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Nablusi-The-Lion-of-Nablus

ii https://al-akhbar.com/Albilad/343423

iii https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483024/Generation-Z-
Palestine

iv https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/483055/How-a-
teenager-changed-the-West-Bank-equation

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important and welcomed counterweight to US unipolarity

does not necessitate their agitation toward the end of the New Equations in the Palestinian Struggle
Zionist garrison entity, nor does it mean that they are above
criticism. Our analysis must remain rock solid in regard to
principles and flexible in regard to tactics. Our allegiance Martyrs pictured on front cover, from right to left
must be to liberation, first and foremost. There are those
who will help us to achieve that, there are those who will
Uday Al-Tamimi—Martyred October 19, 2022 (Age 22)
create conditions on the world scale which make liberation
higher on the agenda, and there are those who will do Hussein Qaraqa—Martyred February 10, 2023 (Age 31)
everything they can to stop our liberation. Knowing the
difference is of crucial importance. Khairi Alqam—Martyred January 27, 2023 (Age 21)

Ra’ad Fathi Khazem—Martyred April 8, 2023 (Age 29)

Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi—Martyred August 9, 2022 (Age 18)

Hussam Aslim—Martyred February 22, 2023 (Age 24)

Muhammad Abu Bakr Al-Junaidi—Martyred February 22, 2023 (Age 23)

Diaa Hamarsheh— Martyred March 29, 2022 (Age 27)

A resistance rally in Jenin includes Palestinian fighters from

every group and faction, March 2nd 2023

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Editors’ Note: reconciliation with the Resistance factions, remains a

steadfast ally of the Palestinian cause and has lost its finest
For those in the English-speaking parts of the world, news
sons and daughters defending itself and others from
about Palestine is always filtered through someone else,
American and Zionist schemes in the region. The people of
whether it be NGOs academics, or imperialist news media. If
Yemen and Ansar Allah remain steadfast comrades in arms of
you cannot read Arabic, or you do not follow certain media
the Palestinian Resistance, even pledging their bread to the
outlets that focus on resistance, then you might never even
defenders of Al Aqsa when they themselves have very little
know about the existence of groups like the Lion's Den, or
after years of siege from the Saudi-led coalition. Hezbollah
the revolutionary history taking place every day in occupied
remains unparalleled in their steadfastness against the
Palestine.
Zionists, serving the Zionist army defeats in 2000 and 2006,
Palestinian resistance is often only understood as and again in their negotiations regarding the Karish gas
something that existed "back then", in the days of Leila fields.
Khaled or more recently the first and second intifada.
So what of Russia? China? In these cases, our analysis
Modern-day Palestinian revolutionaries are maligned and
must be sober and unflinching.
their stories are buried. Such is part of a purposeful strategy
of information suppression designed to limit the range of Relations have soured between Moscow and “Tel Aviv” due
political and historical analysis. to the Zionists' pro-Ukraine stance and their arming of groups
like the Azov Battalion, this much is true. Moreover, Russia
We chose these documents to interrupt that suppression
has supported Syria in defending its territorial sovereignty,
and provide context and background for the events currently
which is certainly laudable. Yet, the interests of the Russian
taking place in the Levant. Rookery Press makes no claims to
Federation are limited to survival and an end to US
owning any of these articles. Our original translations are
unipolarity, so they will act as such. This means their
meant to be read, studied, and shared.
relationship with the Zionists remains strategic, and we are
likely not going to see outright Russian support for
Palestinian Resistance factions while the current government
remains.
In regard to China, it has long abandoned exporting
revolution and remains a key trading partner of the Zionist
regime while also offering to be a ‘more honest’ broker
between the two sides (they officially support a “two-state”
solution on paper). So again, the fact that China stands as an

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are our friends?” By asking this question and understanding

it in power-political terms, there will be clear answers. Table of Contents
So, we will begin by asking: “who are our enemies?” Vengeful Lion by Hadis Hosseini ...................................2
Principally, they are the Zionists and their corrupt entity. Not
The Nabulsi Generation and the “New Palestinian”
just the Zionists, but their imperial sponsors in Washington
and Brussels. Without the blank check from the United by Qasim S. Qassem ......................................................7
States, the Zionist entity would be nothing. Their entire
economy is built on a castle of sand. Next in line are the Arab Generation Z Palestine by Mohammad Fayezi ............12
regimes partaking in normalization; the Saudis, the Emiratis,
How a Teenager Changed the West Bank Equation
and the Kingdom of Morocco. While these states are looking
for ways to diversify their economy in a green-capitalist by Ehsan Ehtesham ..................................................15
fashion (NEOM, Masdar City, Rabat Technopolis… etc.), they
Post-Tamimi is Not the Same as Before
are also normalizing in order to keep the ‘gravy train’ coming
from their imperial sponsors. In this case, an obvious by: Ahmed Al-Abed ...................................................19
distinction is made between the people and their
government, as evidenced by the Moroccan football team’s The Phenomenon of Resistance is Growing in the Arab
flying of Palestinian flags after every win during the World West Bank: Dimensions and Consequences
Cup. Lastly, and to be frank, the least important enemy of
by Abu Ali Hassan........................................................24
our cause are the diaspora liberal Ph.D. candidates and their
Trotskyist and anarchist associates. Together, they form a The Enemy's Contradictions Do Not Disrupt the Unity
Zionist fifth column in the West with their priorities being
of the Killers by Al-Hadf News...................................34
condemning acts of resistance as 'futile' or at worst ‘fascist’
because of the Islamic basis of many Resistance factions. Rejoice! Israeli Counterinsurgency Is Losing
Next, we must ask who our friends are. As discussed by: Dalal Zayed ...........................................................37
above, the Islamic Republic of Iran remains the foremost
provider of not only verbal support but also technological Gaza Air Defense, Nizar Banat, and Iran Defeating the
know-how and weapons. Stories of Hajj Qassem Soleimani Defeatists by Hanna Eid .............................................42
traveling in secret to Gaza to provide tactical support and
coordinating the drop-off of submerged barrels full of Sources and Citations................................................47
weapons in the Mediterranean are both beautiful and
powerful. The Syrian Arab Republic, after fallout and
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PIJ, PFLP, or Fatah, Iran has fought side by side with the
Vengeful Lion Palestinians in order to remove the Zionist stain from the
by Hadis Hosseini region. In this regard, and on this topic, two things matter
very little: the internal political texture of the Iranian state
Originally published by the Tehran Times; March 2023 i
and sectarian strife. Those who point to the latter argue that
Who are Palestinians? They are heroes who die young and it is only since the war on Syrian that Iran has supported the
rise to fame quickly. Although sometimes their achievements Palestinian cause, and they only do so to benefit their own
go unnoticed, they never give up and always continue on civilizational project. Liars and hypocrites they are.
their path. One of these heroes was Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who
In regards to the defense systems and SAMs, there is
was as brave as a lion and martyred at the age of 18.
countless evidence from leaders of various Resistance
Ibrahim al-Nabulsi (October 2003-August 2022) was a factions and from martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani himself that
Palestinian militant and a senior commander of the Al-Aqsa all of this defensive materiel is a combination of ready-at-
Martyrs' Brigades. He served as the commander of the Al- hand weaponry, as well as technical know-how in order to
Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the West Bank, earning the improve the production and manufacture of indigenous
nickname “The Lion of Nablus”. He survived several Israeli weaponry. According to Banat, Iran says “take, take and
assassination attempts and made high-profile appearances at become a man, and fight.” From Iran, there is no
the funerals of fellow Fatah militants. On August 9th, 2022, paternalism, nor any conditions, only verbal support and
he, along with Islam Sabbouh and Hussein Jamal Taha, were concrete solidarity… Another video that has resurfaced online
killed in an Israeli raid on their barricaded home in Nablus. is an interview with a PFLP commando who says “we would
like to state that they [Iran] are our comrades, our friends,
Mr. al-Nabulsi grew up in his family's century-old house on
our brothers in blood and arms…we fought with them against
a hill and was an accomplished swimmer. His father, Alah, is
our enemy, and we will fight with them against their
a junior major in the preventive security agency. Formerly
enemies", it is abundantly clear that Iran’s support does not
imprisoned by Israel, his father joined the force tasked with
waver based on one ideological trend or another, but what
suppressing opposition to the 1994 Oslo peace accords.
does this mean practically speaking? It means that the
“I believed in something great: a state, the peace that Palestinian people are free to choose who represents them.
Israel never wanted to give us,” said Alah. “My son's In these types of discussions, I am reminded of the
generation is angry with us, and their resistance is evergreen words of Chairman Mao who posed a simple, yet
legitimate.” powerful question that is key for determining any type of
When he was a schoolboy, Ibrahim used to throw stones at strategic and tactical alliance: “Who are our enemies? Who
soldiers in the south of Nablus. He followed in the footsteps
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of his older brother, Adham Mabrouka. The early years of al-

