Palestinian Media Watch Bulletin
Dec. 12, 2002

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Palestinian Mother Proudly Prayed for her Son to Die, during her Pilgrimage
[Haj] to Mecca
By Itamar Marcus

Introduction:

Palestinian TV frequently broadcasts interviews with parents who express joy
that their children became Shahids, meaning they Died for Allah in
confrontations with Israelis. This week PATV went further, interviewing a
mother who had lost two sons, who proudly recounted that while on pilgrimage
to Mecca she prayed that her son would die fighting Israelis. Afterward, the
woman was given time to express at length her detailed wishes that Israelis
should live in horror, suffering regular terrorist attacks: "I have one wish
for all Israeli mothers, for all Israelis.They should not relax, they should
not sleep peacefully, they should always have nightmares, night and day,
wherever they go, and whatever they do... No Israeli of any kind should live
in comfort. Even in their sleep, they should have nightmares. We will blow
them up day and night, wherever they go... if I see an Israeli I will blow
up among them."

Below are excerpts from her interview:

"[My second son Naji] became a Shahid on Mar. 23, 2002, at the age of 20.
Before I made my pilgrimage [to Mecca], he put his hands on my head and
said: "Be calm, mother, be calm, this is my wish. Pray for me, that I will
be a Shahid [Die for Allah]." When I did the circuit [an Islamic pilgrimage
ceremony], in Mecca and Medina, I swear to Allah, that I prayed for him...
And said: Praise Allah, my children asked for Shahada, and it is better than
the way we will die. Their death is for Allah, death for our country, death
for our Jerusalem ."

"I have one wish for all Israeli mothers, for all Israelis: They should not
relax, they should not sleep peacefully, they should always have nightmares,
night and day, wherever they go, and whatever they do... not only from
bombings or attacks, but nightmares day and night. They should dream of how
the Palestinian people kill them, and blow them up. They should not be
relaxed, and should not sleep. Not them and not there sons, not their
children, nor the Israeli army. They should not be able to travel on the
buses, nor drive a tank, nor even ride a bike. Wherever they turn, the
Israelis should see [someone] and say: "Maybe it's a Palestinian."

"This Jerusalem is our Jerusalem, and not yours. We are the children of
Palestine, the Muslim nation, you will not live in comfort: not an Israeli's
mother, nor a soldier's mother, nor a soldier's grandfather, nor a soldier's
father. No Israeli of any kind should live in comfort. Even in their sleep,
they will have nightmares. We will blow them up day and night, wherever they
go. And I, as the mother of two Shahids, if I see an Israeli I will blow up
among them."

Presenter: "Of course, We are always very proud of all of our Shahids."
[Palestinian Television 5/12/02]