11.   Keeping with Palestinian tradition, Abington and the others sipped bitter black coffee served in small cups without handles.

12.   Relatives distributed sweet orange juice, rather than the bitter coffee traditionally offered at a Palestinian wake, in an expression of joy.

13.   The Araeer family in Gaza City opened a house of mourning, serving bitter coffee to hundreds of people paying condolence calls as Quranic verses played over loudspeakers.