Fathi Khazem’s stoicism and defiance of colonial rule has turned him into the symbol of resistance that the Palestinian people need.
Israel has revived its decades-old policy of “liquidation” in an attempt to quell the rising tide of armed Palestinian resistance, adopting extra-judicial assassination.
For the second consecutive day, Palestinian cities in the West Bank are shut down in a general strike as protests erupt across Ramallah, Bethlehem, Nablus, Jenin, and Hebron in response to an Israeli raid on Jenin refugee camp that killed four Palestinians and injured over 50.
According to Defense for Children International – Palestine, an Israeli sniper deployed on top of a residential building in the refugee camp shot Dirar al-Kafrayni in the back from a distance of approximately 295 feet. He’s the 18th Palestinian child to be killed since the start of 2022.
CNN published its own investigation of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11, and it says that new eyewitnesses, videos and ballistic analysis bear out what Abu Akleh’s colleagues said that day: The AlJazeera correspondent was targeted by an Israeli sniper positioned about 600 feet away from her with a clear line of sight.
A prominent Palestinian leader in Jenin and the brother of political prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi, succumbed to wounds on Sunday after he was shot by Israeli forces over the weekend.
The Jenin refugee camp has been in the spotlight since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s announced that there would be “no limits” to a massive West Bank military operation following a deadly attack in Tel Aviv on April 7. Shatha Hanaysha speaks with residents and leaders in the camp about living under the constant threat of Israeli raids, and the history that is driving the Palestinian resistance.
After Palestinians in Jenin Refugee Camp protested Israeli onslaught on Gaza in May, Israeli military raided the Al-Tafawk Children’s Centre and wrecked it. “Their pretext was that they were looking for arms but of course, they found none.” One soldier tore up children’s books, saying that Palestinian children didn’t need them, which reminds author Tony Greenstein of attitudes of Nazis towards Jewish children.