Posted on 06/12/2011 1:44:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Hamas is reporting record turnouts for its summer camps for children in 2011.
The 'summer camps,' combining Islamic indoctrination, paramilitary training, and social activities are set to begin again this year as United Nations summer camps, considered competition by Hamas, are being openly denigrated by jihadists.
Children and adolescents are an important target demographic for Hamas, from which its future army of terrorists will be recruited. Summer camps are an important means for indoctrinating Gaza's youth with Hamas' jihadist ideology.
In 2010 Hamas ran camps for an estimated 100,000 campers, a number similar to 2009. The Islamic Jihad terror group ran 51 camps with 10,000 participating boys and girls.
Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan reported the objectives of the camps were to raise a generation of children with 'genuine Islamic values.'
"Children working for the interests of their homeland and to educate them to the culture of the Islamic faith so they will remember their goals, including Jerusalem and the prisoners," Radwan said
In addition to indoctrination, Hamas terrorists give children paramilitary training. Banners are hung on the walls with slogans extolling jihad and 'death for the sake of Allah.'
Other prominent motifs for this year are solidarity with Turkey in connection with the Mavi Marmara flotilla, a call for the release of Hamas prisoners (campers carried posters with their pictures) and organized expressions of hatred for Israel and the Jewish people.
UNRWA Programs Attacked
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency summer camp system hosted 250,000 children and adolescents in 2010. This year, as with previous years, the UN camps were harassed by jihadist terrorists.
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‘genuine Islamic values.’ is code for lack of morals and want of the destruction of the world’s sole super power. Why we allow such flagrant acts of terrorist training to go unchecked is infuriating!
Hard to win when their side is, since a young age ingrained with hatred and pushing for continuance and we hear nothing but propaganda and nonsense from our media. Their morale is growing, while the wind is being taken from our sails. Horrifying.
Well, it’s like their version of “vacation bible school”.
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They probably watch “Dora the Exploder” cartoons.
These Ham-Ass camps should have the living s**t blown out of them.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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