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191 Palestinian children and violence* EYAD SARRAJ** During the violent days of the Intifada, I was told by a PLO official, on one of my visits to Tunis, that he was concerned about the damage being done to the national spirit of the struggle by the portrayal of our heroic Palestinian children as victims. At the same time, back in Gaza, I still had to deal with the Israeli occupation authorities who were accusing me of using children and their alleged trauma for political propaganda. There is no doubt in my mind that life as we lived it was a political issue. Living under occupation makes any one politically involved. Not only the politics of the deadly confrontation between Israel and the PLO, but also inter partisan politics were exerting their pressure on my work. It was difficult to form a board of directors with the agreement of all political streams. It was difficult enough to get the representatives of the spectrum to meet, let alone to agree on anything. Each party was mainly concerned about its slice of power, and sought to monopolise power, sometimes through intimidation or even brute force. One example was when my drug-
The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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