There are many sources that describe common characteristics of cults. One common theme among cults is indoctrination of the young. Both of the Islamic terrorist franchises occupying Gaza and the West Bank check the appropriate cult boxes.
Fatah’s role model: 14-year-old who chose death as a Martyr
Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jul 9, 2020
Still, after 20 years, a young Palestinian boy who sought and achieved death as a “Martyr” serves Fatah as a role model.
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Still, after 20 years, a young Palestinian boy who sought and achieved death as a “Martyr” serves Fatah as a role model.
Already from the early beginning of the PA’s terror wave (2000-2005) - the second Intifada – the PA was actively
encouraging Palestinian children to seek Martyrdom. One 14-year-old boy, Faris Ouda, deliberately entered into confrontations with Israeli soldiers with the goal of becoming a Martyr. Believing the PA’s brainwashing, Faris left his mother with the words: "Don't worry, mother, Martyrdom is sweet.” [Official PA daily,
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Feb. 3, 2001] Expecting and hoping to die as a Martyr, Faris had prepared a wreath in his room with his picture and the words “The brave Martyr Faris Ouda.” [Official PA daily,
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Nov. 30. 2000]
Palestinian Media Watch published its first report documenting the PA’s promotion of Martyrdom for children, already in November 2000, just two months after Arafat started the PA terror wave. Throughout the terror wave, the PA continued to
teach children to “ask for death.”