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Steven Emerson,
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October 27, 2016
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Violent
Incitement, Not Grievance, Drives Knife Wielding Palestinian Kids
by IPT News • Oct 27, 2016 at
1:41 pm
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Israeli security intercepted a plot Wednesday involving two 8-year-old, knife wielding Palestinian children
seeking to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis.
The children "admitted to have been sent, armed with knives, in
order to carry out a terror attack," the Israel Defense Forces said.
The boys were seen near a security fence and detained outside of a
Jewish community in the West Bank, south of Jerusalem.
Over the last year, Palestinian terrorists have killed over 34 Israelis
and wounded dozens. Some of the terrorists conducting stabbing attacks were
as young as 11.
Mainstream U.S. media outlets continue to push the argument that
Israel's military presence and Palestinian despair are the root causes of Palestinian attacks. Yet this line of
reasoning cannot explain the terrorist motivations of 8-year-old boys. Hateful
brainwashing and ideological radicalization is at the core of this
phenomenon. Observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will find ample
evidence that confirms systematic and societal-level brainwashing of young
Palestinians, glorifying terrorists, and encouraging future generations to
attack and kill Jews.
Over the years, Palestinian children have participated in terrorist
promoting parades in the Gaza Strip and are taught to prepare for a holy war against the
"Zionist enemy."
"Children in this world do not dream about becoming doctors, pilots
or engineers," journalist Khaled Abu Toameh notes. "Rather, they dream of destroying Israel
and 'liberating Palestine.' In fact, an entire generation of Palestinians,
particularly those in the Gaza Strip, has been raised on the glorification
of suicide bombers and anyone who kills a Jew."
Last week, students at Ramallah's Al-Quds University established a memorial for the school's "heroic
Martyrs" who participated in deadly attacks targeting Israelis.
"Beware of natural death; do not die, but amidst the hail of
bullets," reads text on the memorial stone and translated by Palestinian Media Watch. It remains
Palestinian Authority (PA) policy to encourage young Palestinians to engage
in terrorism, even if it means certain death. In July, the PA glorified
Palestinian high school students killed while conducting terrorist attacks
against Israelis, arguing that the youth took "the path to excellence and greatness" over
completing studies and enhancing their lives.
Western governments, media outlets, and human rights organizations have
yet to express outrage at the exploitation of young children to commit
murder. Instead of focusing solely on Israel's presence, international
actors could help young Palestinians by exposing and pressuring the forces
that contribute to their desperation – the Palestinian politicians and
institutions that consistently fuel societal incitement and violent
brainwashing.
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