Gaza Air Defense, Nizar Banat, and Iran Nabulsi's life coincided with Israeli military crimes in Jenin
Defeating the Defeatists refugee camp and Nablus between 2001-2004. In
adolescence, people called him “Namrood.”
By: Hanna Eid
ix According to those who knew him, before becoming a
Originally published by Al Mayadeen in March 2023
resistance fighter, al-Nabulsi was a typical teenager who was
On February 2, 2023, the Resistance Factions in Gaza both just and fierce. As a child, al-Nabulsi was remembered
responded to Zionist air raids with surface-to-air missiles as a “Namrood,” a term borrowed from the biblical story of
(SAMs) provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As usual, Namrood to signify the spirit of a rebel that refused to submit
the defeatists, liberal NGO compradors, and to authority.
purveyors of fitna (sedition) condemned this as
another attempt made by Iran to cynically ‘control’ Avenger
the Axis of Resistance or otherwise ‘spread Shi’ism’.
Ibrahim joined his two friends in a cell at the age of 15 in
Thankfully, a day later, videos of the martyr Nizar Banat
the spring of 2019. He was wanted by Israel, and the three
began to resurface online. In these videos, the martyr
told their friends that they had been tortured. Ibrahim's
explains the hypocrisy of these defeatists and liberal
mother, Houda, found him “more aggressive” when he was
elements of Palestinian and Arab society; he rhetorically asks
released. “He wanted to take revenge on Israel.” Ibrahim
those who cheer on the rocket fire and condemn Iran in the
wasn't yet 16 years old and ran away. He went into hiding.
same breath "where did these rockets come from?". Next
comes another more powerful question: "Why would it [Iran] On July 24th, 2023 Israeli forces invaded the city of Nablus
bother with 42 years of sanctions? [And] several hundred and besieged a house where Ibrahim and his friends were
million of its dollars confiscated?" To this question, I believe located, in the Old City of Nablus in the northern occupied
the defeatists have no retort. The Islamic Republic is the only West Bank. Israeli forces and special forces (Yamam)
state in the world with a permanent piece of its budget infiltrated the old city of Nablus, hidden in civilian
allocated to support the Palestinian Resistance “from the merchandise trucks, while large numbers of reinforcements
budget of the Iranian people’s bread…to support the stormed the city from several entry points. The forces
Palestinian Resistance,” Banat continues. After 42 years, it is surrounded a house in the Al-Yasmina neighborhood where
clear that this support does not carry with it conditions, Nabulsi and a group of fighters were located.
especially ideological ones. According to Banat, Iran has Nabulsi managed to escape alive after heavy fighting, while
supported the Palestinian heroic cause through all the years two other fighters, 25-year-old Mohammad Azizi and 28-year-
when the cause has waxed and waned. Whether it is Hamas, old Abdul Rahman Jamal Suleiman Sobbh, were struck by live
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ammunition in the chest and head. Both were killed on the The recent escalation of violence is quantitative, not
spot. He attended his friends’ funeral and became known as qualitative. A quantitative increase in violence and attacks
the “Lion of Nablus”. and assassinations are a natural consequence of the
escalation of a conflict. Those who decry this are denying the
Nabulsi’s appearance at that funeral alarmed the Israeli
very legitimacy of the Palestinian armed struggle.
media, and the official Israeli channel “Kan” said at the time:
“After escaping from army forces, the Palestinian wanted What will they do when the fighting truly escalates? What
man for whom the military operation in Nablus was dedicated will they do when Palestinians, because of the ascent of
arrived to attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed regional allies, gain a military-technological edge in important
during clashes.” Israeli authorities accuse Nabulsi of being fields like drones? What will they say when the Palestinians
behind “dozens” of shooting attacks on their soldiers, which are no longer murdered a hundred to one for every occupier
led to one Israeli officer's injury and several settlers. eliminated but have flipped the ratio? What will they do when
American and European economic and military investments
On August 9th, he and his friends were surrounded in the
are turned to dust, endangering the globally segregated “way
old town of Nablus. According to the Israeli army, Israelis
of life” of the “consumer society” in the imperialist center?
used a shoulder-fired missile in their raid, leading to the
killing of the Palestinian commander. The assassination What will they do when confronted by a new political equation
immediately resulted in mass protests and clashes in Nablus where Palestinians and their popular Resistance organizations
between Palestinians and Israeli troops. Several Palestinians dictate the terms? The answer is plain to those who understand
were reportedly wounded in the mass protests. the class leadership and political ambiguity of the present
“solidarity movement” in the imperialist countries.
It is difficult to explain how popular Ibrahim Nabulsi was
and how many people wanted to be like him − heroic and
brave. The young commander became a national symbol for
daring to show up unmasked to funerals in defiance of the
Israelis every time they tried to kill him.
The words of al-Nabulsi's mother, Um Eyad, were inspiring.
She said, “I don't even want to afford them my tears.
Ibrahim is a martyr, Al-hamdulilah.” The words didn't console
her heart, but at least they diverted her grief to a call for
change. At the hospital, as the doctor apologetically said her
hero “was martyred,” Um Eyad told a throng of mourners:
Students carry a logo of the Lion's Den armed group
(Areen Al-Asood), during a university election rally
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than relying on its best weapon, the regime is abandoning “They are mistaken if they think they killed Ibrahim.
the PA and resorting to a strategy of naked terror. Everyone is Ibrahim.”
Earlier this month, the Netanyahu regime announced
Ibrahim's last words
seizing PA revenues. Another new law that is being proposed
will revoke Israeli “citizenship” for the Palestinians who Ibrahim's last words were “I love you so much. If I am
receive financial assistance from the PA. This law will only martyred, guys, I love my mother. Take care of the homeland
further isolate and de-legitimize the PA in the eyes of after I'm gone, and my final will to you, on your honor: don't
Palestinians. The Ben-Gvir-led police ban on the Palestinian let go of the rifle—on your honor. I'm surrounded, and I am
flag, too, is a practice that further de-legitimizes itself. We going towards my martyrdom. Pray for me.”
should not be so foolish as to think that being Palestinian has
One journalist reflected on these words and how they
ever been “legal” except for a privileged few.
impacted him deeply. He noted that while thousands of
Palestinians have been killed by Israel, Ibrahim's death felt
Lessons for the Solidarity Movement different because we seldom hear the last words of our
If someone wants to scare us with Netanyahu, with the martyrs. Instead, we are left with only their dismembered
new (Israeli) Minister of War [Yoav Galant] or with anyone bodies and pale faces to imagine their thoughts.
else, (he is wasting his time because) we have already
dealt with them in the previous years... Of course, such a According to Ibrahim's father, he was hunting the Israeli
government does not scare us, and never such Occupation Forces rather than being hunted by them.
governments have been able to scare us in any way. And Whenever he heard about an Israeli army raid, he was the
more than that, we can even be optimistic about it, first to go out and confront them. This was his fate, and his
contrary to what most (analysts) say: when a new family praises Allah for it.
government is composed of corrupt and crazy people,
with the grace of God, it will only accelerate the end of
this temporary entity.

-Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah

The “human rights defenders”, “journalists” and

“intellectuals” who are working overtime to present
Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir as exceptional or unique “neo-
Zionists” are doing the work of the enemy. There is no such
thing as leftist, centrist, or rightist in the Israeli government.

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Liberation. Of course, none of them have stopped the

lynchings, prison slavery, or Black genocide. In fact, the
compradors participate in it as willing collaborators.
We could imagine this nightmare scenario in Palestine. A
“new Israel” that stops forced evictions only to replace them
with land buyouts— economic displacement—facilitated by
the PA and Gulf tycoons; or where there are no more
incursions into Al Aqsa, but there are also no more
Palestinians to worship there.

"Israel" nearing end

Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, the Lion of Nablus, attends a Today, the Israeli regime is backed into a corner for many
funeral for his fallen comrades in July 2022 reasons. The Palestinians defeated the IOF in Seif Al-Quds and
forced negotiations during the Unity of Fields battle. The IOF
are facing daily confrontations in the West Bank. Hezbollah,
with their missiles, forced Israeli concessions over the Kharish
gas fields. The Resistance has never been more powerful than
it is today. All of this compounded because “Israel's” main
supporter, the United States, is no longer the undisputed
hegemon of the planet.
Thanks to Hajj Qasem, the Palestinian Resistance is armed,
and their rockets have changed the equation. The regional
Resistance is unified like never before. When the battle
begins, it will be nothing like the catastrophe of Al-Naksah.
In light of this, a COIN strategy of bolstering the PA and
accelerating the assimilation of a privileged class is the only
available counterinsurgency strategy that could sustain
“Israel” and the American project. In order to survive, it
Ibrahim's mother holds up his rifle at his would need to create a “fake” Palestinian state. However, the
funeral in August 2022 new Netanyahu regime is doing the exact opposite. Rather
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The “Oslo accords”, after the second Intifada, which fractured

the PLO and created the PA, should be understood as the The Nabulsi Generation and the “New
United States and “Israel's” most successful achievement in Palestinian”
counterinsurgency. The puppet Palestinian Authority has
by Qasim S. Qassem
been their greatest asset in weakening the Resistance.
Originally published by the Al-Akhbar; 20 August 2022 ii
The so-called liberal Zionist movement and their western-
backed NGOs also contribute to the COIN strategy of Oslo. Translated by Rookery Press
Theirs is the “legal struggle” which demands “equal rights” Israel and the Palestinian Authority have long sought to
for (some) Palestinians but makes no challenges to the entity create a “New Palestinian”; a Palestinian who is far removed
as a political and economic force. Of course, sometimes they from their cause, whose concern is making money and
make pithy statements that “resistance is justified,” but this is accepts living under occupation, and whose only recourse to
never to promote national liberation, only to sideline it. They resolving conflicts is “peace”. Israel wanted peaceful
would see the Palestinian national liberation struggle—and Palestinians who would accept security coordination as a way
the larger struggle for the Arab Nation—perverted into to preserve a fake “Palestinian state”. Palestinians were busy
nebulous calls for “accountability”. securing their livelihoods or working to pay off their home
This is also the strategy promoted by the likes of Azmi loans. A Palestinian who is only concerned with their home
Bishara and his sponsors in Qatar. It would after all be much and family and who does not care about what is happening
easier for Arab monarch's normalization if “Israel” kept a in Gaza, or in the occupied interior, or in the West Bank.
lower profile. Saudi Arabia openly says that it wants a “two- After the second intifada, Israel and the United States
state solution” before full normalization with “Israel”. developed a plan to build this “New Palestinian”. They
The United States is likely the most compelling example of decided to adopt an open economic policy towards the
this strategy. Following the militant Black Liberation occupied West Bank, and to allow a large number of
Movement of the 60s, the occupation government moved to Palestinians to work in the occupied interior. In addition they
grant “Civil Rights” and other pittances to Black people that restructured the Palestinian economy to facilitate access to
served to rebuild the “legitimacy” of the government and housing loans by offering economic and financial incentives.
imperialist economic system. We see the success of their These “New Palestinians” would not start a new intifada and
strategy today. They have fully integrated a privileged group they would reject military activities because they would lose
of (some) Black people into the economy and the much more than they would gain.
government. In the United States, Black politicians and After the assassination of the martyr Yasser Arafat and
policemen and Black-led NGOs have replaced Black after the Palestinian Authority disbanded the military arms of

