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Article: GROWING UP IN ISRAEL Teens say despite unrest, they won't live in fear
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1996
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Terrorism, bombings and political unrest are ideas that usually
come to mind when Israel is mentioned, but two high school students
from Israel dispelled some myths about their country when they spoke
to Dominican High School students last week.
Sivan Ritter and Omri Ronen are your average teenagers: They wear
jeans, love music, go to high school and like hanging out with their
friends. One would never guess that they live in a country that has
been the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a political battle
competing over national aspirations of who will call Israel their
home. The conflict has been going on for centuries.
Despite recent attempts at peace in the Middle East between the ...