Boy and tank

This gives some idea of what those stone-throwing boys (who are portrayed in the West as threatening militants whose deaths are justifiable) are up against.

Checkpoint and men

There are a series of checkpoints scattered through the occupied territories. A checkpoint is a place where, if you are Palestinian you have to show your identity card (which has a different color from Israeli identity) and a soldier determines whether you can pass to get where you want to get to where you want to go. Palestinians often wait on lines like this for work, or get to the hospital. The Israeli army will tell you that they are part of what he calls a “matrix of control” that the Israeli army has imposed on every aspect of Palestinian life. They are designed to create conditions of a ‘negative magnet’ that will force the majority of Palestinian population to ‘voluntarily’ exile themselves.

Girl’s first

The resistance to the occupation and the determination of the Palestinian people remains strong. This resistance is perhaps best expressed in the willingness of people to try to live normal lives, play with their children, go to work, and enjoy food together.

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