A Boy
07-04-2002, 02:11 PM
Quotes by Parents and Children
Palestinian Authority spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi rebuked NBC journalists when they challenged that Palestinians are teaching their children to become murderers, stating that only monsters would do such things. Despite real resistance among some Palestinians to seeing their children participate in the violence, the PA is achieving increasing success in inciting hate within its people.
“I’m prepared to sacrifice my six children,†said Mahmoud Sumara’s mother, Halima. “I’m serious. I don’t mind if I lose them if that brings back al-Aqsa...†(NBC News)
“We meet everyday and decide. We just want to get Israeli’s. I want to kill them.†(15-year-old Mahmoud Sumara on NBC News)
“I pray that G-d will choose them (to be martyrs)†(says a father of a 13-year-old to journalist Chris Hedges of the NY Times, Oct. 29, 2000)
“I am happy that he [her 13-year-old son] has been martyred. I will sacrifice all my sons and daughters (12 in all) to Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem.†(a mother to Sam Kiley of the London Times)
“If I had 20 children I would send them all down (to fight), I wouldn’t spare any of them. We’re not scared of death.†(Taman Sabeh, a 50-year-old woman in Nablus, as quoted by Associated Press)
“I’m happy to die for my country, as long as a couple of Israeli soldiers die, too.†(12-year-old schoolboy from Beit Jalah, Samir al-Mahari, tells the Jerusalem Post, Nov. 13, 2000)
“I wrote my name on my arm so that I will be identified after I become a martyr.†(Palestinian child reports to media)
“When I become a martyr, give out kannafa (traditional cake).†Wajdi Hatab, age 14 tells his classmates days before being killed (Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 9th, 2000)
“My purpose is not to be wounded, but something more sublime – martyrdom.†(Ramahan Sahadi Abed Rabbah, age 13, tells PA paper Al-Hayat on Nov. 8th, 2000)
A mother speaking about another mother who had children fighting: “The danger of injury to the boy Tzabar Ahkaram, 18, paralysis and permanent disability, just added to his mother’s determination to encourage her sons to participate in the intifada riots…the fact of his injury did not cause her to mourn. She said she had previously lost her older son Iyyad.†(PA paper Al-Ayyam Nov. 1st, 2000)
“We are all potential martyrs for Jerusalem and the homeland.†quote by wounded 11-year-old boy from Jabalya refugee camp (PA paper Al-Hayat, Nov. 6th, 2000)
Palestinian Authority spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi rebuked NBC journalists when they challenged that Palestinians are teaching their children to become murderers, stating that only monsters would do such things. Despite real resistance among some Palestinians to seeing their children participate in the violence, the PA is achieving increasing success in inciting hate within its people.
“I’m prepared to sacrifice my six children,†said Mahmoud Sumara’s mother, Halima. “I’m serious. I don’t mind if I lose them if that brings back al-Aqsa...†(NBC News)
“We meet everyday and decide. We just want to get Israeli’s. I want to kill them.†(15-year-old Mahmoud Sumara on NBC News)
“I pray that G-d will choose them (to be martyrs)†(says a father of a 13-year-old to journalist Chris Hedges of the NY Times, Oct. 29, 2000)
“I am happy that he [her 13-year-old son] has been martyred. I will sacrifice all my sons and daughters (12 in all) to Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem.†(a mother to Sam Kiley of the London Times)
“If I had 20 children I would send them all down (to fight), I wouldn’t spare any of them. We’re not scared of death.†(Taman Sabeh, a 50-year-old woman in Nablus, as quoted by Associated Press)
“I’m happy to die for my country, as long as a couple of Israeli soldiers die, too.†(12-year-old schoolboy from Beit Jalah, Samir al-Mahari, tells the Jerusalem Post, Nov. 13, 2000)
“I wrote my name on my arm so that I will be identified after I become a martyr.†(Palestinian child reports to media)
“When I become a martyr, give out kannafa (traditional cake).†Wajdi Hatab, age 14 tells his classmates days before being killed (Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 9th, 2000)
“My purpose is not to be wounded, but something more sublime – martyrdom.†(Ramahan Sahadi Abed Rabbah, age 13, tells PA paper Al-Hayat on Nov. 8th, 2000)
A mother speaking about another mother who had children fighting: “The danger of injury to the boy Tzabar Ahkaram, 18, paralysis and permanent disability, just added to his mother’s determination to encourage her sons to participate in the intifada riots…the fact of his injury did not cause her to mourn. She said she had previously lost her older son Iyyad.†(PA paper Al-Ayyam Nov. 1st, 2000)
“We are all potential martyrs for Jerusalem and the homeland.†quote by wounded 11-year-old boy from Jabalya refugee camp (PA paper Al-Hayat, Nov. 6th, 2000)