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Fatah and imprisoned its top military leaders (Marwan

Barghouti and Ahmad Sa'adat), the authority then helped to Rejoice! Israeli Counterinsurgency is
tame the other part of the military leadership of Fatah, such Losing
as Hussein Sheikh. Then in 2009, the Palestinian Authority
by: Dalal Zayed
brought in former World Bank employee Salam Fayyad to
Originally published by Al Mayadeen in January 2023 viii
transform the Palestinian economy from a war economy to
one based on begging and aid, which he largely succeeded in With the new Netanyahu regime and the ongoing protests
accomplishing. by settlers inside the Zionist entity, we must return to an
understanding of what “Israel” really is. “Israel” is a settler
These policies ensured a golden period of calm for the
colony created by the United States and Britain to establish a
Israeli enemy in the occupied West Bank, but with the
foothold in West Asia.
beginning of 2015, a new generation of Palestinians
emerged. It is an occupation.

This young generation had lived through the four major Counterinsurgency, or COIN, is the military doctrine that is
Israeli wars on Gaza (2008-2009, 2012, 2014). They realized dedicated to maintaining an occupation. According to the
that resistance and armed struggle could achieve results. United States official COIN military strategy website:
This generation was not heavily influenced by Israeli “An effective COIN operation will utilize all instruments of
propaganda or the Palestinian Authority's promotion of national power to integrate and synchronize political,
“peaceful conflict resolution”. This new generation differs security, legal, economic, development, and psychological
from those who came before it, and social media has helped activities carried out by the host nation and applicable US
increase their political awareness. The amount of information government and multinational partners to create a holistic
they receive, and the events they see taking place in their approach aimed at weakening the insurgents while
homeland, have radicalized them. This generation grew up simultaneously bolstering the government’s legitimacy in
seeing the Israeli settlements surrounding them, growing and the eyes of the contested population.”
prospering, while they live in ghettos besieged by enemy
soldiers who impose arbitrary blockades whenever they Modern Counterinsurgency: Assimilation for Some
please. Genocide for the rest
In 2015, anger brewed and exploded, in what was known The Zionist entity “Israel” has been engaged in a
as the “Knife Intifada”, which expressed the new generation's protracted COIN operation since its inception and even
objection to the Palestinian reality: there is no Palestinian before then when the British soldiers and Zionist settlers
state, Israeli crimes continue, attacks against the Al-Aqsa worked together to crush the 1936-39 Palestinian revolution.

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What is happening today in Tel Aviv is not the essential Mosque are increasing, and Israeli military power is growing.
contradiction of the enemy, but instead, what is happening in All of this made it imperative for them to act.
Jenin, Nablus and on the borders of Gaza. The extermination
This new generation of commandos and revolutionaries is
system is operating there, and our resistance to it is located
more politically aware than its predecessors. They lead the
there, not in the squares of Tel Aviv. Our bullets are the
Palestinian factions to where they want, set their policy, and
guarantor of creating real contradictions in this entity, and
force them to communicate and coordinate with each other.
our steadfastness is the one capable of dispersing the
In the past, joint statements and joint operations between
masses of the enemy and tearing apart his battalions. Our
factions were considered a great achievement. Today,
people realize this and continue to prove it daily. Far from
however, this coordination exists on the ground, cemented in
buying into illusions about the nature of the enemy, our
blood, without the need to return to a factional decision for
people are betting on the unity of our own guns and not on
coordination between fighters.
the disagreements among the ranks of the murderers.
For example, the factions used to take credit for solo
operations, but after the 2015 uprising, this policy changed
and they adopted a politics of ambiguity and mystery. The
factions did not claim responsibility for stabbing or shooting
operations except in rare cases, such as on May 2, when the
Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the “Ariel”
operation after its perpetrators were arrested, and the
occupation forces discovered during the investigation that
they had communicated with Al-Qassam in Gaza before
carrying it out.
The new politics of mystery and misdirection continues
today as the new generation's commandos and fighters differ
from their ancestors. You might find one of them wrapped in
a banner of “Islamic Jihad,” and in another picture, carrying
Israeli 'antifascist' patriots in Al Quds protest Netanyahu
the flag of “Fatah,” and in an audio recording, you might hear
surrounded by a sea of Israeli flags, March 2023
them cheering for the general commander of the Al-Qassam
Brigades, Mohammed Deif.
The youth in Nablus and Jenin today have transcended the
division that the Israeli enemy sought to entrench, and they
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are a living example of “field unity”. 1 The biggest evidence of land, and who have our people slaughtered in the streets, all
this is the coordination between the “Al-Aqsa Brigades”, “Al- these diverse factions remain united in aggression by
Qassam” and “Saraya Al-Quds” in several areas of the West targeting and killing us. Even if we desire to see and
Bank which has changed the reality on the ground. The new understand these variations within the line of rifles aimed at
fedayeen is no longer geographically isolated. When the our heads, it is important that we do so without selling
Israeli enemy storms Jenin, the youth of Nablus shoot at the ourselves any illusions. Because, unlike what some may
Huwwara checkpoint, and when Nablus is invaded, the youth imagine, these contradictions have much less impact than we
of Jenin and Tulkarem rush to shoot at the checkpoints there. think, especially when it comes to the fundamental function
What is happening heralds the wresting of several areas in of this colony.
the West Bank from the security control of the Palestinian
Human contradictions and their role and presence in any
Authority. This forces the Israeli enemies to come out of their
community cannot be denied. But we must not ignore the
strongholds and makes them vulnerable to attack.
role of systems in controlling these contradictions, and we
On August 9th 2022, after two previously failed attempts, must place them within certain frameworks related to what
the Israeli enemy succeeded in assassinating the martyr binds these societies together. In the Zionist entity, we are
Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi. In the first failed attempt last February, talking about a base of invaders who fought and killed
his comrades, Muhammad al-Dakhil, Adham Mabrouka (a everyone around them for over a hundred years. It only
Chechen), and Ashraf al-Mabaslat were martyred. In the survives each day thanks to the disciplined organization and
second attempt, he succeeded in escaping their clutches. But clear commitment to the goals they came for, goals that were
in the third attempt, the enemy was able to assassinate him determined by the nature of the relationship between this
and his two companions, after a battle that lasted several entity and its sponsors. This makes the entity more like a
hours. military base than anything else. Despite all that we have
been able to resist against it and the damage we have
Al-Nabulsi, who was only 18 years old, bewildered and
inflicted on its human and material resources, the entity is
outmaneuvered the enemy and forced the occupiers to carry
still active and aware of its goals.
out several operations before his martyrdom. He is from the
generation that Israel and the Palestinian Authority sought to The Zionist entity is still a system specialized in murder and
tame and domesticate, the “conflict resolution” generation. A displacement, while building military technologies of
generation who were infants during the second intifada, and repression, killing, domination, and surveillance. It is a
children during the Knife Intifada. A generation that has system of invasion, displacement, settlement, and maximum
security. It cannot abide deviations of the individuals inside it
1 "field unity" refers to the military strategy where all Palestinians are
and their relationship with the group from the perspective of
unified against the enemy on all battlefields are there is no infighting
among factions or groups. these functions.
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proven to be more politically aware than those who preceded

The Enemy's Contradictions Do Not it, a generation that takes action and follows the
Disrupt the Unity of the Killers commandment: “never lay down the gun.”

