These photographs are testimony to the extent and magnitude of the “suicide bombing culture” and the “armed struggle consensus” in the various Palestinian educational institutions. A wide variety of materials of inciting nature distributed by the various terrorist organizations (the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad) was discovered along the outer walls of educational institutions, inside classrooms and in school hallways. Among the materials discovered (and photographed) were posters, photographs, leaflets, graffitis, paintings, slogans, and tapes.
Schools in Qalqilya
(photograph taken on January 29, 2003)
The monument is also dedicated to the memory of “General” Saleh Sawi, “hero of the Dizengoff action ” [ Note: Saleh Abd al-Rahim Hassan Nazzal Sawi of Qalqilya perpetrated a suicide bombing attack planned by Yahya Ayyash, known as “The Engineer” (who was killed on January 5, 1996), on bus no. 5 on Dizengoff street in Tel-Aviv (October 19, 1994). 22 passengers were killed and 46 were wounded in that terrorist attack. Among the killed was a Dutch citizen, a 23-year-old named Rinier Yurest].
A poster commemorating Abd al-Rahman Hammad (center), a Hamas terrorist who has become a revered figure and a role model for the young generation of Palestinians in Qalqilya. A poster and a monument in his memory appear at the entrance of the “Palestine” Elementary School for boys.
(photographs taken on January 29, 2003)
A painting found hanging on a wall at “Palestine” Elementary
School for boys in Qalqilya. It describes a scene from the ongoing
violent confrontation (Intifada) in which Israeli soldiers are shooting
at Palestinian youth and at the Dome of the Rock, as well as setting
a house on fire. The school, which split from “Murabitun” school,
is frequented by approximately 400 students.
The emblem of Al-‘Asifah – the operational arm of the Fatah (known nowadays as Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades), found on the outer wall of Shayma' high school for girls in Qalqilya. The school, one of whose study courses is humanities, is attended by approximately 500 girls.
 Posters of martyrs in a classroom at Sa'diyyah High School for boys in Qalqilya. Two of the posters feature the emblem of the Hamas's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and the emblem of the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. |
 Posters of martyrs in a classroom at Sa'diyyah High School for boys in Qalqilya. This school, one of whose study courses is humanities, is attended by approximately 500 students. The emblem of the Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades can be noticed on one of the posters. |
Posters of martyrs found in a classroom at Sa'diyyah High School for boys in Qalqilya.
Two of them are posters of the Hamas's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
(photographs taken on November 21, 2003)
Posters of martyrs at the entrance of Ibn al-Haytham (government)
elementary school for boys in Nablus. The green inscription to the
left of the entrance reads: “The Islamic Jihad”. To the right of
the entrance door is the emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The inscriptions above the entrance door read: “The Palestinian National
Authority” (right); “Ministry of Culture and Education” (left)
An inscription found on a wall at Ibn al-Haytham elementary school for boys in
Nablus: “
A holy war (jihad) for the sake of Allah is the privilege
of the Islamic nation.”
[signed:] The Islamic Jihad movement
A painting and inscriptions found on a wall at King Talal Ibn
Abdallah (the grandfather of the current king of Jordan)
government high
school for boys in Nablus.
An inscription of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad appearing on
the outer wall of King Talal Ibn Abdallah government
high school for
boys in Nablus
An inscription engraved on a table, reading: “the heroic martyr
Imad Jamal Hashem Rajab”,
found at Ibn Qutaybah (government) elementary
school for boys in Nablus
A swastika (the notorious Nazi symbol) and a Star of David engraved
on the desk of one of the students
(Ibn Qutaybah primary school for boys
in Nablus)
A poster commemorating martyrs of Force 17 (Yasser Arafat's presidential
guard)
who were killed in April 2002, found hanging in a classroom (Ibn
Qutaybah primary school for boys in Nablus)
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(photographs taken on September 6, 2003)
Ramallah government high school for boys (exterior view)
Posters found hanging in the hallways of Ramallah government
high school for boys: Fatah posters with Yasser Arafat's photograph
(right) and a photograph of a martyr (second from the left); an incitement
poster against Israel, accusing it of killing children (left); a
map of “Greater Palestine” (upper right) drawn with the colors of
the Palestinian flag
A poster showing support for Marwan Barghouti (the head of the
Fatah Tanzim terrorist organization,
who is currently in an Israeli jail
awaiting trial) found hanging in a classroom (Ramallah government high
school for boys)
A swastika painted upon one of the walls (Ramallah government high school for boys)
Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp in Ramallah (September 6, 2003)
A poster of the Hamas's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, hanging on a classroom door at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp. The poster commemorates Ibrahim Abd al-Karim Bani Odeh and other martyrs (Ibrahim Bani Odeh, a senior Hamas operative, was involved in planning terrorist attacks in Israel proper; he died in Nablus in a targeted killing by the Israeli security forces on November 23, 2000).
A photograph of an armed Palestinian teenager with the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad (?) emblem,
with a map of the Land of Israel in the background
(right) found at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp
A photograph of a map of Israel with the inscription “[the
whole of] Palestine [belongs] to us” written inside,
found in a classroom
at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp
An inscription in a classroom at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari
refugee camp glorifying
“the heroic martyr Muhammad Khidr”
Posters of martyrs from Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
(and, possibly, other Palestinian terrorist organizations)
found in
a classroom at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp
A poster of the Hamas's military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, commemorating Ibrahim Abd al-Karim Bani Odeh (a senior Hamas terrorist) and other martyrs, found hanging in a classroom at Boys Primary School in Al-Am'ari refugee camp
(photographs taken on January 14, 2003)
A locker covered with slogans of incitement and photographs of
martyrs
(at least some of them members of Hamas) found the Islamic College
in Hebron.
Materials of an inciting nature, including posters, leaflets,
and Hamas scarves, found at the Islamic College in Hebron.
A poster commemorating the ‘Awadallah brothers
A room in the Islamic College in Hebron containing posters and
materials of an inciting nature. Upper left: a poster commemorating brothers
Adel and Imad ‘Awadallah, two senior Palestinian terrorists who stood
at the top of the operative infrastructure of Hamas in the West Bank
in 1996-1998, killed by Israeli security forces. That infrastructure
was responsible, among else, for a terrorist attack at Caf ? Apropos
in Tel-Aviv (1997), in which three women were killed, and for kidnapping
Israeli soldier Sharon Edri (1996), who was murdered while in captivity.
A bookcase full of incitement tapes found at the Islamic College
in Hebron, inscribed with the (slightly modified) creed of the Muslim
Brotherhood (the organization out of which the Palestinian terrorist
organization Hamas branched out):
“Allah is our purpose
[the beginning of this line is partly covered],
the Quran—our constitution,
the Prophet [Muhammad]—our role model,
jihad [holy war]—our path [or: method],
death for the sake of Allah—our supreme aspiration.”
A photograph of the exhibition taken by an Associated Press reporter on July 18, 2003: nothing changed .