West Bank - Following are excerpts from a Hamas TV program about Palestinian female suicide bombers, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on April 28, 2011. To view this clip on the MEMRI TV website, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2908.htm. Hamas Minister of Women's Affairs: "We Have a Long List of Female Martyrdom-Seekers… [Women] Serve as Shields for These [Male] Fighters" Hamas Minister of Women's Affairs Jamila Al-Shanti: "Palestinian society is, by nature, a society of resistance. Resistance does not mean only the bearing of arms. The people who aid those who bear arms are sometimes even stronger than them. The [Palestinian] woman is the wife of a resistance fighter, or the mother of resistance fighters, or else she herself is on the frontline, or she opens her home to resistance fighters. She is capable of doing everything. During the incursions [into Gaza], the women fought in every way possible. They confronted the tanks, they confronted the Zionist enemy. "All means of resistance are available to women. In addition, we have a long list of female martyrdom-seekers. Need I say more? Full Story>>
