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==Reaction to his death==
According to the [[Washington Report on Middle East Affairs]], a 5 December 2000 article on the IDF's killing of Odeh in [[Ha'aretz]], noted that "stone-throwing has become a permanent, everyday metaphor" in the [[Palestinian territories]] and throughout the Arab world.<ref name=Hanley/> The article continued: <blockquote>Israel is only too aware of the power of the image of a Palestinian child throwing stones at massive Israeli tanks and other modern weaponry. The Detroit Jewish News reported that, in response to the initial negative press generated during the first weeks of the al-Aqsa intifada, "The Israeli government is sending out diplomats and other officials throughout Europe and the United States to offer a different perspective."<ref name=Hanley/></blockquote>
In February 2002, addressing students at the [[Ramallah compound]] to which he had been confined by the [[Israelis]], [[Yasser Arafat]] recalled Odeh's example, calling on them to show the same courage during the Israeli blockade of Palestinian towns.<ref name=Daraghmeh>{{cite web|title=Palestinian Youths Support Dead Bomber|author=Mohammed Daraghmeh|publisher=Washington Post|date=19 February 2002|url=http://www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=79224&Date=2/20/2002}}</ref> Arafat said: "These tanks can't scare the brave people, we must remember that these tanks were fought by the hero Faris Oudeh."<ref name=Daraghmeh>{{cite web|title=Palestinian Youths Support Dead Bomber|author=Mohammed Daraghmeh|publisher=Washington Post|date=19 February 2002|url=http://www.unitedjerusalem.org/index2.asp?id=79224&Date=2/20/2002}}</ref>
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