Reply #36: Mohammed al-Durrah a *so called * Palestinian child (12 yrs old )

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It is convenient in defense of Israel to believe that all killed by IDF are only SO CALLED children, but this accounts one of COUNTLESS other Palestinian children killed by Israel's Occupation. Shall we all only cry for the innocent death of Israeli children and just kick the dirt at the SO CALLED children under Israeli Occupation? Is that what you meant?

photos of the shooting (grahic - warning)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/galleryguide/0,6191,377275,00.html

Making of a martyr

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On Saturday a 12-year-old Palestinian boy went out to look at used cars and within hours had become a potent symbol of one of the world's most bitter and enduring conflicts.

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A circle of 15 bullet holes on a cinder block wall, and a smear of darkening blood. That is what marks the spot where a terrified 12-year-old boy spent his final moments, cowering in his father's arms, before he was hit by a final shot to the stomach, and slumped over, dead.

Those last minutes in the life of Mohammed al-Durrah, captured in sickening detail by a Palestinian cameraman working for French TV, have taken on a power of their own. His death, aired around the world on Saturday night, has become the single searing image of these days of bloody rioting.

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For Palestinians, the heavily guarded Netzarim settlement is a symbol of their continued occupation, seven years after the start of the peace process. So, by extension, is the post at Netzarim junction, which any Palestinians from Bourij or the other refugee camps to the south have to negotiate, if they want to visit Gaza City.

"When the people of Palestine are crying out against Israel, they find this place to throw stones. It is a target for all the anger against the people sitting in their belly and in their bedroom," says Brigadier General Osama al-Ali.

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Palestinians at the scene - including the cameraman - also cast doubt on the Israeli claim that father and son were caught in the crossfire between the two security forces. "At the beginning of the clash, there was some shooting from the same area, but after five minutes they ran away from there. Nobody was shooting from the base," says Abu Rameh. He says he heard fire from only one direction - the Israeli camp.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/galleryguide/0,6191,377275,00.html
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