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WORLD: “Moms And Martyrs: More and more Palestinian women are signing up to become suicide bombers. But are they really choosing to die?” by Tim McGirk, Time, 14 May 2007, p. 48.
Brilliant reporting and analysis by McGirk.
The mom caught having an affair with a senior Hamas guy. She is offered death for her adultery (one assumes the senior Hamas guy gets off lighter) or martyrdom.
Not prison versus the Army. But death versus death.
Appears Hamas does this a lot.
Refuse to marry? Become a martyr instead.
Don’t get allowed to get married? Become a martyr instead.
Get screwed by a recruiter? Better become a martyr.
Everything you need to know about a society you can tell by how women are treated.
And no, I’m not talking about the standard stuff that afflicts women everywhere. I’m talking exactly about when they’re targeted by the government or ruling elite for specific nefarious outcomes.
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