Reply #3: Very sad, Here's all best wishes to Ghiada, Hanan and all the other children

[LeftishBrit]

And I agree with Ging's and Zeyada's points about the reasons why the blockade is counterproductive.


"Education is probably the most effective tool through which you will counter extremism, by developing a positive and well-educated mindset. And yet we are being prevented by the policy from educating these children."...



Hasan Zeyada agrees. "They see their fathers as weak, powerless. They see parents can't give them feelings of security, can't protect them. So they look towards other figures. That might be God as an absolute power — so children might go towards religion, become more fanatic. Some identify with fighters from Hamas and other groups..."