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I'm Shankar Vedantam.
In recent weeks, people around the world have watched with anxiety as tensions between the Israelis and the Palestinians exploded once again into violence.
Top story for you this morning.
Israeli forces and palestinian militants in Gaza have exchanged their heaviest bombardments in years.
Angry posts about hurt and injustice fill social media feeds.
News reports feature the voices of traumatized people.
You see all of the kids around me?
They're just kids.
Why wouldn't you just send a missile to them and kill them?
I'm israeli, and my son David was killed by a palestinian sniper.
Supporters of Israelis and supporters of Palestinians both have the same demand.
Just look at what we are going through.
If you opened your eyes, you would empathize with us.
People are dying every day because of israeli occupation.
This was not like peaceful protests.
It was just violence against Jews.
Why do we deserve this?
It's not fair.
It's not fair.