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Maria Rashed is a Palestinian citizen of Israel. While she rejects violence against all civilians, she feels others are tearing at her identity: "People expect you to stand and have a clear one-sided stand when you're literally caught in the middle." For Maria, neither Hamas or the Israeli government represent her: "One can be Palestinian and not support Hamas [...] and one can be Israeli and still stand against the Israeli government," adding, "At the end of the day we are humans and humanity has failed all of us.” Israeli Arabs - many of whom prefer to be called Palestinian citizens of Israel - make up a fifth of the country's population. (Picture: Palestinian flag and Israeli flag. Credit: Getty Images)