Young Palestinians prefer armed uprising in absence of peace talks

V-ying for peace: Palestinians flashing the V-sign as they pose with molotov cocktails during clashes with Israeli troops at Erez crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip in the northern Gaza Strip. -EPA

RAMALLAH (Palestinian Territories): An 18-year-old Palestinian, his face covered with a black-and-white keffiyeh (kerchief worn as a headdress), is fed up with talk about negotiations.

“We’re going to keep throwing stones at soldiers,” he said at an Israeli checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, where youths have been gathering daily to protest.