The Town of Jenin

"We may never know how many Palestinians died in Jenin. In the end, however, it is not the number that died that will tell the story. It is the savage cruelty experienced by those who survived Israel's assault that will ultimately define the legacy of that devastated square mile of earth"

- James Zogby, Arab American Institute

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