The Palestinian resistance in Gaza has shattered the Zionist state’s perceptions about itself and its enemies’ capabilities. To restore its deterrence, its slow strangulation of Gaza will no longer be enough.
The International Jewish Collective for Justice in Palestine: “The Israeli regime needs to be put on notice that the world is watching, and that they cannot continue to operate with impunity.”
The Jenin Brigade has condemned the Palestinian Authority’s continued arrest of resistance fighters. As tensions rise, the camp enters the most dangerous phase of the counterinsurgency effort to eradicate it.
In a visit this week, Mahmoud Abbas hailed the Jenin refugee camp as an icon of resistance even as the PA continues imprisoning resistance fighters. But as a member of the Jenin Brigade once told Mondoweiss, “Ramallah will not see freedom” while the PA rules there.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jenin refugee camp, marking the beginning of the PA’s attempt at reestablishing a foothold in the city. Elsewhere, Israeli invasions of Palestinian cities and towns continue unabated.
The New York Times is so reluctant to criticize Israel that even the US State Department has taken tougher positions on the current Netanyahu government’s policies. The Times’ coverage of the latest bout of Israeli aggression is a case in point.
The Israeli army’s bulldozers and airstrikes not only leveled Jenin refugee camp, but paved the way for the PA to return to the camp and reassert its influence. This is the unofficial second phase of the Jenin operation.
If we take up arms, they call us terrorists and kill us, and if we try to resist through art, they bomb us. Why do we have no right to dream like any other human being created in God’s image?
The resurgent resistance in Jenin shows that a narrow refugee camp with limited capabilities can slow an entire army and preserve its capacity to resist.
Twelve Palestinians, including at least four youths, were killed by Israeli forces in Jenin this week during a massive military operation on the Jenin refugee camp that lasted 48 hours. Over 120 Palestinians were also injured during the raid.