... , religious, educational backgrounds. Thousands of Christians, Moslems, secular and religious, coming from all age groups have participated in his funeral and then went out into the streets rioting and throwing stones at Israeli forces who were trying to overpower and control them. His killing was a symbol of the viciousness and of cruelty of the other side towards the Palestinians. This event ... discovered the killing of the teenager. And the anger fuelled their long-term frustration and resulted in aggression. Palestinians all over went into the streets to demonstrate their anger usin...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and unjust; physical as well as psychological. It is the force of one of the strongest and well funded armies in the world against a people armed only with rocks and stones. It is a force that goes largely unchecked and rarely criticized. It is a force whose blatant disregard for human life is blanketed by the support of the most powerful and influential ... scores of thousands more have been pushed out by force, their houses demolished or taken over. Israel demolishes Palestinian homes on the slightest provocation - "security": a youngster in the household throws stones at an Israeli s...

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... where their state's violent and law-flaunting backyard," he writes. "There is no neighborhood like this one. Not a day passes without violence, not an hour passes without the throwing of stones, garbage and feces at the frightened neighbors cowering in their barricaded houses, afraid even to peek out the window. Neighbors whose way home is always a path of torment and anxiety ... ...

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... that Israel is singled out for criticism even though there are other, much worse human-rights violators in the world. This is a valid point; many Arab and Islamic nations throw stones from a glass house when they condemn a Jewish nation for racial and religious discrimination. There are, of course, several equally valid counterpoints: 1. A criticism can be true or false regardless of who ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate