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| Ashraqat Qatanani's Father: She Practiced Stabbing on Her Last Night |
| 2016-02-02 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] She is a beautiful Paleostinian girl with a courageous and fervent spirit. She loved her homeland so she devoted herself for it. She refused to let it be forgotten so she exerted every effort. In her school she played a mobilization role that her friends talked about. She was in control of the radio in her school, and every national poem or statement she read made the audience cry. As for the knife revolt (Intifada) that the Paleostinian youth initiated, she did not only support it, but even considered that "the end of the occupation is near, God willing..." The heart [urp!] "The generation that you labeled as "Oslo generation" has proven to you that it is the son of this land and it will throw you out of this land, restore its dignity, and avenge for its free people..." she added, reassuring to the Zionists that "the response will be harsh on you, just wait to see it and fear the anger of the Paleostinian." She is Ashraqat Taha Al-Qatanani, or Ashraqat Paleostine (Paleostine shined) as her father named her after her martyrdom. She is the 16-year-old girl who lashed the Zionists with these words to take only a couple of days later a knife from the kitchen of her house and head towards an Israeli checkpoint. Ashraqat witnessed the occupation's barbarism since she was a child, and had to bear responsibilities at a very early stage. Father of the martyr, Sheikh Taha Al-Qatanani recalled that during one of the occupation soldiers' raids on his house "she was alone with her siblings so she stood up to the soldiers. I later gave her all my papers so she was in charge and looked after her siblings until morning." She loved the Gazooks and sympathized with them. She was hurt for the burning of martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir and Dawabsha family alive. So she expressed that on her Facebook page writing: "They burned the infant... damn a people that revolted for burning a murderous pilot but did not revolt for burning an infant... damn you... You are shameful to the religion of Mohammad (PTUI!) and shameful to his morals." Ashraqat further considered that it was not the Zionists who burned the Paleostinian infant, but the Arabs "since they abandoned the right of Abu Khdeir..." With all this oppression around her, Ashraqat refused to stay hand folded. She took a brave decision and sacrificed her life for what she loved the most - Paleostine -. She took a knife from the kitchen of her house and headed toward an Israeli checkpoint to later be executed by an officer there. The story did not end here, for even after her martyrdom, Ashraqat had brave stances that were revealed. The young Paleostinian martyr left five wills: - If I was martyred I want my organs to be given to those who needed them. - Father, if I was martyred don't get mad or cry. - If the occupation kept my body and bargained over it, don't accept that. - If I was martyred (know that) I am the daughter of Paleostine, not any organization. - If I was martyred don't shoot in the air. This was what actually took place, and as a proud father, Sheikh Taha Al-Qatanani did not give in to any of the occupation's conditions after the latter kept the body of Ashraqat for over a month and bargained over it. |
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| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-02-02 06:15 |