Beruflich Dokumente
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Arhem Rana
Recruiting of Suicide bombers is no doubt an unacceptable method to promote religious
fundamentals but perhaps what is even more disturbing is the idea of Children as suicide
bombers. Categorizing this issue as child abuse is an understatement, literally, due to the
lack of attention it is paid to by human rights organizations. The dispute between Hamass and
Israel has yielded numerous child casualties, mostly from missiles fired to neighborhoods of
Gaza. Hamass is known for their negligence regarding the deceased and chaos caused by their
actions in their own territories this goes to show how brutal this terrorist organization can be.
Specific kidnappings and murders of Israeli non-combatants (Jewish boys) sparked the Gaza war
and this does not include the history of many innocent lives taken prior to this to achieve
whatever their goal may be. On a daily basis, boys and girls are being abducted to be
transformed into sex slaves, warriors, and suicide bombers. Girls are often sold as slaves or
given off to soldiers as brides while boys are recruited for the battlefield. The media attempts
to provide reasoning behind this controversy of recruiting of suicide bombers with causes of
poverty, unemployment, hopelessness, and political oppression. While these reasons may hold
true to a certain extent, the most startling idea consists of referring to these children as tools
provided by God to teach a lesson. The brainwashing of these kids begins at an early age as the
schools they attend include hateful language describing Christians and Jews in their textbooks,
which contributes to what they end up being involved in as they grow older. A Sophisticated
process is followed to convert these youngsters into their desired positions as bombers. The
process consists of separating the child from their families, friends, and siblings to under a
mentor who accompanies them while assessing their reliability and religious devotion.
Battlefield training begins at an early age, where children are being taught to operate different
types of motor vehicles and shown combat videos of their fellow combatants in Jihad
operations against invading forces. A place in paradise and respect in the eyes of their family
are some of the many empty promises these children are being insured of to instill ambition
and motivation. Of course, these young inexperienced minds buy the fantasies that are being
presented to them because this is what they have been taught their whole lives.