Word: mahmoud
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Nassim and Mahmoud, leaders of the popular committees that run the village, sit smoking in a large bare room. Nassim, 31, is tall, thin, with calm dark eyes, though his crossed leg jumps in spasms when he speaks. Mahmoud is a short, blondish tough guy. They are Butch and Sundance, outlaws of the intifadeh...
...surrounding hills are filled with caves, where the Palestinian activists often hide. One moonlit night, some months after our talk, a young collaborator led Israeli soldiers to the bush that concealed the cave where Mahmoud had set up a cozy apartment, with mattress and blanket, a lantern and jars of olives. Mahmoud is now in an Israeli jail...