This is a truly revealing story that tells you all you need to know about Palestinian society (and kudos to the NYT for reporting on it anyway) +
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So an 11-year-old schoolboy from Gaza posted a video of himself expertly rapping the lyrics of one of his favorite artists, and he got "more than a million views and praise from famous rappers around the world." BUT +
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"The trouble came when he was asked about his message" and told a Russian news outlet:
“I would like to spread love between us and Israel ... There’s no reason for fighting and wars. We need to let this relationship become better and better.” +
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“I would like to spread love between us and Israel ... There’s no reason for fighting and wars. We need to let this relationship become better and better.” +
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All too predictably, "Many Palestinians lashed out on social media at the budding rapper and his father, whom they accused of failing to properly teach his son about the Palestinian cause." +
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So the boy's father had to apologize: he claimed that "his son didn’t mean peace and love with Israel specifically but peace with the world. "The boy is 11 years old and he misspoke,” Mr. al-Shantti said. “He was very tired. It can happen.”
