GAZA. Gaza City. 1993. Stone in shaft of light at the end of the intifada (1987-1993). The stone symbolized the Paleestinian struggle for an independent homeland and national identity, the "David and Goliath" struggle of the weak against the strong, the righteous against the unrighteous. The stone is also the Biblical symbol of public execution (death by stoning) and anger (crowds in Biblical days often picked up stones in a rage and threw them at their target). St. Stepehen was stoned to death by an angry mob for preaching the gospel. Israel/Palestine is a land of stones: architecture, fields, terraces, streets, ambience.