Education, indoctrination, and incitement: Palestinian children on their way to martyrdom

This article discusses the methods and effects of a campaign to indoctrinate Palestinian children to an ideology of self-sacrifice, (martyrdom) by official organs of the Palestinian Authority. Children are incited to participate in stone-throwing and suicide-bombings against the Israeli Defense Forces, and told that if they die they will become martyrs. The campaign has induced profound effects on the psychology of Palestinian children and will persist even if the violence stops. Specially devised programs will be needed to counteract these deleterious and dangerous effects.