Published in Al-Hadf News March 2023vii

Translated by Rookery Press
In our Palestinian camp, there is talk about the “infighting
of the occupation” and the internal crises and contradictions
within the enemy's society. There are high hopes that these
contradictions will cause the collapse of the enemy. The
problem with this discourse is that it requires many examples
to prove that this entity is an unnatural state. Meanwhile, it
assumes that this entity is expected to go through the same
natural contradictions that other societies have gone through
in their unique contexts of development.
The current crisis over the Judicial System of the Zionist
entity is one event in which the Zionist entity merely
resembles other natural states and societies where there are
disputes and clashes over the system of governance and the
distribution of wealth. While this situation reflects significant
changes in the social base of the Zionist system and its
political machinations, and it may change some aspects of
the conflict between us and the enemy, it should not hide the
most important reality. From our perspective, The enemy's
debate today is not really about something fundamental,
because no one in this entity is discussing the foundations
upon which it was built and the premises that make everyone
Lion's Den founding members Wadi Al-Houh and Ibrahim Al Nabulsi
inside it our enemy.
The Zionist settlers may see themselves in a position of
contradiction and disagreement with each other. But for us
who receive bullets in our chests, who are uprooted from our
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Generation Z Palestine
By Mohammad Mohsen Fayezi
Originally published by the Tehran Times; March 2023 iii

Generation after generation, Palestine seems to follow a

predetermined path towards its destiny, a destiny of support
and betrayal, defeat and victory, politics and opportunities,
leaders and legends.
Since 2010, a “post-Oslo” generation of Palestinians began
their own predetermined path. This generation had not
witnessed the path taken before the Oslo Accords or were
present for the decisions made by Palestine's leaders.
Instead, they saw Oslo as history that informed their present.
This generation did not find independence, identity, or its
rights in the Oslo accords.
The events of 2015 and 2016, known as the Third Intifada
(or Knife Intifida), were considered by some to be a complete
reflection of the post-Oslo generation in Palestine. However,
in 2022, a new generation is coming into its own in the world
of Palestine, a generation that brings new thoughts and
perspectives. They are now 20 years old and were not alive
to remember or understand Oslo or the last uprising of
Palestinians in 2000.
Some have chosen the name “Generation Z” for the new
generation, a choice that seems apt. For example, Hitham Al- Palestinians wave the Lion's Den flag at Al Aqsa during Ramadan 2023
Jassmi, a columnist for the English-language Al Jazeera
website, heralds this new generation of Palestine in an article
titled “Generation Z will free Palestine,” a generation that has

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fascism is nothing but a headline for the disintegration been engaged in various struggles in Nablus, Jenin, and
of the entity and the escalation of its crises. Jerusalem in 2022.
Palestinian resistance and its continuation will
The Palestinian Generation Z has several prominent
reinforce this disintegration and escalation.
features:
• intellectual independence from leaders and political
movements
• love for past myths and heroes
• comprehensive struggle using many methods from
media to firearms
• belief in the future victory of the Palestinian
resistance to win freedom and pride
The attitudes and thoughts of Palestinian Generation Z are
exemplified in various operations and events of 2022 and
2023. They are a generation that is independent from
political movements and even resists their leaders, even
those from the resistance movement.
Palestinian Generation Z is proud of its armed and
intellectual path. They are exactly like other members of
Generation Z around the world in 2022; they are fashionable,
recreational, virtual beings who see their lives as part of the
struggle. Unlike other generations before them, Palestinian
Generation Z criticizes fearlessly and follows its own separate
revolutionary path forward.
The youth of the Generation Z in Palestine are becoming
Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi and his parents, July 2022 role models for their peers. Ibrahim Nablusi is an example of
this Generation Z in Palestine. They are no longer lost and
unheeded collaborators in a joint operation led by others, but
their lives, resilience, attitude, and even moments of

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martyrdom are upheld as premier examples of their struggle. coordinates with the occupation. The youth's
Ibrahim's images and words have been widely shared in enthusiasm and patriotism in confronting the
Palestinian media. So much so that Zionist media have occupation has proven the inability of the authority
dubbed martyr Ibrahim Nablusi as the “TikTok terrorist” and and its security apparatuses to stop this trend. The
are concerned that he will become a role model for young authority and its media outlets have attempted to
people. market the role of its forces in resisting the occupation
in Nablus and elsewhere during the incursions. It
The Generation Z in Palestine are fearless and even radical,
attempts to polish its image and showcase its
but on the other hand, the Sheikh Jarrah hashtags are not
patriotism. However, the truth is that the PA still
alone; they keep the national liberation struggles around the
engages in security cooperation with the occupation;
world trending on social media platforms for weeks. The
its apparatuses hinder the resistance and are an
members of Generation Z in Palestine are a challenge without
obstacle to the elevation of struggle to a
a solution for Zionists; they elude suppression and conduct
comprehensive uprising.
their revolutionary struggle differently from previous
generations. They live differently, think differently, and fight 5. One of the most important messages of the
differently. phenomenon of resistance, and its intensification, is
that it has proven the Israeli security theory has failed
The youth of Generation Z in Palestine have found their
and will not be able to prevent resistance. Neither are
own path; they do not fight simply for ideology, or to fulfill
the cities within the entity safe from being targeted by
their duty to their homeland but to seek results, to seek
the Palestinian youth filled with faith in the Palestinian
freedom − freedom divorced from some of the traditions or
cause, nor are the settlements and their fences
political considerations of their fathers. The youth of the
capable of defending them, nor can the soldiers or
generation Z in Palestine will create a new horizon for their
settlers protect themselves. This indicates that the
future, free from any fear or hesitation.
“Israeli security crisis” is widening and worsening at
both the institutional and individual levels, as part of
the existential crisis of the entity that becomes clearer
every day with the dynamics of internal Israeli issues
and the dynamics of resistance. Perhaps the results of
the recent elections that allowed the old-new fascism
to achieve successes in holding the reins of the
confrontation with the Palestinian people is one
manifestation of the existential crisis. The rise of

