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Why do so many young Palestinians want to become martyrs? A report from behind the lines.
a little before noon on the last day of his life, 15-year-old Ahmed Abutayeh invented a toothache. This was the first time he had ever complained of a health problem in school, so his science teacher wrote him a permission slip to visit a nearby clinic. Ahmed shouldered his plaid book bag and walked out onto the chaotic streets of Beach Camp, a refugee settlement where 75,000 Palestinians are corralled into a half-square-mile block, at the northern end of the Gaza Strip. It was November 1, last fall. The previous day, Ahmed had sold his pet nightingale for a few s...See the full content of this document
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