Ask for Death

"Ask for death" is the message that the Palestinian Authority [PA] has been conveying to its children since the start of violence in October 2000. In June 2002, two articulate 11-year-old girls were interviewed in the studio of official Palestinian Authority TV. Among other topics, they spoke of their personal yearning to achieve death through Shahada -- Death for Allah -- and of a similar desire they said exists in "every Palestinian child." It is striking that their desire for death was expressed as a personal goal, not related to the conflict with Israel. Having been convinced that dying for Allah is preferable to life, their goal in living is not to experience a good life, but to achieve the proper death -- Shahada.
What has caused this compelling desire for death among these children, a desire that conflicts with the basic survival instinct of every human being?
During the more than two and a half years of armed conflict, the Palestinian Authority [PA] has been making a paramount effort to convince their own children that there is no greater achievement than to die for Allah in battle, known as Shahada.

Español: También conocido como "Cultura de la Muerte".
"Pide la Muerte" es un mensaje de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina dirigido a los niños palestinos desde que empezó la violencia en octubre de 2000. En junio de 2002 dos periodistas entrevistaron a dos niñas de 11 años en el estudio de la TV oficial de la Autoridad Palestina. Entre otros temas, ellos hablaron del anhelo personal de alcanzar la muerte a través de la sahada (martirio) -morir por Alá- y de semejante anhelo, ellas contestaron que existe en "todos los niños palestinos". Es sorprendente que ese anhelo por la muerte fue expresado como una meta personal, no relacionado con el conflicto con Israel. Con el convencimiento de que la muerte por Alá es preferible a la vida, su objetivo en la vida no es una buena vida, sino alcanzar la propia muerte - Sahada.
¿Cuál es la causa de este forzoso deseo por la muerte entre estos niños, un deseo que entra en conflicto con los básicos instintos de supervivencia de todo ser humano?
Durante más de dos años y medio de conflicto armado, La Autoridad Palestina (PA) ha ido haciendo el máximo esfuerzo para convencer a su propia infancia de que no hay mayor realización que morir por Alá en batalla, conocida como Sahada.
Verlo completo. No importa que esté en inglés porque los reportajes están repletos de imágenes que hablan por si mismas.
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[esperantista]

Yes, al hell

[zankal]

how come palestinians didn't exist before 1967 ???

i'm palestinian i was born in palestine in 1990 and my grand father born in palestine in 1930 ..... and w will still fighting to liberate our home lad

long live palestine ..long live fateh.. long live hamas... r.i.p yasser arafat

[cafeturkie]

No it wasn't ottoman land, but it was Jews land. Look at ancient archaeological evidence. Google marnepta stele. The Jews were in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem 30 centuries ago!

Jerusalem is not mentioned ONCE in the Koran.

The British never attacked the Arabs during or after the mandate, they only tried to control Arab riots.

Palestinians didn't exist before 1967, this is the modern name. Palestinians are from Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq.

[red6d]

wat propanganda

[LebaneseSoldierIK]

Its a real shame the palestinians have to suffer so much under the Israelis...its because of the occupation they resort to such desperate measures...

[tbaransi]

propoganda u people are stupid if belive this shit

[tanyus1]

1867 Ottoman law to permitt jews to settle in palestine(it is not ottoman land neither jew land),MAY 1916 FRENCH and BRITISH(sykes-pico), made the total jew % rise to 10% of the total population,Jews were only 27% of the total in 1936 and they want to take 55% of palestine,1947 while the jews had an army of 65000 war vetrens the palestinian resistance was crushed by england and all the leaders were killed,1967 they took the rest including jersulem which they call it their capital.

[xxxleumas]

this is suck

[toqueace]

YES SHEHAD IS A GOOD THING, but for the right reasons...they are not saying to go and just walk into the line of fire...NO...they are telling them to stand tall, don't let anyone walk over u, or strip ur pride...all of these things which are done by Israeli soldiers daily.

[toqueace]

I am a Palestinian, i lived there for most of my child hood, i was not ever approached by anyone who said it was a good thing to die....who ever made this video obviously does not know how to translate the language, shehada can be a death in battle or can be death by a concrete wall falling on u, the language barrier is a very big thing.

[tommydaskanninchen]

yeah but anyway busses in tel aviv explode and bakeries in elath