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2. This reading of the situation leads us to conclude that

the act of resistance is not subject to the decisions of How a Teenager Changed the West Bank
the authority or factions, but rather to the internal Equation
contradictions of all aspects of the Palestinian society.
By Ehsan Ehtesham
Therefore, it is impossible for the entity to monitor or
defeat the psychology of resistance. This conclusion Originally published by the Tehran Times in March 2023 iv

does not mean that the factions no longer play any Ibrahim Nabulsi's martyrdom is the beginning of the end of
role in struggle, but rather serves as a motivation for Israeli occupation.
them to organize the resistance. They should engineer
the conflict towards escalation and turn the At such a young age, the 18-year-old understood Israel's
spontaneous acts of resistance into organized action. ethnic cleansing campaign more than the Palestinian
Authority did in the occupied West Bank and he launched the
3. The scenes of young people enthusiastic about West Bank's armed resistance.
martyrdom and resistance action–who are bold and
courageous in confronting the occupation–reflects that While the Palestinian officials hold talks with Israel or
resistance as an act and a vision is a conscious through mediators, more recently in Jordan with a view to
psychological property inherited from previous defuse the escalating tensions in the West Bank, Israel has
generations. The warrior generation today is the only carried on with its massacres and land grab policy. Nabulsi
one that can actualize the mechanisms and forms of comprehended these facts much more than the Palestinian
confrontation according to the nature and leadership did, who continue to believe that talking with
characteristics of its current circumstances. They have Israel, the international community, or any third party will
inherited the previous Palestinian generations struggle end the killings in the West Bank. Decades of negotiations
and resistance. One generation bequeaths another, between the West Bank’s political leaders and Israel failed to
and there is a gradual transition towards grasping the achieve that goal. The Palestinian leadership is not even
ultimate goal and defending it. effectively negotiating for the end of the occupation
anymore, only the de-escalation of violence. Nabulsi's life and
4. In light of this awareness of the psychology of the martyrdom made the West Bank youth realize that dialogue
Palestinian society and its internal worlds of with the Israeli regime only leads to one thing and that is the
resistance, the phenomenon of resistance will continue expansion of settlements.
to surge and rise in spiral patterns. The Palestinian
Authority in Ramallah will not be able to stop its Expanding the West Bank settlements will not only wipe
course or halt its impulses, no matter how many out the future of the younger generation but the Palestinian
security apparatuses it possesses or how much it Authority along with them. If Nabulsi did not take part in the

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armed struggle there would be no Palestinian Authority left in West Bank. Popular and armed resistance has become an
five or ten years’ time. option for the entire society, not just the factions and the PA.
This is why he took the lead in armed resistance, which led Therefore, the resistance that has been ignited today and
to his death in August last year. But he left behind a vast for over a year in the West Bank is an expression and
number in the younger generation across the occupied West reflection of a growing societal awareness that the
Bank that have also accepted this fact and followed his lead. settlement process and the Oslo agreements have reached a
The goal of Israel is clear: the regime is planning to dead end. That reality demands action, and the option of
ethnically cleanse all the Palestinians that reside in Palestine. resistance is the most responsive choice to the aspirations of
the entire people.
The measures that Israel takes to make Palestinians leave
their native land and replace them with settlers to squat in The differing approaches to resistance does not boil down
their homes come in many forms. to two cultures or two states of awareness. But instead to
two different states of reality and specificity, each of which
Sa'd Nimer, a Professor of Political Science at Birzeit
imposes another form of resistance. The shared reality
University in Ramallah, told Tehran Times that Israel is
between them is the necessity of that resistance.
pressuring the Palestinians “economically, socially, politically
and in every sense and every aspect in our lives to force us
Meanings and consequences
to leave our country.”
1. This escalation of the quality and quantity of acts of
“[Far-right Israeli finance minister Bezalel] Smotrich and his
resistance is a renewed process among the Palestinian
party made a paper that was discussed to form the fragile
people. This process follows a spiral pattern of both
Netanyahu coalition majority in the Knesset, which put three
advances and setbacks, but the curve and general
options in front of the Palestinians. The first option for the
trend is upwards and forwards. Such is the state of
Palestinians is that they must accept to live under total Israeli
Palestinian society and its successive generations.
military control in so many areas separated by the Israeli
army. The second option under the paper is that Palestinians Therefore, this progress and its manifestations require
must leave their country and Israel will help them immigrate an understanding of the internal situation and content
from their country even by obtaining visas for us and giving of the Palestinian society, including national and
us some money to facilitate our departure. The third plan is if cultural identity, national memory, martyrs, suffering,
the Palestinians refuse the first two options, then there will the sanctity of the land and holy places, etc. This is
be violence, according to the paper if the violence didn't the psychological and social content that constitutes
work, more violence will work.” Nimer explained. the source of resistance.

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characteristics, methods and tools. This begs the question of However, the perspective of the young men, inspired by
“what is the same and what is different between the Nabulsi, is to put those options in the dustbin of history and
resistance of the West Bank and the resistance of Gaza?” expand the armed resistance instead. In other words, they
will not accept money and visas to leave their homeland.
The resistance in Gaza is shaped by the calculated politics
Rather they resist and die for their homeland.
of the Palestinian factions present there, specifically the
calculations and decisions of Hamas due to their advanced The new young resistance factions are growing across the
military capabilities on the one hand, and on the other hand West Bank and according to Nimer this is not just limited to
by virtue of their political and security authority in Gaza. This areas like Jenin, Nablus, the Balata refugee camp, Tulkaram,
makes the form of resistance take the shape of regular and Aria (Jericho) but “there is now even talk of the armed
warfare, exchanging shells, rockets, and other types of resistance even including al-Khalil (Hebron).” “In the face of
weapons, making it more threatening and deadly. For more violent attacks by Israel, there will be more resistance
example, in the 2014 battle, more than 2,180 martyrs fell. by young Palestinians until the end of this regime,” he says.
Therefore, resistance is subject to many considerations and
Nabulsi like the younger resistance generation he left
different calculations, which means that resistance is more
behind, have no hope for the future in terms of job
factional than popular, and ultimately Gaza is subject to the
opportunities or living in peace.
rules of the political game.
The daily and deadly Israeli attacks Nabulsi witnessed left
On the other hand, resistance in the West Bank today is
him with no option but to take up arms. His legacy will be
subject to different considerations. In the West Bank, the
felt by the Israelis in the short and long term as he changed
occupation is present in every city, village, street, and
the equation in the West Bank and the entire occupied
neighborhood. This elevates the daily friction in more than
Palestinian territories.
one way. In the absence of the role of the (Palestinian)
authority in defending citizens or confronting the settler No attacks or massacres under this new extremist Israeli
gangs and army when they invade cities and villages, the cabinet will force the younger generation to leave their
confrontation turns into a struggle between the people and country. On the contrary, according to experts, the younger
the occupation. This confrontation is not subject to the armed Palestinian generation will happily face the raids of the
calculations of the authority or the factions; it transcends the occupation forces and take them on with their own bullets.
authority and the factions. In this context the idea of The new generation matured quickly, that's why they are
resistance, and taking extraordinary measures to liberate the Lions' Den and not the Cubs Den. Nevertheless, as young
oneself from the PA (and its relationship with the and as heroic as they may be, they are also on a learning
occupation), has taken root in the Palestinian society in the curve. Despite pledging no allegiance to more globally well-

