Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat ( ar, هنادي تيسير عبدالمالك جرادات) (September 22, 1975 – October 4, 2003), a Palestinian

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from

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, blew herself up on Saturday, October 4, 2003 in a

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on Maxim restaurant in the northern

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i city of

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. Twenty-one people were killed and 51 injured. Among the dead were four Israeli children, including an infant, and three Arabs. She was the sixth female suicide bomber of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and the second woman recruited by Islamic Jihad.Arnon Regula
Profile of the Haifa suicide bomber.
October 5, 2003; www.haaretz.com.

Bombing

At the time of her suicide bombing attack, Jaradat was a law student due to qualify as a lawyer in a few weeks. She had studied law at Yarmouk University in

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. Jaradat reportedly carried out the bombing in Haifa as an act of revenge after

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undercover operatives in

killed her cousin (Salah, 34) and her younger brother (Fadi, 25), both of whom were members of Islamic Jihad, with her cousin being considered to be a senior member of the Al-Quds Brigades group. Earlier, when she was 21, her fiancé had been killed by Israeli security forces. Following the killing of her cousin and brother, Jaradat went into mourning and began study of the

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and fasting two days a week.David Blair, "Revenge sparked suicide bombing". The

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, October 6, 2003: A9. The bomb included metal fragments packed around the explosive core, that sprayed around the restaurant, maximizing lethal effect. According to Haifa police sources, the aftermath was gruesome, with some of the dead still sitting upright at their tables, while others, including children and babies, were slammed against the walls. Due to the force of the explosion, all that remained of Jaradat was her head. In response to his daughter's actions, her father Taisir said "My daughter's action reflected the anger that every Palestinian feels at the occupation. The occupation did not have mercy on my son Fadi, her brother. They killed him even though he was not a wanted person, they murdered him in cold blood before Hanadi's eyes."Vered Levy-Barzalai
Ticking bomb.
October 16, 2003; www.haaretz.com. He declined all condolences, instead saying that he was proud of what his daughter had done, and that "I will accept only congratulations for what she did. This was a gift she gave me, the homeland and the Palestinian people. Therefore, I am not crying for her. Even though the most precious thing has been taken from me." In reprisal for the suicide bombing, Israeli forces conducted a raid at 3:00 a.m. on October 5, 2003, during the course of which they demolished the family home of Jaradat and the houses of two of her neighbours.

Victims

Honors and awards

Jaradat was proclaimed by the Islamic Jihad as the "Bride of Haifa" to honor her "marriage to the soil of her homeland", an honor previously reserved only to men. Within several days of the bombing, trophy cards with her picture, labelled "Hanadi the Bride of Haifa", were being handed out in Gaza.Cult of the FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER
The Sunday Times Magazine (Perth, W. Australia). By KEVIN TOOLIS, pp 12-15, September 10, 2006 In 2005, the Palestinian daily '' Al-Ayyam'' published a special supplement entitled "What Did Hanadi Say", consisting of poems honoring Jaradat and calling for

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. In October 2012, the

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presented their top award to Hanadi Jaradat, and sent a delegation to her family to present them with the award. Ayman Abu Eisheh, who is a member of the Palestine Committee at the Arab Lawyers Union, explained that the ALU were proud of Jaradat, and that her suicide bombing was "in defense of Palestine and the Arab nation."

Snow White and The Madness of Truth

Jaradat was the subject of

Snow White and The Madness of Truth ''Snow White and the Madness of Truth'' ( sv, Snövit och sanningens vansinne) was a 2004 item of installation art by Swedish, Israeli-born composer and musician Dror Feiler and his Swedish wife, artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler. Feiler and Sköld-Fei ...

, a controversial item of

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i-born composer and musician Dror Feiler, and his Swedish wife, artist

Gunilla Sköld-Feiler ''Snow White and the Madness of Truth'' ( sv, Snövit och sanningens vansinne) was a 2004 item of installation art by Swedish, Israeli-born composer and musician Dror Feiler and his Swedish wife, artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler. Feiler and Sköld-Fei ...

. The installation consisted of a portrait of Hanadi Jaradat floating on a small white boat named "Snövit" (" Snow White") in a long pool of blood red water. This tableau was accompanied by written text on nearby walls and the sound of Bach's Cantata 199, '' Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'', BWV 199 (English: ''My heart swims in blood''). Translated into English, Cantata 199 begins, "''My heart swims in blood / because the brood of my sins / in God's holy eyes / makes me into a monster''". The artwork became the centre of controversy when the Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Zvi Mazel, vandalized the installation. After pushing some lightstands into the pool, causing a short-circuit and disabling the light, Mazel told Feiler that "This is not a work of art. This is an expression of hatred for the Israeli people. This has glorified suicide bombers". Further he said to the press that the piece constituted a "complete legitimization of genocide, the murder of innocent people, innocent civilians, under the guise of culture". Feiler rejected charges that their intention was to glorify suicide bombers and accused Mazel of "practicing censorship". He said the installation was made to "call attention to how weak people left alone can be capable of horrible things"."Sharon backs envoy's art attack"
''CNN'' January 19, 2004"Israelisk attack mot konstverk"
''Svenska Dagbladet'' Following the incident, Mazel was unrepentant, and said: "I was standing before an exhibit calling for genocide, praising the genocide of me, you, my brothers and sisters."
The Telegraph, 19 Jan 2004

References

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