Another Proud Palestinian Parent
By Stephen M. Flatow January 26, 2016
"I am proud of my son," the father of 16-year-old Morad Adais, of the Palestinian village of Dura, declared this week.
What
do you suppose was the occasion for this burst of parental pride? What
was it that young Morad did which so pleased his father? An impressive
report card? Helping with home repairs? Taking care of younger siblings?
No, what Morad did to bring honor to the Adais family was
that he broke into the home of a young Israeli Jewish mother of six and
brutally stabbed her to death.
Not that the elder Adais is the exception. On the contrary, his response is the rule in Palestinian society.
Just
two weeks ago, the official Facebook page of the Fatah movement posted a
large photo of another Palestinian parent expressing pride at the deeds
of a murderous child. On Jan. 5, Fatah published a photo of the mother
of the late Muhammed Shamasneh. She is smiling broadly and making a "V"
sign with her right hand. The caption under the photo reads: "How great
you are, O mother of the Martyr."
Shamasneh,
22, was a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed three Jews near the
Jerusalem central bus station last Oct. 12, and then was shot by the
police. Fatah, which is glorifying Shamasneh, is chaired by Mahmoud
Abbas, who is also president of the moderate Palestinian Authority
(PA).
The website of Palestinian Media Watch
(www.palwatch.org) overflows with examples of pro-terrorism statements
by parents of Palestinian terrorists.
Advocates
of the Palestinian cause are always telling us that ordinary
Palestinians are just like ordinary folks everywhere. They say
Palestinian moms and dads have the same concerns as moms and dads in
America, Israel, and anyplace else.
Then-president
Bill Clinton epitomized this attitude when he met with Israeli parents
of terror victims on Dec. 15, 1998, and then traveled to Gaza to meet
with Palestinian parents of imprisoned terrorists. The president told
reporters: If I had met them in reverse order, I would not have known
which ones were Israeli and which Palestinian.
Even back then, the president should have been able to
tell the difference. The Israeli parents were the ones mourning the
deaths of their innocent children. The Palestinian parents were the ones
cheering on their children for murdering the Israeli children.
The
problem is not just individual Palestinian parents endorsing their
childrens terrorism. The problem is that the official Palestinian
leadership actively encourages such attitudes. Consider how the PA's
Minister of Womens Affairs, Haifa Al-Agha, recently explained the
"uniqueness" of Palestinian women: "The Palestinian womens uniqueness
differentiates her from the women of the world, as only she receives the
news of her sons Martyrdom with cries of joy."
Her
statement appeared in the official daily newspaper of the moderate
PA, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, on Nov. 7, 2015. Such declarations appear in the
official PA news media every day. They send a very specific message to
the Palestinian public; and its clear that the message has been
received, loud and clear.
As much as we wish
that the Palestinians were moderate, reasonable people who hate violence
and terrorism and would live in peace with Israel if they were just
given a state of their own, they keep demonstrating, through their words
and deeds, exactly the opposite.
Posted with Permission from JNS.org 
Topic: Another Proud Palestinian Parent
