Khader Adnan was not part of an armed resistance group, nor did he occupy central positions of power. But he provided a model for victory in an age of defeat. He was a symbol in a time without symbols.
Over three days, six Palestinians were killed by Israel in the West Bank and Gaza, including veteran Palestinian prisoner and hunger-striker Khader Adnan.
Jericho enters its tenth consecutive day under siege as the Israeli army launches deadly raids into Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in search of Palestinian resistance fighters.
On Monday, Israeli forces raided the West Bank village of Qarawat Bani Hassan in Salfit, injuring three Palestinians. A day later, armed fighters announced the creation of the “Salfit Battalion” and claimed responsibility for an attack on the nearby Ariel settlement.
The twin Israeli offensives on Palestinians in Jerusalem during Ramadan and Easter made one thing clear: the war to assert the Zionist presence over the city has entered a new phase.
Israeli special forces raided Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian gunman shot a settler in Sheikh Jarrah, and arrests and home demolitions remain the order of the day.
Walid Daqqah has become a prolific writer and astute commenter on the Palestinian condition from inside Israeli prisons. He once said that he would write until he is freed from prison, and “in the hopes of freeing the prison from within me.”
Palestinian armed confrontation continues to spread across the West Bank, while the Israeli settler movement, backed by hardline extremists in government, push for more settlements.
The recent attacks on Al-Aqsa, the continued arrests and assassinations of resistance fighters, and the settler march on Sbeih Mountain point to a renewed commitment to the original Zionist ethos. This will inevitably lead to wide-ranging confrontation.
On April 4 and 5, Israeli forces attacked Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound, and rights groups say more than 400 were arrested. Palestinians from the river to the sea are rising up in outrage.