In a powerful YouTube interview on SaharTV,” Sandra Solomon, a Palestinian born in Ramallah, renounced her Muslim upbringing and condemned the Palestinian cause, describing it as rooted in a violent ideology aimed at annihilating Jews. Solomon, whose uncle Zakaria Habash led the Second Intifada, shared her journey from a childhood steeped in anti-Jewish indoctrination to embracing Christianity and advocating for Israel’s right to exist.
Raised in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Solomon recounted growing up in a culture that glorified terrorism. She described communities celebrating attacks on Jewish civilians with candies and “resistance songs,” and schools indoctrinating children as young as five to view Jews as “filthy” occupiers. “We were taught Israel must be wiped out, that Jews have no right to exist,” she said, citing media like Al Jazeera and school curricula that dressed children as Hamas fighters for jihad training.
Solomon’s perspective shifted after questioning Islamic teachings, particularly the mandatory hijab and the lack of critical thinking allowed in her Saudi education, where 90% of lessons focused on Islam. She faced persecution for rejecting the hijab and questioning the Quran, witnessing public executions in Saudi Arabia as a child, which she said dehumanized her and others. Her grandmother’s story of being respectfully escorted to safety by Israeli soldiers during the 1948 conflict contrasted sharply with Hamas’ actions on October 7, 2023, which she called “stupid terrorist things” involving rape and murder.
