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Media Part said that settler attacks on Palestinians and Israeli army raids on Arab towns in… West Bank Occupied, has been increasing since the operation Al-Aqsa flood On October 7, which increased support for the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) significantly, according to a recent study.
The site explained – in a report written by Céline Martellet and Alexandre Ritu – that the surroundings of the Jenin camp, where 18,000 people gather in the northern occupied West Bank, are like a battlefield, after a round of bombing and incursions that lasted 3 days, during which 12 Palestinians were killed, dozens were arrested, and Israeli bulldozers destroyed the streets. Several cars were crushed in their path and destroyed water distribution pipes and the sewage system. “It seems they are also waging a war on the sewers,” one resident joked.
Residents give the nickname “Fallujah” to one of the neighborhoods, which is a stronghold of armed groups – according to the authors – in which fighters from Hamas and…Islamic jihad And other local brigades. It has become a symbol of the struggle against the occupation over the years and wars. Large pieces of tarpaulin have been spread between its houses, as if it were a black cloth sky, to allow armed groups to move while escaping the surveillance of Israeli drones, according to the authors.
Suddenly the fighter who acts as our guide says, “We must not stay there…one of our group is hiding here.” Seconds later, everyone returns to the car, and the young Palestinian man who was arrested by the Israeli army when he was 17 years old sits in the back, and he ends up saying a few sentences.
This young man, who was released after two years of imprisonment, is unemployed and deprived of education. Jenin became his new cell after he chose to carry weapons. He shows us on his cell phone pictures of him shooting a gun in the air, and shows propaganda videos for Palestinian groups. Armed.
Increased support for Hamas
On the walls of Fallujah – as the two writers see – there are pictures of martyrs everywhere, all of whom were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers. Our young guide says when the ruins of several houses appear, “This is the place where Muhammad al-Zubaidi was killed.” A large picture of the man who was a fighter was hung. In the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine.
Wael Bilal We would like to say: Yes to the resistance… May God protect it… This is how we want men to be. Long live the resistance, long live those who support it.. Long live the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Within the framework of the agreement concluded between Israel and Hamas, 240 Palestinian detainees were released from prisons, most of them women and those under 19 years of age. The liberation operations were accompanied by huge scenes of joy in Ramallah, Nablus and Beitunia, and shouts and tears rose and the flags of the Palestinian movements rose everywhere. Green for Hamas. And black for Islamic Jihad.
On his friend’s shoulders, Wael Bilal Mashi waves the Hamas flag, shouting, “We say yes to the resistance. May God protect it. This is how we want men to be. Long live the resistance, long live those who support it. Long live the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.”
According to an opinion poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research on December 13, support for Hamas in the occupied West Bank increased significantly, as 72% of those surveyed believed that Hamas’ decision to launch a ground attack on southern Israel was appropriate, and 85% supported it. Of them, the movement has been around since the beginning of the war, 10% support the Palestinian Authority, and 7% still support the president Mahmoud Abbas.
Yohan Sophie, a lawyer specializing in international law, says, “The scale of Israeli crimes and the speeches of its officials push these young people to consider armed struggle as the only possible path,” in addition to a feeling of abandonment by the “international community,” which neither has the will nor the ability to impose a ceasefire. “about them.”
The lawyer believes that the matter is terrifying, “because in the coming years we will witness the emergence of a new generation, perhaps more violent and extremist than the previous generation,” and warns that Hamas will not be defeated by force, “and for every fighter killed in Gaza, two or three will join the ranks of the movement in the West Bank.” “And Gaza and refugee camps in neighboring countries. It’s a vicious circle.”
Endless violence
Since last October 7, 310 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank, and Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, and Hebron are living under pressure from the Israeli army, which is increasing its arrests, nearly 4,000, according to the Palestinian Authority and many non-governmental organizations that also condemn – “Inspections, harassment, and beatings, in addition to acts of sabotage, destruction of homes, and confiscation of vehicles,” and the pressure of extremist settlers who attack farmers in the olive fields and Bedouins at the gates of the desert.
Some Palestinian voices are still being raised today in favor of peace – as the authors comment – they are rare and very inaudible, but they do exist. Ibrahim Anbawi (55 years old), a peace advocate, says, “I was released after a year of imprisonment in Israel. I realized at that moment that violence “It is not the solution. The most important thing for me is not to convince people, but above all to make them think.”
Before the October 7 attack, this Palestinian held conferences with Israeli peace advocates like himself, and future meetings were canceled after the attack. He says, “We still have a long way to go. We share water, oxygen, light, wind, and land. It is not easy, but without peace.” “There will be other wars and other deaths. The culture of peace does not concern anyone here. There must be blood for the media around the world to care about what the Palestinians are going through in the West Bank.”
As the dialogue with the two writers progressed, Ibrahim Anbawi admitted, “As long as the Israeli occupation continues, this cycle of violence will never stop.” This is the same occupation that prevented the Al-Mughrabi family from celebrating the release of their son Hamza, and the Israeli police’s instructions were strict, “There are no scenes of rejoicing.” Or music in the East Jerusalem sector.”
The authors concluded with what this child’s father narrated about the period he spent in prison, and the insults he was exposed to at the hands of Israeli soldiers and police officers, concluding his words by saying, “Now they are depriving my son of a future,” and the mother says nervously, “They want to colonize us… They are extremists, but so are we.” ..And we will remain on our land.”
