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Al-Fateh – The Hamas Children's Magazine From London
Al-Fateh is the Hamas' magazine for children, which comes out in London twice a month, and is posted on the website www.al-fateh.net. Since the publication of the first issue in September 2002, a hundred issues have been published, the most recent in May 2007. The magazine, which features materials for children (stories, poems, riddles, puzzles, etc.), includes inciting and violent contents: encouragement of terrorist operations, characterization of their planners and perpetrators as heroes, characterization of Jews as "murderers of the prophets," calls to kidnap soldiers, and descriptions of mothers who encourage their sons to kill Jews. There is a regular section titled "The Story of a Martyr," with each installment describing the "heroic deeds" of a mujahid from one of the organizations who died while carrying out a suicide operation (including operations against civilians) or was killed by the IDF. The following are some images from the Al-Fateh magazine: Image from the cover-page of Issue #99, May 2007 
From Issue #1 – The last will of the suicide bomber who carried out the Dolphinarium disco bombing in Tel Aviv (http://www.al-fateh.net/arch/first/wacieah.htm). 
Image from Issue #72, March 15, 2006. 
Image from Issue #71, March 1, 2006. 
Other stories likewise include motifs from the world of suicide bombers, such as a wish to die as a martyr and meet the virgins of Paradise, and descriptions of parents celebrating the death of a child who was martyred by uttering cries of joy and handing out sweets. The magazine also contains illustrations conveying a violent message, such as drawings of children or teenagers carrying weapons.
Posted at: 2007-05-31
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