Split the Baby !!

Split the Baby

(כו) וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר בְּנָהּ הַחַי אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמֶיהָ עַל בְּנָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנִי תְּנוּ לָהּ אֶת הַיָּלוּד הַחַי וְהָמֵת אַל תְּמִיתֻהוּ וְזֹאת אֹמֶרֶת גַּם לִי גַם לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה גְּזֹרוּ.

I Kings 3:26

(26) Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned upon her son, and she said: ‘Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.’ But the other said: ‘It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.’

One of the saddest Pasukim in the Torah

איכה ד׳:י׳

(י) יְדֵי נָשִׁים רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת בִּשְּׁלוּ יַלְדֵיהֶן הָיוּ לְבָרוֹת לָמוֹ בְּשֶׁבֶר בַּת עַמִּי.

Lamentations 4:10

(10) The hands of women full of compassion Have sodden their own children; They were their food In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Wednesday, 3 November, 2004, 17:58 GMT

Child suicide attacks 'must stop'

Palestinian militants to stop using children in suicide bombings and military attacks.
Human Rights Watch made the call after a 16-year-old bomber blew himself up in a Tel Aviv marketplace on Monday, killing three Israeli civilians.
The New York-based group claimed at least 10 bombers aged under 18 have attacked Israel in the past four years.
The group behind Monday's attack has said it does not recruit children.

Palestinian armed groups must clearly and publicly condemn all use of children under the age of 18
Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch

International law defines a child as any person under the age of 18. "Any attack on civilians is prohibited by international law, but using children for suicide attacks is particularly egregious," said Jo Becker, advocacy director for children's rights at Human Rights Watch.
"Palestinian armed groups must clearly and publicly condemn all use of children under the age of 18 for military activities, and make sure these policies are carried out."
Militants condemned
A senior member of the political wing of the group behind the Tel Aviv attack, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, admitted to the BBC the group had made a mistake by recruiting 16-year-old Amer al-Fahr.

TEENAGE SUICIDE BOMBERS
Jan 2002: Safwat Rahman, 17
Mar 2002: Ayat al-Akhras, 17
May 2002: Issa Badir, 17
Jun 2002: Hamza Samudi, 17
Mar 2003: Sabih al-Saoud, 16
Aug 2003: Islam Qteishat, 17
Aug 2003: Khamais Gerwan, 17
January 2004: Iyad al-Masri, 17
Source: Human Rights Watch

The organisation was looking at improving checks on applicants' ages, he added. The other main Palestinian armed groups have also publicly disavowed the use of children in suicide attacks.
Yet the Human Rights Watch report claimed that the three most active militant groups - Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade - have all despatched under-age bombers during the four-year-old conflict with Israel.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade has been accused of sending four child bombers into Israel.
Three attacks by 17-year-olds were linked to Islamic Jihad, Human Rights Watch said.
Hamas and the PFLP have been linked to two attacks each, the group added.