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In addition to the militant Islamic “educational” material,
postcards and booklets, a picture drawn by a school child was also found.
The drawing, full of symbols of the armed Palestinian struggle, shows
a violent Palestinian interpretation of the story of Noah’s
Ark [in the Qur’an], sailing through a stormy sea. The graphic
symbols depicted on and connected to the deck create the word “Filestin
[“Palestine” in Arabic]. On the side of the boat a verse from the Qur’an
is written [Surah 11, Verse 42]: “And it [Noah’s Ark] sailed between
the stormy waves [as high] as mountains; then Noah called to his son,
who stood aside: Oh, my little son, come sail with us, cast not your
lot with the Unbelievers.”
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The “Noah’s Ark” in this militant version
is an illustration of Palestine sailing through a stormy sea, drawn as
a warship uniting Islamic religious belief with violence,
that is, combining the Qur’an, a assault rifle and a hand grenade.
It should be noted that the combination of the Qur’an and an assault rifle
(usually a Kalashnikov) has become the recognized symbol of Islamic terrorists
worldwide, including those engaged in carrying out suicide attacks against
Israel. |
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Above the prow on the right is a hand grenade. The hands
rising from the deck hold an assault rifle, a drawn dagger and a sub-machine
gun resembling an Uzi. The boat is rife with Islamic symbols (the Qur’an
and verses from it, the mosque with its minaret) which point to the artist’s
having absorbed extremist Islamic and Hamas “educational” values. The
verse written on the hull is intended to enlist operatives (to have them
“come on board”), otherwise they will be considered unbelievers (and may
find themselves in Hell). The goal of the struggle, an Islamic
Palestine, is illustrated by the map of “greater Palestine,”
on which the creed, the shahadah, “There is no God but Allah
and Mohammed is His Prophet” is written. |
