Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Recurring 15 y/o Hussam Abdu

This video in Hebrew is a news piece covering the events that happened at the Hawara Checkpoint in the West Bank On March 24th 2004. Fifteen year old Hussam Abdu was apprehended at the checkpoint with live explosives strapped around his waist. Instead of detonating the bomb, Hussam voluntarily gave himself up to the Israeli army When asked why he agreed to commit this crime (for 100 NIS, which is about $20) Hussam answered that the people didn’t like him, and that he was promised to get to Heaven. In the weeks that followed Hussam's arrest, news media from around the globe received conflicting reports. The Palestinian Authority claimed that Hussam had been set up by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), while the IDF maintained that Hussam was the latest example of children recruited for suicide missions by terrorist organizations.

You can see the full video in English here and here and read more about it here.

1 comment:

gentry said...

You are an inspiration ASAF! You give me hope for my forearm stand!