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Source: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/israel-is-trapped-in-a-cycle-of-national-self-sabotage/
Why Do Some Palestinians Celebrate Violence Against Israel?
(Spectator-UK) Stephen Daisley - On Friday night, in Jenin, Ramallah, Nablus and eastern Jerusalem, Palestinians gathered to celebrate the synagogue murders in Jerusalem. Crowds fired their weapons into the air, honked car horns and chanted. In Hebron they handed out sweets to children, while in Gaza cries of "Allahu akbar" boomed from mosque loudspeakers. Such festivities are part and parcel of every Palestinian terrorist attack. Someone somewhere must be able to explain why anyone would pass this bloodlust onto children. Hand out enough candies and pastries every time an Israeli is murdered and you will teach your children that killing is sweet. It's not a cycle of violence. It's a choice of violence Palestinians keep making - a veneration of violence within sections of Palestinian society. When Jerusalem assures foreign audiences there is "no partner for peace," it is not easily rebutted. The Palestinian Authority operates a Martyrs' Fund that pays stipends to the families of Palestinians captured or killed while carrying out terrorist attacks against Israelis. In 2020, the fund disbursed $170 million in such payments. Sweets for the children, dollars for their widowed mothers. Where does this get the Palestinians? Nowhere near a state, nowhere even close to the conditions necessary to achieving one. Grieve at the national self-sabotage that takes so many lives.