Nahum Barnea, 'Beitunian nights: The IDF in the West Bank,'Архивная копия от 18 ноября 2016 на Wayback MachineYnet 18 March 2016:'The assumption is that when suicidal thoughts encounter dreams of a heroic death, the knife is the obvious solution. When the knife is unsheathed, an accursed outcast is transformed into a martyr, a hero. His or her picture is taped to the walls, his fame is carried by everyone, and his family is respected and gets financial assistance. More than the terrorists want to kill Israelis, they want to be killed. True, this is a convenient explanation for the Israeli establishment — too convenient. It dwarfs the decisive contribution of the occupation to Palestinian youths’ willingness to die on their knives; it buries the problem in a psychological closet and erases the sense of guilt and expectation from the government to do something — diplomatically, economically, militarily — to change the reality. In short, it fits current policy like a glove. Nevertheless, it is worthy of discussion..'
Nahum Barnea, 'Beitunian nights: The IDF in the West Bank,'Архивная копия от 18 ноября 2016 на Wayback MachineYnet 18 March 2016:'The assumption is that when suicidal thoughts encounter dreams of a heroic death, the knife is the obvious solution. When the knife is unsheathed, an accursed outcast is transformed into a martyr, a hero. His or her picture is taped to the walls, his fame is carried by everyone, and his family is respected and gets financial assistance. More than the terrorists want to kill Israelis, they want to be killed. True, this is a convenient explanation for the Israeli establishment — too convenient. It dwarfs the decisive contribution of the occupation to Palestinian youths’ willingness to die on their knives; it buries the problem in a psychological closet and erases the sense of guilt and expectation from the government to do something — diplomatically, economically, militarily — to change the reality. In short, it fits current policy like a glove. Nevertheless, it is worthy of discussion..'
