The Flag March continued the Zionist war on Jerusalem, while the assault on Palestinian resistance renewed itself following a deadly Israeli raid on Balata refugee camp, leaving 3 Palestinians dead.
On the Nakba’s 75th anniversary, the Zionist war against Palestinian refugees is alive and well, as refugee camps continue to be besieged by the Israeli army in the attempt to quash resistance.
The nascent concept of the “unity of fields” seeks to link Palestinian struggles across different geographic locations. This is what Israel is attempting to defeat in Gaza.
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.”