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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-849482
In Fight Against Israel, Palestinian Kids in Jenin Want to Die
(Jerusalem Post) Cookie Schwaeber-Issan - Israeli television N12 reporter Ohad Hemo interviewed Palestinian children in Jenin in Arabic. A 10-year-old boy told him, "I want to be a resistance fighter. I want to die a shahid [martyr] fighting in the army....I'm a proud Hamas supporter....We are willing to sacrifice everything for their sake. We're proud of them. They continue to fight and resist, and I will fight alongside them. It's not a problem if you die a shahid....God blesses the shahid. He will go to heaven. We are not afraid of death." The same conversation took place with at least three or four boys, around the same age, all of whom repeated that death is a blessed end, the highest purpose and the greatest contribution they can make in this life. The level of hatred for Israelis, felt by their parents, is greater than the natural instinct to protect and nurture their young. It rivals the horrifying biblical stories of children being sacrificed by their parents to the pagan god Molech. In such a society, how could there ever be a desire for peace, coexistence, and mutual respect for the Israeli people? Throughout its 76-year existence, Israel has offered to share the land with them, urging them not to listen to those who promised we'd be defeated. We've proposed land for peace year after year, but they are just not interested.