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While the world bemoans the death of Palestinian children (and the death of ANY child is inexcusable and truly lamentable), why is it no-one ever condemns the actions of Palestinians towards their own? Hamas misfires a rocket aimed at Israel, killing two children, and it’s a blip on the news media radar. Children are sent off as suicide bombers and the world remains decidedly mute. As reprehensible as it might be, children have often been used as pawns for various, sordid, political, religious and personal reasons. How a parent or guardian can use their children, with such blatant disregard, boggles the mind. Do those parents truly love their children? I think not.
How can any mother claim to love her children when she teaches them that Jihad and death is preferable to life? How can a mother claim to love her children, when she has no compunction whatsoever in strapping a suicide bomb onto her little child’s body and sending him off to his death? 
How can a parent truly love their child when they pound into their little heads, daily, that hating your neighbour is better than loving them. How can a society love its children when they create cartoons and stories to indoctrinate them with hate, rather than nurture them with love.
Teach Kids Peace has some interesting articles on child suicide bombers. Here are some quotes from parents who seem to glory in the death of their children:
“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)
▪ “I pray that G-d will choose them (to be martyrs),” says the father of a 13-year-old. (New York Times)
▪ “I am happy that he [my 13-year-old son] has been martyred. I will sacrifice all my sons and daughters (12 in all) to Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem.” (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.” (Associated Press)
▪ Mother on PA TV, January 2003: (view video) “He would always dream of Shahada [martyrdom]. It was his first and last goal in life. I told him: ‘Dear, we all want to be Shahids.’ He said: ‘In this entire world, I can’t think of anyone to marry. I don’t think of any girls of this world to marry. I want to marry the Dark Eyed (Virgins of Paradise).’ I said: ‘If these are his thoughts, I wish him Shahada.’
Ah yes, a mother’s love. Obviously, not all mother’s wish Shahada (martyrdom) for their children, but a Palestinian Psychologist, Dr. Shafiq Massalha claims that “more than half of Palestinian children aged 6 to 11 dream of becoming suicide bombers.”
And quotes from children:
▪ “When I wander into Jerusalem I will become a suicide bomber.” proclaims a young Palestinian, age 9. (Palestinian TV children’s show, “The Children’s Club”)
▪ “I come here to say that we will throw them to the quiet sea. Occupiers, your day is near, then we will settle our account. We will settle our claims with stones and bullets,” an 8-year-old boy announces. (Palestinian TV children’s show, “The Children’s Club”)
▪ “My heartfelt conviction is to launch a Jihad war,” says a 4-year-old. (Palestinian TV children’s show, “The Children’s Club”)
▪ “I want to die as a martyr. I will go straight to paradise if I do that,” said a 12-year-old Palestinian boy. (Times of London)
Dr. Massalha conducted a study that has led him to believe that within 10 years or so, with the continued indoctrination of Palestinian children with hatred and the love of Shahada, they will be unleashing upon the west a virulent army of Jihadists.
Mahatma Ghandi wisely said that
“To reach real peace in this world.... we shall have to begin with children”.
It’s obviously and sadly NOT going to happen with the children of Palestine.
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We have many parents who have outlived their children here in Israel, but none of them have encouraged their children to go out and immolate themselves while murdering others.
We have individuals who have killed their children for various unbelievable reasons, but for the most part they’e unhinged and unbalanced... but not for these reasons.
But is this the solution? It will be a never ending process of Revenge and aggression…A Threat to Humanity!
The white supremacists,like the neo-nazis in Europe and KKK in this country, are guilty of the same thing. It’s reprehensible to teach your children to hate someone because of the color of their skin, or religion, but it happens all too often.
And yes, I have had seen interviews with mothers who have said they will bear children specifically for Jihad.
Not sure what the solution is. How do you educate parents how destructive it is to preach hatred to your kids, when they, themselves, are so full of hate.
They are doing such a disservice to their children... they should be out playing soccer, not being dressed up in suicide bombs and learning to fire a gun.
Children, like woman, are often viewed as chattel by fundamentlists, that’s why they have few, if any rights. That needs to change. They also believe that if you martyr yourself you will receive glory in heaven, so they don’t much care. it’s something that needs to be addressed in Islam, in my opinion.
”To me, the greatest pain for me as a parent, would be to outlive any of my children.” I don’t have kids, but I think most parents feel that way.