Muntasir Al-Shawa, above, was a 16-year-old child soldier of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
On February 8, when religious Jews were going to visit the Joseph's Tomb shrine to pray as they do every couple of weeks, he decided to fight the Israeli soldiers protecting them.
He expected to, and wanted to, die. And he indeed got injured and died a couple of weeks later.
Palestinian Media Watch quotes his mother when he told her his plans to become a "martyr."
The day before [my son’s] injury [from which he died], he told me: ‘I want to go to the Balata refugee camp [near Joseph's Tomb], and I'll come back to you as a Martyr.’ I laughed at him and told him: ‘Do you think being a Martyr is something trivial? Go bathe, pray, bow down to Allah, and then there might be a chance that Allah will agree to accept you [as a Martyr].’ The following night he came back to me as a Martyr. Praise Allah.[Official PA TV News, Feb. 21, 2023]
What kind of a culture has mothers encouraging their children to die - and giving them advice to accomplish that goal?
Palestinians have a sick, depraved and perverted culture.
Once again, I am more than happy to have anyone who disagrees to find me an article in Arabic by a Palestinian who objects to this mindset. Just one.
I've been waiting for years.
