(Times of Israel) Spencer Ho - West Bank support for Hamas, particularly among Palestinian youth, was on full display at a recent memorial service in the Jenin refugee camp for Hamas and Islamic Jihad members killed in a raid by Israeli forces two months ago. Hamas and Islamic Jihad members were greeted with cheers, Israel Channel 2 TV reported, as they took the stage, armed with rifles, to address the crowd. A militant, who shot his rifle in the air, said: "With the Jewish Israelis, there will only be peace through the rifle. Only like this do we talk with Israelis and only like this will we liberate our land, with the help of Allah." An eight-year-old boy wearing an improvised weapon said: "I want to die in a war with the [Israeli] army because they killed my uncle and we want to free Palestine."
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