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Abstract
"I do not know what to say anymore, or who to write to.
We wrote to Kofi Anan, we wrote to Mary Robinson, we wrote
... read more to the whole world but no one seems to care.We hear from
friends who live in the States and Europe that things in
Palestine have quieted down, they do not know that raids
continue, killing of innocent people continues and homes
of so many families are destroyed."
(Marina Barham, an internet letter from bombarded
Beit Jala, December 5.)
Israel, largely followed by Western media, describes its handling of the Palestinian uprising as a war of defence: The Palestinians are violent non-compromising, fanatic people, who reject Israel's generous peace offers. show less