Palestinian leaders have accused Israel of fabricating a story about a 14-year-old Palestinian boy the Israeli army said was caught wearing an explosive belt at an army roadblock in the northern West Bank.
| J-Post has a thumbnail of the kid in his undies... |
The boy, identified as Husam Abdu from Nablus, was shown on TV screens around the world, with an explosive belt strapped to his waist. The Israeli army said the boy told interrogators that his dispatchers promised that he would have sex with 72 virgins in heaven soon after his death. âWe know for sure this is a fabricated story from A to Z. Would you believe that a 13 or 14 yearsâ old would agree to blow up himself in return for a hundred shekels which he would receive after his death? It seems to me that the Israelis are bad liars as well,â said Yaacoub Shahin, a director-general of the PA ministry of information.
| Ummm... What about the witnesses? Are they dead yet? |
In an interview with PIC, Shahin accused Israel of seeking to justify slaughtering Palestinian children by spreading the false impression that they are used as suicide bombers. âTheir (Israelâs) goal is to besmirch Palestinian childhood so that when they slaughter the children, the world wonât feel sorry for them.â Arab Knesset member Muhammed Baraka has also voiced âserious doubtsâ about the veracity of the Israeli narrative. âI have very serious doubts about the whole story. I canât give the Israeli army the benefit of the doubt,â he told PIC. However, Baraka urged all parties to âkeep children away from this sinister and bloody conflict.â âUsing children as bombs is infinitely diabolical. It is totally inconsistent with all religious, moral and human values.â
| That's what we were saying, too, only we believe the story. There have been too many of them lately. |
The armed wing of Fatah, the Aqsa Martyrsâ Brigades has denied any involvement in the incident, accusing Israel of âconcocting the whole story for the purpose of justify the killing of more Palestinian children.â |