PMW Bulletin

Sept. 21, 2014


Palestinian mother
celebrates her son's death:
"This is the first time I see joy in my heart"
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=12690

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

During a riot in Jerusalem, a 16-year-old Arab named Muhammad Sunuqrut was
killed. At his funeral, his mother told PA TV:

"This is the first time I see joy in my heart. This is the first time I see
such joy. Thank Allah for giving him Martyrdom (Shahada)."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 12, 2014]
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http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=585&fld_id=635&doc_id=12691

PA TV has broadcast many Palestinian mothers who have expressed joy over the
deaths of their children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because it
grants the deceased the exalted Shahada status - Martyrdom-death for Allah,
which bestows many rewards on the "Martyr" and his family.

Mother of Sbarro pizza shop suicide bomber, Izz Al-Din Al-Masri: "I
congratulate him: Congratulations, my son, on your Martyrdom, praise
Allah..."
[Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), April 30, 2014]

http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=585&fld_id=635&doc_id=12691


Mother of suicide bomber Shadi Hamamreh: "Praise Allah, this is the greatest
joy, Praise Allah that he is a Martyr."
[Official PA TV, Jan. 25, 2014]

Mother of suicide bomber Darin Abu Aisheh: "I want to sing, Darin is a
bride."

[Official PA TV, Aug. 3, 2011]
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=585&fld_id=635&doc_id=12691


Palestinian Media Watch has shown that the Palestinian Authority promotes
death for Allah as the ideal to strive for, both for adults and children,
because they believe this superior status grants the Martyr and his family
many rewards in Islamic Paradise.
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=859&doc_id=10898

PA Minister of Religious Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash:

"After prophecy and righteousness there is no status Allah has exalted more
than Shahada (Martyrdom)... They went smiling to their deaths... The Shahid
has merit with Allah, a merit that no one else has... 'The Shahid - his sins
are forgiven with the first gush of his blood from his wound... 'The Shahid
advocates on behalf of 70 members of his family, and saves them all from
hell. The Shahid lives together with the prophets and the righteous ones.'"
[Official PA TV, Nov. 8, 2013]

Note: Israel and the PA have released different statements to the press
regarding the circumstances of the death of 16-year-old Muhammad Sunuqrut.