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known and popular resistance movements, officials with the The failure of settlement is an incentive to resist
Palestinian resistance in the besieged Gaza Strip have been The Palestinian consciousness is a strong motivator for the
offering them advice and guidance on how to confront the rise of the phenomenon of resistance, Palestinian awareness
regime's forces. is not abstract from the political reality. The belief that the
This will only make them stronger and the facts show that settlement has reached the peaks of its failures, that the
this young West Bank resistance movement welcomes pioneers of settlement have reached the end of their failed
martyrdom and refuses to surrender under Israeli arrest policies and bets, and that their options have become
campaigns. Israel will never be able to kill all of them. The corrupted in front of the Palestinian society, all of this has
facts on the ground show they are on the path to achieving contributed to a hard scientific research for strategies that
something that a regime with nuclear weapons and the most are not Oslo strategies. This led to strategies such as forming
advanced conventional weapons coupled with a fascist the Jenin Brigades—the Lions' Den—and others in cities and
approach is frightened of. Nabulsi's martyrdom was just the camps.
start of a new chapter in what is set to be a long and difficult
path ahead for Israel. The sanctity of blood and martyrdom

This is a path that Netanyahu and his far-right coalition of The sanctity of Palestinian blood in the Palestinian society
extremist religious ministers did not anticipate. played a role in shaping the Palestinian consciousness. The
blood is not just a surplus flowing in the tributaries and
labyrinths of political settlement, but it is a sacred blood that
deepens feelings, emotions, and resolve. It addresses the
spirit of belonging to the homeland and the cause. Those
thousands of mourners at the funerals of martyrs are an
indication of the sanctification of martyrdom for the sake of
the homeland and the sanctification of the blood. The blood
was not in vain and it always flows like a tributary towards
the homeland and the right of return.

Resistance in the West Bank and Resistance in Gaza

It goes without saying that resistance against the
occupation takes various forms. It varies from place to place,
A Palestinian fighter shoots at Israeli troops in Jenin March from form to form, and each of them has its own
7, 2023
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factions. Palestinian Society is the most affected by the fire of

the occupation, it is the most vulnerable to the inhuman daily Post-Tamimi is Not the Same as Before|
violations of the practices of the occupation. And it is the The Shuafat Fedayeen Reverse the
most aware of and sensitive to the political failure that has
Equation: We Are Now the Ones Who
extended over more than a quarter of a century of losing
strategies. Chase the Enemy
The dialectic of consciousness-resistance is the logical, by: Ahmed Al-Abed
scientific, and objective explanation for the escalation of Originally Published in Al-Akhbar Magazine in October 2022 v
national and resistance action. There is no resistance without Translated by Rookery Press
awareness, and no awareness without resistance in its On October 8, Uday Tamimi stormed the Shuafat
comprehensive concept. National awareness in all its checkpoint, attacked Israeli soldiers, and killed a female
manifestations is nothing but a reflection of the dialectic of soldier before withdrawing unscathed. For ten days, the
reality with all its social, political, cultural, and economic Israeli security and intelligence system was operating at full
contradictions, including the reality of the existing occupation throttle, driven by hysteria caused by its failure to find the
and its aggressive and settlement aspects. young Uday Tamimi. While the occupying state was utilizing
The question remains: “why now, this explosion of all its security, intelligence, and technological resources to
resistance, and not before?”. locate Tamimi and erase the blow he had dealt to its army,
Tamimi was living in Jerusalem as a “porcupine”. 2 He later
However, the answer is logical when the explanation is that became the “flea” and attacked the settlement of “Ma'ale
the revolutionary national action does not happen suddenly, Adumim”, the jewel of the Zionist project in the city. This
but it is an accumulative path that is subject to the law of second strike against the entity tore apart the Israelis'
accumulation in order to reach the qualitative and superior deterrent and security prestige, once again proving that it is
transformation in the confrontation. This transformation does “weaker than a spider's web”.3 In less than two weeks,
not stop at the end of the confrontation, but it opens the Tamimi changed the equations of the conflict, with the
door in the near future for more superior and widespread, Palestinian militant becoming the one chasing Israeli forces
violent, and comprehensive transformations on all levels
related to the dynamics of the open conflict with the 2 Referring to the text by the martyr Basil Al-Araj ' Live Like a Porcupine,
occupation. Fight Like a Flea' -- RP
3 Referring to Sayyed Nassrallah's famous “Spider Web” Speech in 2000
in which he said "Israel possesses Nuclear weapons and the strongest
air force in the region. I swear to Allah, it is weaker than a spider's
web." -- RP
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and pursuing settlers, and not the other way around, as he and there have been multiple confrontations and home
was able to launch a double strike on the enemy: first by invasions. Palestinian youth have shown extraordinary
infiltrating a sensitive security stronghold equipped with all courage in the unequal confrontation in weapons. However,
technological and military means and then withdrawing there is a superiority in will and courage, and there is a
unharmed, and secondly by disappearing for a long time and nurturing strength for this will and courage from the
carrying out another operation in an unexpected location, Palestinian mother who blesses and approves her son's
demonstrating his high ability to camouflage and hide. confrontation with the occupation and rejoices in his
martyrdom. The phenomenon of funeral processions of
Over the past few days, the Israeli occupation has sought
martyrs remains a renewed incentive and enthusiasm in
to achieve a security achievement that it can market in
confronting the occupation. The current conflict represents a
exchange for its failure and hide the shame that befell its
qualitative elevation in the confrontation, and it may turn into
soldiers after they hid during Tamimi's attack on the
a new stage of uprising with its new characteristics that are
checkpoint. Therefore, the number of reserve soldiers in
shaped by the current reality.
Jerusalem has been doubled, and elements of the army,
police, and intelligence agencies have been mobilized to
Dialectic of consciousness-resistance
gather any information that may lead to the arrest of Tamimi.
They also deployed special forces and elite assassination In light of this, the question arises: how do we understand
units, using every technological means available from this shift in the confrontation, and what are the reasons,
surveillance and espionage tools, drones. They tightened motives, and factors that have led to this shift in the
checkpoints and closed others, all while intensifying confrontation with the occupation? What has changed to
incursions into the camps. However, Tamimi evaded all these cause the resistance to take this higher form?
measures and launched a new attack, in which he fought a
Any attempt to analyze and interpret this shift and growth
fierce battle with the security forces. The attack clearly had
in confrontation apart from the Palestinian consciousness is a
political and security ramifications for the enemy. Soon,
superficial one that only sees the dazzling image without
criticism and ridicule began pouring in from military
delving into the content and substance of the transformation.
correspondents and settler leaders.
Resistance does not grow and develop from a vacuum, but is
The leader of religious Zionism, Betzalel Smotrich, attacked a reflection of the growing Palestinian awareness. The
the Minister of War Benny Gantz, saying, “He smiles and Palestinian society is not a static one, nor is it isolated from
mocks, but the attacks are ongoing one after another. Thank the political, military, and economic developments around it.
God that the attack that took place tonight in Ma'ale Adumim Recent events have confirmed that Palestinian society is
also ended with a miracle, relatively minor. Gantz neglects more energized and responsive to political developments and
Israel's security.” Hillel Beaton Rosen, the military changes than the Palestinian Authority or the resistance
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correspondent for Channel 14 said: “It is obligatory to ask

