(Knight Ridder - Philadelphia Inquirer) - Two years ago, Mohammad Falah, 19, and his teenage friends would finish their Friday noontime prayers at a mosque in Ramallah, then hurry to the outskirts of the city to throw rocks at Israeli troops. Falah took three bullets in his left leg and hand; seven of his companions have died. After four surgeries and months spent in and out of hospitals, Falah admits: "We didn't achieve anything." Western and Arab nations have largely lost interest in helping Arafat's government.
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