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Learning to be a Martyr in Elementary School
(IDF) - A program broadcast on Palestinian television featured young Palestinian girls describing the central role of the armed struggle (against Israel) in their lives. One small girl described how in her Palestinian elementary school, the physical education teacher directs the game "Soldiers and Arabs." The children pretend that various objects are weapons and use these "weapons" to "kill" other girls, playing martyrs. They then grasp the "martyr" and shout, "Martyr, wait! Wait! Take us with you to Paradise!