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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...city. One rainy evening Marina Hajimi approaches the Shuhada checkpoint on the Ramallah road with her young son Ibrahim. He is suffering an asthma attack, and his Palestinian doctor has told her to get him quickly to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The Israeli army lieutenant in charge, Ari Doron, sees that the boy is in bad shape and frantically telephones higher-ups for permission to let him and his mother through. After agonizing delays, Doron's request is denied, but he decides to disobey the order. By then it is too late; Ibrahim dies in a waiting ambulance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ripped from the Headlines | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

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