A front-page Time article about Palestinian Arab children who throw rocks at Israelis explains: "They throw because there is little else to do in Beit Ommar — no pool or cinema, no music lessons after school, no part-time jobs other than peddling produce along the road."
I find this explanation unsatisfying for a variety of reasons. First, before swimming pools or motion pictures were invented, there were many children who managed to find ways to amuse themselves without hurling rocks at other people. Second, the satellite television that is ubiquitous in these sorts of places (a dish is visible on a rooftop in one of the slides that accompanies the Times article) offers more movies than your typical suburban multiplex. Third, there are plenty of children in other poor countries and neighborhoods without music lessons, swimming pools, or movie theaters who manage to find ways to entertain themselves without throwing rocks at other people. Fourth, a quick Internet search finds sites for a summer camp in Beit Ommar that "offered an array of educational, recreational, and cultural activities, including sports, English lessons, and dance" and for a local youth organization whose home page features a photograph of youth frolicking in a swimming pool.
As a separate issue, the map with the article shows Beit Ommar in the context of a series of "Israeli settlements." That's a framing issue. Had the map been larger, it would have included the Israeli capital, Jerusalem, which is between seven and 12 miles away.