Muna's response is addressed to our Lebanese friend, Emile Nucho. This is what happens every time road works begin. Major road works are part of the Bethlehem 2000 Project and they recently started working on the Jerusalem-Hebron Road parallel to Dheisheh. Before the phone lines were down, a water pipe was busted and several neighborhoods in the camp have been without water for twnety days.
Life here gets to be too much sometimes.
Anyway, I agree with what you say about violence leading to violence. I'm not so certain that it is just the result of the Intifada though. Sometimes, I think that beating women and children is somehow acceptable in our society. Many people certainly believe that a man has the right to beat his wife and kocking children about is a habit. But in the end, unless women become economically independent and can make their own decisions, not much will change.