Instead, the grim reality that bloodthirsty terrorists are grooming young Palestinian girls and boys to do their dangerous bidding is merely alluded to.
The obvious pro-terrorist sympathies of Naghniyeh’s family are also tacitly excused, with DeBre referencing Naghniyeh’s uncle’s absurd claim that his niece’s “praise for militants” was an “inevitable outcome of life in Jenin refugee camp.”
What a shame that DeBre did not probe this assertion more. If she had, she would have pointed out that there is nothing inevitable or natural about terrorist-run training camps for kids, in which young children are taught how to maim and murder Israelis.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has declined to blacklist Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas, for their use of children as human shields, while claiming to have “verified the recruitment and use of 4 Palestinian children (3 boys, 1 girl) by Israeli forces as human shields” — a libel that is contradicted by evidence that the IDF has previously called off strikes because of a risk to Palestinian children.
In 2014, as the Gaza conflict raged, an Israeli group submitted a written statement to the United Nations about the exploitation of Palestinian children as weapons of war.
“Palestinian children, too, are exploited as weapons of war: Pictures abound of Palestinian babies dressed as suicide bombers and brandishing arms. Children’s TV programs, many sponsored by the Palestinian Authority itself, preach jihad, advocate genocide against Jews and infidels, and glorify martyrdom… The most shocking aspect of this deliberate disregard for children’s lives and dignity, however, is the blind eye turned to it by the UN, the EU, and so-called human rights organizations,” read the statement.
How utterly heartbreaking that nearly 10 years on, these words remain just as true.
