The 21st-Century Hitler Youth

by JASmius



As this documentary from the Israeli Center For Near East Policy Research illustrates, the post title above is no exaggeration or hyperbole:

The boy stands on a crowded field that looks better suited for soccer matches. He might be in his early teens, his face smeared with black camouflage. He explains what he's learning at a Hamas camp for boys in Gaza.

"I joined to fight the Zionist enemy," he says, "and to liberate our forefathers' land, Palestine. We won't allow the Jews to keep our land."

This boy is one member in the "Children's Army of Hamas," a title bestowed by the Israel-based Center for Near East Policy Research (CNEPR) in a new documentary short. It will be shown at a United Nations forum in Geneva today in an effort to prove that Hamas is violating international laws by training child soldiers, Fox News reports.

Hamas indoctrination of children at the earliest ages has been well documented. CNEPR sent a camera crew into Gaza three weeks ago to film the training and indoctrination, which features target practice with combat rifles, rockets, anti-aircraft equipment and exhortations from Hamas leaders. The video's extensive training footage, along with the clear justifications offered by Hamas officials, leaves little room for interpretation.

"Beware!" Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh says in speech at the camp's conclusion. "Jews, beware! This generation is not afraid to confront you in your centers. This is the generation of the stones! This is the generation of the missiles! This is the generation of the tunnels! This is the generation of the suicide bombers!"...

[I]n the film, Radwan, the Hamas religion minister, stresses the importance of indoctrinating the children with the charter's central tenets calling for ongoing violent jihad targeting Israelis and Jews.

"The Hamas charter is part of the program we teach…the charter outlines our reason to fight. It represents our principles for liberation."

Hamas parliament member, Sheik Ahmed Salama, reinforced the charter's significance.

"The charter is our principle and the principle has not changed. Hamas has decided that the armed struggle is the primary way to liberate the land," Salama said.

Emphasizing the group's commitment to Israel's destruction, another Hamas parliament member, Yehia Moussa, confirmed that the terrorist organization continues to prepare for future confrontations with Israel after every war, seeking to eradicate the Jewish state.

"Every compromise is just a short ceasefire. After every war, we prepare for the next war until the end of the conquest," Moussa explains.

Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Hamas took over the territory following a coup that ousted Fatah in 2007. The terrorist organization does not differentiate between the Palestinian territories, such as the West Bank and Gaza, and pre-1967 Israel. In this context, all of Israel is "occupied land" that Hamas seeks to "liberate."

And so on and so on and so on.

Did we mention that child indoctrination and conscription in the pursuit of terrorism are flagrant violations of Barack Obama's precious "international law"?  I guess we must have missed the "Muslim exemption" clause.  Probably because it was written in invisible ink.

So, then, this is Israel's "partner in peace".  This is the other half of the "two state solution" to which the Jews are required to cough up the strategic high ground on their own territory, from which raining rockets and missiles down on Israeli cities will become even easier.  What could possibly go wrong?  Besides the Israelis balking at committing national suicide, of course.  Which is why Barack Obama has exposed their nuclear arsenal to "international scrutiny".

White House chief of staff Denis (rhymes with penis) McDonough summed it up succinctly earlier this week:

“We cannot simply pretend that those [Netanyahu's disavowal of the "two state solution"] comments were never made, or that they don’t raise questions about the prime minister’s commitment to achieving peace through direct negotiations. An occupation that has lasted for almost fifty years must end, and the Palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state.

Which they define as....



Any questions?  I'm sure Bibi hasn't any.

Exit question: Is the title of the CFNEPR documentary "And The Children Shall Bleed"?  If it isn't, it should be.