New York Times · 1 March 1994
CP-1994-046
Among Israeli Arabs, Latent Anger Explodes
Chris Hedges
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“RAHAT, Israel, Feb. 28 — On a windswept hill overlooking a patchwork of rolling farmland, 5,000 Arab men knelt as the body of Sami Abu Jama, who died Sunday in clashes with the police, was slowly lowered into the rocky soil. Black flags of mourning, green Is…”
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Sami Abu Jama, buried at Rahat in the Negev, and five thousand men at the grave. Hedges writes that the massacre crystallised opposition for many young Arab citizens of Israel. Filed under the standing head West Bank Massacre: A Sense That Hebron Has Changed Everything.
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"Among Israeli Arabs, Latent Anger Explodes," New York Times, 1 March 1994. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1994-046. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1994-046
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