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CHILDREN AS TIME BOMBS
By Emanuel A. Winston
Middle East Analyst & Commentator
"My heartfelt conviction is to launch a Jihad war." 4 year old on Palestinian TV 'Children's Club' "I finished practicing on the submachine gun of return. I trained my friends from among the children and the youths. We swore to take vengeful blood from our enemies for our killed and wounded." Sung by a 7 year old girl who was then kissed by Yasir Arafat on May 19, 1997 Palestinian Broadcast Company TV.
"..know my son that Palestine is your country...that its pure soil is drenched in the blood of martyr's because it is a land of glorious battles and war: in Jerusalem, Ein Harod, Acre, Haifa, Sha'ar Hagay and the Negev. Just as this sacred soil returned to its owners [in the past] so it will return again through your courage and determination, If Allah wills." (The map in their textbooks is also shown on the web-site on "Palestine" and is clearly in the shape of Israel.): Arabic language textbooks for 5th graders - March 1998.
"The Jihad is the religious duty of every Muslim man and woman." English lesson 5th grade textbook.'Our Arabic Language' 6th grade text: Exercise: "Use the following expressions in one sentence: 'wisdom', 'Zionist danger', 'calling for Jihad', 'tragedy'." And the follow-up question: "Why must we fight the Jews and drive them out of our land?" (1)
For some time the Arab world has used their educational curriculum to teach schoolchildren to hate and kill, in effect, molding the future. The Palestinian Ministry of Education is working with Jordan and Syria to standardize a single, unified curriculum. Syria, Iraq, Iran and even Egypt offer learning materials that reflect the biases of their government. In parallel, communications to adults through television and newspapers also taught hatred which further guarantees that the message would penetrate family thought. Their target has always been first the Jewish State (the Saturday people). They say openly:
"First the Saturday people; then the Sunday people".
Can you doubt what they mean? Now we see evidence of their murderous intent against the Christians who they call the "Crusaders" or "the Sunday people". America is especially targeted as the Great Satan. Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the thwarted plans to blow up the UN, Lincoln and Holland tunnels and 7 train lines in Brooklyn. Most demonstrations by Palestinian Arabs include the ritual burning of flags, both the Israeli flag and the American flag. They teach hate to recover their pride in losing 6 wars of aggression to the Jews which saturates the Arab world media and prepares their mind for continuous revenge. Consider the probability of children between 4 to 10 becoming the next contingent of terrorists and suicide bombers in another 10 to 20 years. Then come the grandchildren and on to 100 years.
When Israel signed various Accords aimed at peace, usually with the signature of an American President, the Agreements, as negotiated, called for the cessation of war, terrorism and propaganda to inflame the Arab masses. For Israel, the cessation of incitement of adults and especially children was vital, IF, there was ever to be even a semblance of peace. This was particularly true in the teaching of impressionable youngsters. Such yet unformed minds are like innocent sponges who quickly grasp what their adult role models are teaching. They imprint the teachings of hatred and, as these kids grow older, that teaching is triggered at different times in their life - just like Time Bombs. A child who uses the taught mantra of killing and martyred suicide will at some point engage in exactly that. Most parents understand in practice what goes into a child's mind usually emerges in practice as they grow older.....