“I will terrify the Zionist with my slingshot… and my knife” - schoolgirl in response to Oct. 7 atrocities
Agirl recites a famous poem called I am the Palestinian child or The Palestinian Lion cub anthem - a Palestinian poem first circulated around 2008:
"I am a Palestinian child…
I will refuse that in the land of the Levant a Zionist will be my neighbor.
I will terrify him with my slingshot, and my shoes and my knife;
In my clothes is a volcano that will destroy my enemies.
And my body parts – I will ignite them as torches in my squares
so that my path will always remain the path of the millions
I have commanded my mother and my family to accompany me in a bridal procession to Paradise while I smile to my family of the [72] Dark-Eyed Maidens."
Text with video: "Allah, the land is Your land and the sky is Your sky... Oh Allah, strengthen our brothers and help them and grant them a crushing victory"
[Al-Isra' Girls Secondary School Facebook page, Nov. 6, 2023]
According to Islamic belief, a Martyr marries 72 Dark-Eyed Virgins in Paradise.