Bleak Summit Mood Mirrors Despair Among Palestinian Youth

canada goose black friday sale DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Now back to our coverage of the Middle East summit. Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat at the same negotiating table today for talks aimed at ending the violent clashes of recent weeks.

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CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTL. CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Inside the Israeli army canada goose coats outpost at the Nezarim Junction, soldiers are Canada Goose Online at ease during this lull in the storm. From the army’s gun positions, you can see cars uk canada goose outlet on the road, Palestinians walking their children to school.

But for one week this month, it was the site of the worst battles between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian rioters. It was also where 12 year old Mohammed Al Dura (ph) was shot to death.

During that week, hundreds of Palestinians vented their fury at Israel’s military presence in Gaza. From these two buildings, they rained rocks and Molotov cocktails down onto the Israeli outposts. Palestinian police and militias fired Kalashnikov rifles. Young boys let fly with their slingshots.

cheap Canada Goose Israeli soldiers in this outpost say they were under attack from canada goose uk black friday several sides. They canada goose black friday sale say they used sniper rifles, and from positions one and a half kilometers away heavy machine guns to clear this open ground. Nineteen year old Corporal Marzouk (ph) says his orders were to deter Palestinians from shooting at the outpost.

canada goose UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): If someone shot at us, we would first shoot 20 meters away from him to drive him away as far as we could. If that didn’t stop him, we would shoot at him.

AMANPOUR: From the ground, our cameras watched that incoming Israeli fire, watched as some Palestinians were wounded and others were killed.

canada goose clearance UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I didn’t do anything wrong. Just I’m throwing stones. AMANPOUR: As ambulances evacuated casualties, Palestinians erupted in defiance. cheap Canada Goose We will die and Palestine will live, they shouted.

Back at his position, Corporal canada goose factory sale Marzouk admits canada goose clearance that he was bewildered by the Palestinian reaction.

canada goose coats on sale UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I was surprised that all the fire coming at them didn’t frighten them. Nobody paid any attention.

AMANPOUR: In the end, the Israeli army used combat helicopters and explosives canada goose uk outlet to take out the buildings overlooking canada goose clearance sale their posts. The gun uk canada goose battles and rioting subsided. One Israeli soldier had been wounded and Palestinian officials say canada goose uk shop https://www.canadagooseoutlet4sale.com 22 people on their side buy canada goose jacket cheap had been killed.

Canada Goose Outlet GEN. YOM Canada Goose Jackets TOV SAMIA, ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES: This could be hundreds of people every day hundreds of people. And believe me, I am in the army more than 28 years, I know what I am talking about.

AMANPOUR: Visiting his troops during this lull, Gen. Samia praised them and told them they canada goose store had used maximum restraint.

canadian goose jacket (on camera): The general says the Israeli army has shown its human face. But to the rest of the world, it looks like violent overreaction. Every time Israel unleashes heavy weapons, each victim simply mobilizes the support of the world behind the Palestinians.

buy canada goose jacket (voice over): During the fighting, Palestinian doctors checking for casualties were enraged.

Canada Goose sale UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How they kill children? They are looking to kill doctors, nurses.

Canada Goose Parka AMANPOUR: Gen. Samia denies that his soldiers targeted children.

Canada Goose Jackets SAMIA: Why kids should be in this shooting area, please ask them.

canada goose store AMANPOUR: From inside their fortified bunker, Gen. Samia canadagooseoutlet4sale and his men can see only enemies, not what drives these angry young Palestinians who see them as an occupying force.

AMANPOUR: So you can see that the whole issue of an international inquiry into the violence over the last two weeks is going to be very central to the buy canada goose jacket meeting here in Sharm el Sheikh. It’s one of the key Palestinian demands. It’s the demand that caused the last summit to collapse and they are still insistent that they want an international inquiry, not just Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, but a broader inquiry to Canada Goose sale look into the last two weeks Daryn.

Canada Goose online KAGAN: Christiane, and so what the different agendas at the sides come to this summit, what how would you describe the mood to kick things canadian goose jacket off?

canada goose coats AMANPOUR: Exceptionally, exceptionally low, frankly, the mood here is grim. You could see it on people’s faces as the plenary session got underway a couple of hours ago. When President Clinton spoke, he looked really somber, he looked exhausted. Everybody here canada goose talking not just about the violence Canada Goose online on the West Bank and Gaza, but also, the whole issue of deteriorating regional stability.

The Middle East leaders here are exceptionally worried. Those moderates who made peace with Israel have seen demonstrations and rioting on their streets in the last Canada Goose Outlet couple of weeks and it has taken everybody by surprise, and people are exceptionally worried about this and want to now bring this under cheap canada goose uk control.

canada goose deals But the mood on the Palestinian streets is more difficult canada goose coats on sale to control because the Palestinian youngsters are angry, they’re frustrated, they are see no benefit yet from the peace process and they are very angry that Yasser Arafat has come to this summit. They say he was strong armed by the United States. And they say, you know, they haven’t even had time to fully mourn their dead and Yasser Arafat is coming here under pressure from the United States and international community. So, it’s a very delicate situation. Both here and back in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel.