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...Many of them, in the words of Drum magazine editor Barney Cohen, are capable of killing at the drop of a match. They have developed a youth culture of alienation and intolerance that may be more destructive, in its sheer scale, than anything seen in Beirut, Belfast or the Gaza Strip...
Most Palestinian children, on the other hand, have been inured to violence through Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and the three- year-old intifadeh. Arab youngsters have been in the vanguard of the uprising, burning tires, hurling stones -- and dying violently. They see little to fear from the Scud attacks. If they are hit, it will be by accident. And whether they die by Israeli guns or Saddam's missiles, they will still be martyrs to the Palestinian cause. Says Zobaida Abu-Humos, Shirin's older cousin: "I've seen so many Palestinians...
...prospects for progress are small, given Jerusalem's strong opposition even to discussing the idea of withdrawing from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, much less allowing a Palestinian homeland. The U.S., whose $3 billion annually in aid accounts for 7% of Israel's GNP, could bring definitive pressure on Jerusalem to relent, but the Palestinians do not expect that to happen...
...emerged from his meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz in Geneva and announced that the talks had failed. That was good news to members of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government, who dreaded a deal linking the gulf crisis with Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. But their sense of relief did not last long. Appearing before reporters about an hour later, Aziz was asked whether Iraq would respond to a U.S. attack by striking Israel. His chilling reply: "Yes, absolutely...
...Palestinian fears that the immigrants will be settled at their expense. "This will destroy all prospects for negotiations," says Saeb Erakat, professor of political science at An-Najah University in Nablus. To most Palestinians, each incoming planeload lessens the chances of preserving their hold on the West Bank and Gaza. It is a matter of almost equal import to the arriving Jews. As they settle with difficulty into their new lives, they must also face up to an ideological choice that could determine whether they and their neighbors can ever live in peace...