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| Myth, Fact, and the al-Dura Affair ^ |
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| Posted by Stultis On News/Activism ^ 09/11/2005 6:43:53 PM CDT · 5 replies · 106+ views Commentary Magazine ^ | September 2005 | Nidra Poller Myth, Fact, and the al-Dura AffairNidra PollerThis past June, Wafa Samir al-Bis, an aspiring twenty-one-year-old shahida, or “martyr,” was apprehended by Israeli guards at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza and found to be carrying 20 pounds of explosives in her underwear. The young woman intended to make a last trip to the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, where she had been receiving medical treatment for severe burns incurred in a domestic accident. Her goal this time was to blow herself up and kill as many young people as possible. Asked why she was aiming specifically at children, she replied... |
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