One quarter of young Palestinian men declared willingness to die as suicide attackers

Evidence

At the latest count, fully one quarter of young Palestinian men declared a willingness to engage in this act of brutal finality. An educational counselor working in one of the West Bank refugee camps, upon inquiring of the children where they thought they would be in 20 years, was shocked at the unanimous response: “Buried,” they said. These are the children of “lost hope” who have been seen digging up the Separation Wall in sight of armed Israeli soldiers – weapons cocked, trigger fingers twitching – removing pieces of metal making up the Wall in supreme acts of carceral defiance. Where all hope of a better life is undermined, the only substitute for hopelessness is sought from the solace of an investment in the afterlife. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 641

Categorization

• CANDY: The children answering ‘Buried’ when asked where they’ll be in 20 years is a devastating, quoteable moment.
• QUESTION: What was the source/methodology of the ‘one quarter’ survey figure? Worth verifying the poll and its date.