Armed resistance in the West Bank is caught between the combined efforts of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to undermine its growth.
In recent years, the month of Ramadan has seen the emergence of a new commons in Jerusalem that challenges colonial authority. Israel is determined to quash it.
Recent U.S.-led summits in Jordan and Egypt have formalized the campaign to quash Palestinian resistance. Now, in addition to Israel’s ongoing offensive, Palestinians must also face the PA, as it hunts the resistance from within.
On March 16, Nidal Khazem was assassinated by Israeli special forces alongside his comrade Yousef Shreim. Mondoweiss spoke with Khazem in October 2022 in Jenin refugee camp. This is his story.
In the last year, Israeli forces and armed settlers have killed more than 310 Palestinians, while Palestinian attacks have killed more than 30 Israelis.
Amidst Israeli army assassinations and settler terror, Palestinians rally around armed resistance in a showing of spontaneous mass mobilization that has not been seen in decades.
Amid Israeli army assassinations and settler terror, Palestinians rally around armed resistance in a showing of spontaneous mass mobilization that has not been seen in decades.
Nablus is mourning the loss of loved ones following an Israeli army invasion that killed 11 people. “Loss is difficult as it is,” says newly widowed Umm Muhammad. “Loss because of the bullets of this ugly regime is indescribable.”
The massive Israeli invasion of Nablus led to the assassination of several Palestinian resistance fighters, while the army fired indiscriminately at residents and killed an additional 8 Palestinians.
In Jenin refugee camp, Israeli forces killed resistance fighter Adham Jabareen. When eyewitness Jawad Bawaqneh tried to save him, he was also shot and killed by Israeli forces.