France once again makes headlines as a new book is published that’s sure to be a hit with all the antisemites-in-training.
Entitled “Rêver La Palestine” (Dream of Palestine), the book is written by a 15-year-old Egyptian girl who holds terrorists up as heroes. According to an e-mail being circulated by the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
The fifteen-year-old Egyptian author, Randa Ghazi, who lives with her family in Italy, writes about Palestinian teenagers who fight ‘bloodthirsty Jews, who assassinate children and old people, profane mosques, and rape Arab women.’
Dream of Palestine is being touted as ‘surprisingly mature’ and ‘a great text of suffering and hope.’ One of the novel’s heroes calls for Jihad against the Jews who are ‘a doomed people’ and to ‘kill all Israelis.’ The main character is encouraged ‘to kill hundreds in his suicide bombing’ and later does blow himself up along with five Israelis.
The book has become a bestseller in French bookstores. To join the protest against it, sign the online petition. And thanks to Jamie for the heads-up on this one.
Update: LGF has posted about this, and there’s quite a lively debate going on in the comments about the dangers of censorship versus the dangers of the hate contained in the book. Check it out.