as in a high school diploma; the message is that 17-year-old Ar’arawi who succeeded in his high school matriculation exams received and even more respectable Shahada - Death for Allah.)

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, July 21, 2023]

2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.