From "Palestinian Kindergarten Graduates Vow to Die for Allah" by Julie Stahl, posted 6/1/07 at cnsnews.com
A televised graduation ceremony at a Palestinian kindergarten in Gaza shows little boys dressed in black masks, camouflage fatigues, carrying toy guns, and waving green Hamas flags.
The children vow that their most "lofty aspiration" is death for the sake of Allah.
The ceremony aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa Television on Thursday. The kindergarten is run by the Islamic Association in Gaza, which is the group that gave rise to Hamas.
In part of the video, girls in white dresses, some wearing butterfly wings, are shown dancing.
Then the boys, dressed like Palestinian militants, march in formation before dropping to flat to the floor to crawl on their stomachs like fighters do.
The boys shout, "Allah Akbar" (Allah is great).
"Who is your role model?" the boys are asked. "The Prophet," they respond.
"What is your path?"
"Jihad," they shout.
"What is your most lofty aspiration?"
"Death for the sake of Allah."
The video clip and translation were provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute on Friday. (See MEMRI video)
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