It has become a common scene: a group of young people speak face to face or on the phone, coordinating a trip to the area surrounding Ofer prison (near Ramallah) or a demonstration at a checkpoint to confront Israeli soldiers. Videos appear online and are shared on social-networking sites, showing youths hiding from Israeli army vehicles in villages or camps and then showering them with stones or anything they can get their hands on. The soldiers then flee the area.
These videos often have titles such as "See how children from the camp humiliate Zionist soldiers." The fact of the matter is that these confrontations, as well as the ages of the participants, reflect the end of the economic, social and geographic equation that formed the basis of the calm security situation that prevailed in the West Bank for many years. A new equation is now in play.
