"What is better, peace and full rights for the Palestinian people, or Shahada?"

"Shahada."

That is the question asked on Official Palestinian TV of a young Palestinian girl and the answer the interviewer approvingly received. Is it any wonder that political solutions to the violence amongst the Palestinian Arabs are hard to come by?

Palestinian Media Watch has an important report on the indoctrination of Palestinian children into the cult of martyrdom. If you want to understand what's going on "over there," you owe it to yourself to check out this report. You don't have to read the thing, just watch the seven minute video at the top of the page. (I had trouble getting most of the shorter videos imbedded in the report to work, but I think they're just clips from the longer piece anyway.) Whitewashing this horror, peace plans and condemnations of Israel that don't take this hard reality into account are worse than useless. It is not enough to say, "Well I bet the Israelis do the same thing." They do not. There is no analogue to this hate indoctrination on the part of the Israelis toward their children.

It is absolutely worth your time to watch this. It may be a real eye-opener and it's available in several languages.

ASK FOR DEATH - The Indoctrination of Palestinian Children to Seek Death for Allah – Shahada