In this combination of photos made from six photos taken on June 11 and June 13, 2012, Palestinian stone throwers pose for portraits in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone throwers are among a group of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits, six of which are represented here. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this combination of photos made from six photos taken on June 11 and June 13, 2012, Palestinian stone throwers pose for portraits in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone throwers are among a group of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits, six of which are represented here. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Wednesday, June 13, 2012, a Palestinian stone thrower wrapped in a Palestinian flag and masked in a kaffiyeh to conceal his identity, poses for a portrait, in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone thrower is one of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Monday, June 11, 2012 photo, a Palestinian stone thrower poses for a portrait as he covers his face with a plastic bag which is meant to protect him from tear gas during protests, in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone thrower is one of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Monday, June 11, 2012 photo, a Palestinian stone thrower poses for a portrait wearing a gas mask, in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone thrower is one of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
In this Monday, June 11, 2012 photo, a Palestinian stone thrower masked in a balaclava printed with the Palestinian flag and Arabic script which translates to English as "popular resistance", poses for a portrait in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. The stone thrower is one of seven men who agreed to pose for a series of twelve portraits. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
One clutched stones behind his back, another extended a sling shot. A third man appeared wrapped in a Palestinian flag. All were masked.
The seven Palestinians gathered in a home in the West Bank village of Bilin displayed their improvised weapons of protest as Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Oded Balilty snapped their portraits against a black backdrop.
One muscled young man hoisted a tire like those burned in hastily thrown-up roadblocks. Another covered his face with a plastic bag like those worn by protesters for protection against tear gas. A third wore a gas mask.
All concealed their identities with checkered kaffiyehs, black masks or, in one case, a balaclava printed with a Palestinian flag and the words "Popular Resistance" in Arabic. The images provide a rare look at the Palestinian stone throwers normally seen in the streets in action against Israeli soldiers.
While they are viewed as symbols of resistance and even heroes by many Palestinians, stones can kill, and the Israeli army notes that hundreds of soldiers have been injured by Palestinian stone throwers.
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