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The causes of Arafat Jaradat’s death are still dubious. Conflicting reports indicate that it may take some time to be able to receive any definite medical conclusion regarding the events that took place in the Israeli jail and what happened to the young man. Regardless, the Palestinian Authority and its security forces, whose core funders are among others the European Union and various United Nations agencies, did not wait a minute to celebrate the death of Mr. Jaradat and gave him the honor of a military funeral. Such a reality has been overly present in the political strategy carried on by terrorist groups and political networks in Judea and Samaria. Since the 1970s a great effort has been put in place to praise the dead rather than help the living. The fact that Jaradat was...