7 February 2004
It's preferable for Palestinian mothers to cry than Israeli mothers.
-- Maj.Gen. Aharon Ze'evi, Commander of Israeli Military Intelligence, 21 October 2003
(Photos: Left - Nehama Arbel is comforted by her husband David, during the funeral of their son Roi at the cemetery of the West Bank settlement of Dolev, Wednesday Jan. 14, 2004. The 28-year-old father of five was killed by Palestinian gunmen in an ambush the previous day.
Right - The mother and brother of Ashraf Redwan cry during his funeral in Gaza City, 26 December 2003. Sixteen-year-old Ashraf was killed by an Israeli helicopter missile attack.
The photo on the right is apparently preferable).
