(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Only a few journalists this week noticed the 12-year-old Palestinian boy at the anti-security fence rally organized by the PA in Abu Dis. Zuhair Rajabi was carrying a red placard in English reading, "The Wall will Fall." Asked what he was doing at the rally, Rajabi explained: "We came here to tell the Jews that they must leave our homeland. We want to kill the Jews because they are killing our people every day. Palestine belongs to the Palestinian people and the Jews must go back to where they came from." Rajabi was among dozens of schoolchildren who were let out early on Monday to participate in the "Day of Rage" organized by the Palestinian leadership. Like the schoolchildren in Abu Dis, many Palestinians, including Arafat, see the struggle over the fence as part of the overall battle against Israel. The banner headline in Tuesday's daily al-Hayat al-Jadeeda was a straightforward expression of this view: "The Hague witnesses a historic trial of the fence, occupation and settlements."
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