"How beautiful is your Martyrdom.
You have placed a crown [upon my head]...
O Ghassan and Uday,
who carried out the operation (i.e., murder of 5),
blessed be your hands and the tips of your fingers.
Blessed be the womb that bore you...
Yesterday [I gave] the most beautiful gift.
The Martyrs' blood was not spilled in vain. I am a Palestinian."
[Al-Hayat.com, Nov. 19, 2014]
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Two days after two terrorists armed with guns, knives and axes entered a synagogue in Jerusalem and murdered four worshippers and a policeman, an Israeli Arab news site posted a video of the mother of one of the terrorists praising the murderers.
Both terrorists were killed by Israeli police who arrived at the scene of the attack. The day after the murders, mother of terrorist Uday Abu Jamal recited a poem honoring the killers while receiving guests in her mourning tent:
"I'm wearing the embroidered gown.
How beautiful is your Martyrdom.
You have placed a crown [upon my head] and a star upon my shoulders.
O Ghassan and Uday, who carried out the operation (i.e., murder of 5),
blessed be your hands and the tips of your fingers.
Blessed be the womb that bore you,
blessed be the breasts that nurtured you.
The daughter of Gaza said:
The people of Jerusalem sacrificed their blood,
children and wives for the cause.
I, daughter of Jerusalem, am giving Gaza the most beautiful gift.
Ghassan's mother and Uday's mother said:
I brought up my children on the religion of Islam.
Yesterday [I gave] the most beautiful gift.
The Martyrs' blood was not spilled in vain.
I am a Palestinian."
[Al-Hayat.com, Nov. 19, 2014]
The Palestinian Authority and Fatah have promoted Shahada - Martyrdom-death for Allah - as a worthy goal to strive for, and Palestinian Media Watch has documented that some Palestinian parents celebrate the Martyrdom-death of their children.
The mother of one of the terrorists who kidnapped and killed the three Israeli young men this summer celebrated the death of her son who was shot by Israeli Police forces after he resisted arrest:
"[My son] Marwan is an angel. He was loved all his life. Everyone loves him. He is noble, pure and modest - an angel; the hero among heroes and a leader. If Allah hadn't loved him, He wouldn't have honored him with Martyrdom."
[Official PA TV, Sept. 23, 2014]
