The Azzun Phenomenon:
Our attentive readers may have noticed updates every now and then about settlers being injured by stones or Molotovs in the modest town of Azzun, #Qalqilya: a simple search yields about 60 such reported operations in the last year.
These operations, while simple, turn out to be very effective at shattering settler security. Azzun's stone-throwing prowess is not a coincidence; in fact, the choice to carry out these operations here is a strategic one.
The town of just 8,000 residents and 9 km squared—which has offered 80 prisoners and five martyrs in recent years (as of 9/16/23)—is located at a historically important crossroads. Yet, this small town has become a nightmare for settlers.
In August, at least 25 settlers were wounded by such operations in Azzun alone, rivaling injuries of resistance strongholds such as Jenin and Nablus. Last week there, four settlers were wounded and nearly a dozen of their cars were destroyed in one day.
Settlers here are specifically targeted on a major vein of zionist infrastructure: settler bypass road Route 55, passing through Azzun. This road has actually been around since 300 BC. It was established formally in 1935, and this racist road was blocked often by Palestinians during the first intifada. As a result, the occupation built a number of alternative bypass roads. In 2002 amidst the second intifada, it became a settler bypass road, with its purpose being to give settlers a Jewish-only detour such that they can avoid the apparent danger of Palestinian areas.
This stone-throwing has become a major problem for the occupation, who increased its security on Qalqilya for almost two months now, arresting a number of alleged stone-throwers. Today, the steadfast resistance of Azzun continue to create nightmares for settlers despite the siege, shattering their glass, destroying their cars, and targeting them with rudimentary explosive devices made at home. In all forms, resistance increases, and Azzun marches on the path of Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, and Gaza.
Our attentive readers may have noticed updates every now and then about settlers being injured by stones or Molotovs in the modest town of Azzun, #Qalqilya: a simple search yields about 60 such reported operations in the last year.
These operations, while simple, turn out to be very effective at shattering settler security. Azzun's stone-throwing prowess is not a coincidence; in fact, the choice to carry out these operations here is a strategic one.
The town of just 8,000 residents and 9 km squared—which has offered 80 prisoners and five martyrs in recent years (as of 9/16/23)—is located at a historically important crossroads. Yet, this small town has become a nightmare for settlers.
In August, at least 25 settlers were wounded by such operations in Azzun alone, rivaling injuries of resistance strongholds such as Jenin and Nablus. Last week there, four settlers were wounded and nearly a dozen of their cars were destroyed in one day.
Settlers here are specifically targeted on a major vein of zionist infrastructure: settler bypass road Route 55, passing through Azzun. This road has actually been around since 300 BC. It was established formally in 1935, and this racist road was blocked often by Palestinians during the first intifada. As a result, the occupation built a number of alternative bypass roads. In 2002 amidst the second intifada, it became a settler bypass road, with its purpose being to give settlers a Jewish-only detour such that they can avoid the apparent danger of Palestinian areas.
This stone-throwing has become a major problem for the occupation, who increased its security on Qalqilya for almost two months now, arresting a number of alleged stone-throwers. Today, the steadfast resistance of Azzun continue to create nightmares for settlers despite the siege, shattering their glass, destroying their cars, and targeting them with rudimentary explosive devices made at home. In all forms, resistance increases, and Azzun marches on the path of Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, and Gaza.
Via Samidoun Network:
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Zaid Abdulnasser, the coordinator of Samidoun Network’s chapter in Germany, and member of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, is currently being threatened by the German state that his residency as a Palestinian refugee born in Syria will be revoked due to his political engagement in Samidoun and Masar Badil.
In the face of this attack, more than 130 international organisations, unions, and political parties, have expressed their absolute refusal of Germany’s ever increasing repressive measures against Palestinian refugees and their fundamental right to struggle for their liberation and return.
We call for organisations to join us by signing the statement under the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffcsikMQR1lwvPqukzYCQpCzSZwLy28RXY8tYdGNxzlgugOA/viewform
To financially support the legal defence of Zaid and other Palestinians in Germany bearing the brunt of the state’s repressive measures against Palestine, you can make a donation to the following account:
Name: Rote Hilfe e.V.
