This Palestinian minister's life mirrored many of the resistance fighters drawn to the Palestinian cause. His death at the hands of an Israeli soldier was an end that too many have suffered.
Individual acts of resistance pose a new challenge to Israel, but Palestinians need strong leadership if this phenomenon is to become a true liberation movement.
The shocking yet effective media strategy employed by the Islamic State group has played to orientalist stereotypes of the Arab world - and Middle East news sources have failed to challenge their narrative.
Forces of old empires and aging regimes may try to trample on the dreams of revolutionaries, but a new generation has emerged, forged in the struggle for freedom.
