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Palestinian Moms: A Heartbreaking Obstacle to Peace
by Bradley Martin
May 13, 2017

…For the overwhelming majority of the world’s societies, the mother/child relationship is a force for good. But in the Middle East, particularly amongst Palestinians, the famous words of Golda Meir tell a different reality – one that presents the greatest obstacle to Middle East peace. “Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”…PA President Mahmoud Abbas himself has been instrumental in Palestinian society’s honoring of mothers of terrorists, such as Latifa Abu Hmeid, the mother of four terrorists who are serving life sentences. Abbas invited Hmeid to an event in his office, and the PA governor of Ramallah visited her home. READ MORE

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