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Arab ‘peace teacher' wins prize, is greeted with war chants
Arutz Sheva ^ | 15/3/16 | Gil Ronen

Posted on 03/15/2016 6:10:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

A primary school teacher from El Bireh, in territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, won a $1 million prize for teaching excellence on Sunday, beating out 8,000 other applicants from around the world.

Hanan al-Hroub, who educates her students about non-violence, was awarded the second annual Global Teacher Prize during a ceremony in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Her name was announced by none other than Pope Francis in a video message, in which he also spoke about the importance of education and teachers for children who grow up amid war.

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum presented the prize to al-Hroub, who stressed the importance of dialogue and non-violence in her acceptance speech.

"The Palestinian teacher can talk to the world now. Hand in hand we can affect change and provide a safe education to provide peace," she told the AP.

As blogger Elder of Ziyon noticed, however, AP also reported that as al-Hroub accepted her award, “Palestinians in the audience waved their country's flag and some chanted, fists pumping in the air, 'With our souls, our blood, we sacrifice for you Palestine.'"

“That is a war chant,” noted the blogger, ...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: education; globalteacher; hananalhroub; palestinian; peaceteacher; warchant
War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Hate is love. Arbeit macht frei.
1 posted on 03/15/2016 6:10:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

And Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize.


2 posted on 03/15/2016 6:14:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: SkyDancer

So did Obie.


3 posted on 03/15/2016 6:16:11 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Get Ready)
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To: SkyDancer

“And Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Yes, and Obama “won” the same prize for doing nothing, while proving that ANYONE can win this prize.


4 posted on 03/15/2016 6:17:00 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: SkyDancer

No! So did Obama. If I send in a few more boxtops, I might win it.


5 posted on 03/15/2016 6:17:06 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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6 posted on 03/15/2016 6:17:47 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Eleutheria5

On second thought, I likely won’t. Haven’t even incited a riot, let alone kill anyone.


7 posted on 03/15/2016 6:19:30 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: EagleUSA; SJackson

I’m skeptical of the “prize”, the award, the donor, the publicity, and the method of choosing the Palestinian ...

She could be legitimately teaching her kids about “religion and peace”.

She is more likely teaching her kids about the religion of pieces.


8 posted on 03/15/2016 6:26:24 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: EagleUSA

That’s why it’s not worth anything.


9 posted on 03/15/2016 6:29:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yep, that’s why it’s not worth anything.


10 posted on 03/15/2016 6:29:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: SkyDancer

How many suicide belts and knives will her $1M buy???


11 posted on 03/16/2016 4:41:13 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SkyDancer

How many suicide belts and knives will her $1M buy???


12 posted on 03/16/2016 4:42:17 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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13 posted on 03/16/2016 5:51:14 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: EagleUSA

So the Nobel Prize has no value, now or in the future.


14 posted on 03/16/2016 5:54:24 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I'm not sure what my Spirit Animal is, but I'm pretty sure it has rabies. FB)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
So did Obie.


15 posted on 03/16/2016 6:06:36 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: Eleutheria5

War is like a natural wildfire in the sense it is a necessary event that takes out the trash but some good stuff gets burned.


16 posted on 03/16/2016 8:32:01 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Right now we’re in the middle of beginning of The Big One. No need to make it bigger, thankyuverramuch. Elvis hairlip twitch.


17 posted on 03/16/2016 12:44:47 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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