Palestinian graves

Christian Century, Oct 5, 2004

Caption: PALESTINIAN GRAVES: Youssef, a 19-year-old Palestinian, takes a rest as his friend Mahmoud Sharaf, 18, digs graves in the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City in August. The cemetery, where a sea of white stone tombs stretches up a sandy hill, is nearly fun with the graves of men, women and children who died fighting the Jewish state or were caught in its crossfire. Many Palestinian boys spend their summer vacations in the cemetery, digging graves and tending tombs for little pay.

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