Palestinian, Israeli girls camping for peace in US

Liza Masri had learned as a young girl during the bloodiest days of the second intifada to fear the soldiers patrolling her neighborhood in the besieged West Bank city of Nablus.

But it wasn't until after the uprising that her mistrust was most shockingly vindicated as she witnessed Israeli troops shooting dead her Palestinian neighbor as he smoked a cigarette on his balcony.

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"It's flashbacks I can remember... the ambulance, the way they took him down the building," the 21-year-old tells AFP, as if the intervening decade has suddenly melted away.

"We weren't allowed into the streets. We were afraid they would kill us. It's something I will always remember -- it's so painful."