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Source: https://www.newsweek.com/western-silence-gaza-summer-camps-train-future-terrorists-opinion-1605704
Western Silence as Gaza Summer Camps Train Future Terrorists
(Newsweek) Lawrence J. Haas - Teenage boys in Gaza, some still in junior high, are learning how to shoot guns and launch anti-tank missiles at Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad summer camp. The aim is to "prepare the long-awaited army for the liberation of Palestine," Hamas says. Through these camps, Hamas and PIJ glorify military operations against Israel and recruit the next generation of terrorists. Yet the camps attract little notice in the West, showing just how committed leading media and academic institutions are to a narrative of Israeli oppression and Palestinian victimization. The writer is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.