Ynetnews have decided to publish a delightful piece of propaganda – a letter supposedly from the 14-year old daughter of a palestinian prisoner to the mother of Gilad Shalit.
Here’s an excerpt:
Madam, mother of the hostage soldier, Gilad Shalit:
I am one among thousands of children doomed never to enjoy a smile, a kiss on the cheek in the morning, a comforting hand to soothe our pain and encourage us to advance in life. I am a girl whose foundation stone was taken from her home, her father.
Madam, I am writing to you and waiting tensely to hear of the fate of your son who was in a tank, not to protect a cause or a principle, but rather to obey the instructions of his commanders without thinking if those instructions were right or not. Madam, it’s your right to hurt, to be sad, to yell out loud, ‘Return my son to me! What sin has my son committed?’ But do you have it in you to think of the important issue? This is the issue of our prisoners in your prisons, whose only sin was picking up a stone or a pen to protect their faith and their homeland, to protect a cause and principles in which they believe and will continue to believe. Not out of a motivation to kill or terrorize, as your leaders claim, but in order to protect our land and our faith.
I have to say that my concept of a stone or pen is much different from hers.
By the way, am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that a 14-year-old girl wrote this letter?