the question: How did the entire Israeli security
The Phenomenon of Resistance is Growing establishment fail to apprehend the perpetrator of a bloody
operation, only to have him carry out another one so far
in the Arab West Bank: Dimensions and away from where they claimed he was hiding?”.
Consequences
The Hebrew site “Wallah News” accused the security
by Abu Ali Hassan establishment of “enabling Tamimi to move freely, like a time
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, December 2022 vi bomb,” saying, “while the army, police, and the Shin Bet
were searching for him, the one who killed the recruit Noa
Translated by Rookery Press
Zilberstein planned to carry out his second operation, which
Over the past months, Palestine has been ablaze with a ended miraculously with only minor wounds. The settlement
struggle against the occupation and its settlers. The West of Ma'ale Adumim is a wake-up call for the security
Bank witnessed a turning point in the confrontation, which establishment to look for new ways to combat the growing
may suggest even more profound changes in the speed and terrorism on the ground”.
growth of the resistance. This is driving the future of the
The Israeli military institution opened an investigation into
West Bank and the Palestinian issue into a new era that goes
how the martyr was able to escape despite the siege
beyond the perspective of settlement through Oslo, which
imposed on Shuafat camp, where it was believed he was
was proven to be an absolute failure.
hiding. Meanwhile, Channel 12 revealed details of the second
The forms of confrontation have changed and developed operation, which began after one of the settlers driving a car
tangibly. Stones turned into knife stabbings, and stabbings outside Ma'ale Adumim noticed a person moving on foot
turned into car-ramming operations. Car-ramming and towards the checkpoint and alerted the guards. As a result,
courage turned into an armed confrontation, and weapons the guards were alerted, but Tamimi quickly fired his pistol at
are now in the hands of the capable resistance fighters. them and began to approach the checkpoint through the
Israeli army sources speak of the presence of more than nearby trees, reaching a distance of three meters, where he
three hundred thousand weapons in the hands of the wanted to hit one of them. The latter quickly responded,
Palestinians, and the same sources say that more than a causing Tamimi to fall to the ground, while another guard
hundred thousand bullets have been stolen from the army's also tried to fire, but one of the bullets fired by Tamimi hit
warehouses!! The number of Israeli casualties has ballooned the magazine of the guard's rifle, disabling it. After
in recent months, Israeli security has lost its credibility, and announcing the operation, the enemy quickly broadcast a
there is no longer a safe place within the Zionist entity. At the video clip of it, thinking that it might reduce the criticisms
same time, the number of Palestinian martyrs has increased, directed at it for failing to find Tamimi. They also hoped to
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demoralize the Palestinians, however, the opposite effect respond within hours to the martyrdom of Tamimi, and
occurred and the Palestinians celebrated the martyr's announced only hours later the implementation of three
bravery, courage, and cunning in attacking the occupation. operations against the occupation soldiers, indicating that its
fighters targeted an occupation patrol near the “Jarzim”
Organically and without anyone telling them to do so,
military checkpoint and rained a heavy barrage of bullets
Palestinians took to the streets in cities, villages and camps,
upon the enemy, resulting in injuries. Another group of its
following the announcement of Tamimi's martyrdom. The
fighters also ambushed a patrol of soldiers in the vicinity of
entire West Bank erupted in a night of confrontations that
the military checkpoint “17” and opened fire on them, also
began in Shuafat camp in particular and Jerusalem generally
achieving confirmed injuries on the enemy. Near the town of
but soon extended to other locations. Thousands of young
Deir Sharaf, which witnessed the death of an Israeli soldier
people gathered in front of Uday's house to support his
last week, fighters from the “Lion's Den” were able to target
family, while massive marches from Jenin in the north to
a group of soldiers, inflicting casualties. After all this, the
Hebron in the south, and headed to confront military
“Lion's Den” announced that their response was not over and
outposts and checkpoints. Armed clashes also broke out in
that they would not stop their confrontations.
Issawiya, Silwan, Al-Nabi Saleh, Husan, Al-Ram, Halhul
Bridge, Bab Al-Zawiya in Hebron, the northern entrance to Al- Following the night filled with clashes, a general strike
Bireh, the entrance to Beitah town, Huwara, Qalandiya camp swept through cities in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and
checkpoint, Al-Fawwar camp, Al-Arroub camp, Ni'lin, Al- their villages, mourning the soul of Tamimi. At the same
Eizariya, and the northern entrance to Bethlehem. Against time, the masses in Ramallah came out to mourn the young
this backdrop, militants carried out shooting operations on martyr Mohammed Nouri, who died from injuries he
military checkpoints, the most prominent of which was a sustained last month. Many areas of the West Bank also
deluge of bullets and homemade explosive devices on the witnessed confrontations with occupation forces.
Jalama military checkpoint in Jenin. Resisters also targeted
Palestinians circulated the will and last words of Uday, in
the “Beit El” settlement checkpoint north of Ramallah, and
which he said: “I am the 'Stalker' Uday Tamimi from the
others opened fire on the “Ofer” camp located west of
Shuafat Camp of martyrs. The operation I carried out on the
Ramallah.
Shuafat Checkpoint was a drop in the roaring sea of
The “Lions' Den” group recognized what was occurring and resistance. I know that I will be martyred sooner or later, and
called on Palestinians to go out to the rooftops and streets to I know that I did not liberate Palestine with this operation,
perform the Takbir4 at midnight—an invitation that was but I carried it out to accomplish this main goal: that this
accepted by many Palestinians. The Lions Den pledged to operation would mobilize hundreds of youths to take up arms
after my martyrdom.”
4 The Takbir is the name for the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar", meaning
"God is the greatest". -- RP
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