Gaza's children and educating hatred

by Seth Mandell
Jerusalem Post
June 26, 2013

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/271/gaza-children-and-educating-hatred

Over the past few days the blogosphere has raged over the fact that in Gaza, Islamic Jihad is running camps for kids featuring lessons on how to shoot an AK-47 and how to kidnap an Israeli soldier. In an Agence France Presse YouTube video, the commander of the children's camp says, "We have full confidence that they [the children] will be able to carry weapons and open fire against the enemy because we have planted hatred of the enemy in their hearts." According to the AFP and MEMRI, tens of thousands of young boys ages 6 to 16 will be indoctrinated into this mindset this summer.

A camp to indoctrinate children to hate? Incomprehensible to the Western mind. Indeed it is antithetical to our core belief that love is the basis of all human relationships and must be at the heart of emotional and psychological health. So we have to ask is going on here?