Talk about trading places. Last month, Gil Na\’amati finished his three-year stint of compulsory military service after serving in Israel\’s artillery corps and spending time operating in the West Bank. Now the 22-year-old kibbutznik is the poster boy for Palestinian grievances against Israel.

During a demonstration last week by Palestinians and Israeli left-wingers against Israel\’s West Bank security barrier, Na\’amati was shot by soldiers, who until recently might have stood shoulder to shoulder with him at a checkpoint. An American activist also was lightly hurt in the clash.