Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 27 2003 — A23 PaDestiBiniDainis use to cepe wnto restrictions Dinitoirinieft Teenage boys surfed the Web and young children were busy playing games Despite the apparent frivolity the conimpact of the flict on the youngsters becomes clear at the cultural center at the entrance of a refugee camp where 1(KX) people live in cinderblock homes on less than one square mile near Bethle- - DEHE1SHE REFUGEE CAMP West Bank ( AP) — Cooped up in their communities for most of the past three years of lighting Palestinians have found a way to escape: Israeli-Palestini- going online Internet use has risen shiarply them’’ Abbas sees that as a problem an putting the Palestinians ahead of' ' ' much of the Arab world Business' people use the Web to place orders hem'1 with suppliers" university students In one large mural in a hallway at with lessons and relatives keep up : the Cultural center' a young man con- separated by Israeli closures stay in touch through chat rooms ' fronts an Israeli tank Images of ': ' ‘‘People are using the Internet a lot barbed wire and tents abound A tat- tered child's shoe a' reminder fightmore for practical reasons than their ing five decades ago sits in a display counterparts in other regions” said Maan Bseiso owner of Palnet the case And in the computer center a dominant Palestinian Internet service painting of a man cradling a bloody ' looks down on the work staas “The issue child political provider well as security issues in Palestinian tions' ' 'APphoto The giggling girls' it turns out areas' make people use the Internet Palestinian boys surf on the Internet at the Ibdaai Cultural Center the first public with in were for business and information and Chatillaa chatting pals t internet space at the Deheishe Refugee Camp in the West Bank town of news It's not a luxury thing It's for1" Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon Bethlehem on Nov 17: Internet use has risen sharply over the' past few years ' ' best known as the site' of a 1982 ' practical use’’' putting the palestiniansahead of much ofthe Arab world massacre by an d The Ibdaa Cultural Center home militia ' Ibdaa’s Web site with information :' to Deheishe's First computer center lor mature audiences “My friend wants to know ' arreste'd On has or electronic been revolution this life under Israeli occupation A1 whether about anyone typifies “They are a radical generation" ' Maram' '' killed” said said Ziad Abbas a recent afternoon giggling school- of boy played “Project AdeL Ibdaa “The children look for shootIGl" a violent girls could be found exchanging game The male teens were updating that its manufacturer recommends notes in electronic chat rooms " ing Itrellectssomething inside 1 ' Israel-allie- : 1 bill says the children won’t come to the center if he doesn't let ihem pla the : gamesHis aim is to introduce them to computers then teach iliem more-- ' ' useful skills like Maiding e mails oi surfing the WebUltimately people iise the InieVnet' to keep in touch with relatives m other countries -r- - or liveii ncurin : cities rf that they cannot easily reach Abbas said Two 'students have recently gone on 'to' study at universities in Germany ' “I learned how to throw stones before (could read and w rite:" six s'' Shalivoiieh 39 “We waiit tlie chi dren to struggle l'or theirrighiv but ' they shouldleumoihcr ways" By' Western standards' internet-iis' remains low in the Palestinian areas The Madar Research Group1 a ' ' research firm based in Dubai says abiiut 8 percent of Palestinians-weronline in June in comparison' about 40 percept ol Israeli households have Internet eiiii- neetions 'according to tlie Ministry ' - - of Communications : 'nA ' ' ' - AP photo - Donna arid Phillip Satow sit besidea photograph of their late son ' 'Jed at the Safow's SoHo apartment and office in New York on Nov ' 6 As a result of their sorissuicide five years ago as a college sopho--mor- e the Satows started the Jed Foundation a suicide prevention foundation in his memory Kameleon Oakley baseball ’style hats Campus services expand as more students report having suicidal thoughts '& By the Associated Press - with the problenissuch 420 ca isar CaMqr 600 ca In 100 HHhOm TtiA I Reg 21 Wine Floor Vlar 'T n Fy'' j —- W - W: J v" a Kids Bell Bike Hehnets j 'V asjdepressionr Re - e'f :v ? 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