Rital Al-Dibs, Bethlehem PA Ministry of Education Facebook: “Peace to every Martyr, you alone are the one who is alive, and we, sir, are all dead. We will pass by Jerusalem and say:
Jerusalem is Arab. O Jerusalem! O third [holiest] mosque (i.e., the Al-Aqsa Mosque), O first direction of [Muslim] prayer (i.e., Jerusalem), It belongs to the Muslims, do not belittle and diminish,… it is Arab.”
[PA Ministry of Education, Facebook page, July 28, 2023]
Posted text: “Rital Al-Dibs, an outstanding female student from Bethlehem, recites a poem for free Jerusalem, and from the threads of her shining embroidered garment she informs us all that the song symbolizes identity, a lesson, and freedom”