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Why do Palestinian children throw stones?
Baroud, Ramzy
http://www.mintpressnews.com/why-palestinian-children-throw-stones-death-rayan-suliman/282200/Date Written: 2022-10-13 Publisher: Mint Press News Year Published: 2022 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24767 Children of my Gaza refugee camp were rarely afraid of monsters but of Israeli soldiers. This is all that we talked about before going to bed. Unlike imaginary monsters in the closet or under the bed, Israeli soldiers are real, and they could show up any minute – at the door, on the roof or, as was often the case, right in the middle of the house. Abstract: - Excerpt: Sometimes, kids attempted to avoid the barbed wire so as to avoid the terrifying encounter. The soldiers anticipated this. “We tried to walk through the olive field next to the path, instead, but the soldiers hide in the trees there and grab us,” a 10-year-old boy from Tuqu, Mohammed Sabah, was quoted in an article by Sheren Khalel, published years ago. The nightmare has been ongoing for years. Rayan experienced that terrorizing journey for over a year, of soldiers waiting behind barbed wires, mysterious creatures hiding behind trees, hands grabbing little bodies, children screaming for their parents, beseeching God and running in all directions. Following Rayan’s death on September 29, the US State Department, the British government and the European Union demanded an investigation, as if the reason why the little boy succumbing to his paralyzing fears was a mystery, as if the horror of Israeli military occupation and violence was not an everyday reality. Rayan’s story, though tragic beyond words, is not unique but a repeat of other stories experienced by countless Palestinian children. Subject Headings |