IBAN: DE55 4306 0967 4007 2383 17
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
Note: Palaestina gegen Repression
We, in Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, declare that all attacks against us by the zionist occupation, its organisations abroad, and by Western imperialist countries and right-wing, racist media, have not and will not change our absolute commitment to defending and supporting the Palestinian prisoners movement, and to struggle for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.
• Sign the statement!
• Download the poster, take a selfie or group photo, and send it to us at samidoun@samidoun.net, @samidounnetwork (Instagram) or @SamidounPP (Twitter/X)!
Read the statement signed by more than 130 organisations worldwide here.
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Zaid Abdulnasser, the coordinator of Samidoun Network’s chapter in Germany, and member of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, is currently being threatened by the German state that his residency as a Palestinian refugee born in Syria will be revoked due to his political engagement in Samidoun and Masar Badil.
In the face of this attack, more than 130 international organisations, unions, and political parties, have expressed their absolute refusal of Germany’s ever increasing repressive measures against Palestinian refugees and their fundamental right to struggle for their liberation and return.
We call for organisations to join us by signing the statement under the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffcsikMQR1lwvPqukzYCQpCzSZwLy28RXY8tYdGNxzlgugOA/viewform
To financially support the legal defence of Zaid and other Palestinians in Germany bearing the brunt of the state’s repressive measures against Palestine, you can make a donation to the following account:
Name: Rote Hilfe e.V.
IBAN: DE55 4306 0967 4007 2383 17
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
Note: Palaestina gegen Repression
We, in Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, declare that all attacks against us by the zionist occupation, its organisations abroad, and by Western imperialist countries and right-wing, racist media, have not and will not change our absolute commitment to defending and supporting the Palestinian prisoners movement, and to struggle for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.
• Sign the statement!
• Download the poster, take a selfie or group photo, and send it to us at samidoun@samidoun.net, @samidounnetwork (Instagram) or @SamidounPP (Twitter/X)!
Read the statement signed by more than 130 organisations worldwide here.
The IOF brutally attacked Palestinian worshippers who confronted settlers at Bab Al-Silsila, one of the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, who were desecrating its sanctity.
Among the worshippers are Nafeesa Khweis, Aida Al-Saydaawi, and the elderly Abu Bakr Al-Shaymi.
Meanwhile, about 238 settlers have stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque up to this moment.
Among the worshippers are Nafeesa Khweis, Aida Al-Saydaawi, and the elderly Abu Bakr Al-Shaymi.
Meanwhile, about 238 settlers have stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque up to this moment.
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A video of some of the IOF's violent attacks on Palestinians trying to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque in #AlQuds today. Youth in Gaza planned a border demonstration in response to this aggression.
Occupation forces are directly targeting press crews during confrontations in northern #Gaza. Two journalists, Fadi Al-Danaf and Bilal Al-Sabbagh, have been injured after being hit with gas bombs.
Dozens of youth are currently burning tires at the colonial fence.
Dozens of youth are currently burning tires at the colonial fence.
Resistant youth at the Malaka site, east of #Gaza City detonated a high-powered explosive device on the fence moments ago.
Meanwhile, in Khan Younis in the south, confrontations begin as youth gather at the fence (pictured); one Palestinian is injured.
Meanwhile, in Khan Younis in the south, confrontations begin as youth gather at the fence (pictured); one Palestinian is injured.
Continuous explosions are heard on the #Gaza border in the north and south. Revolutionary youth in #Gaza announce that a powerful explosive device has destroyed the Malaka gate and directly hit an IOF vehicle.
In Khan Younis, an IOF vehicle was also directly hit, and the IOF is intensely opening fire on the youth. Two Palestinians were shot by the IOF in Rafah.
In Khan Younis, an IOF vehicle was also directly hit, and the IOF is intensely opening fire on the youth. Two Palestinians were shot by the IOF in Rafah.
The revolutionary youth in #Gaza publish an image of the moment that an explosive was detonated at the Malaka gate, east of Gaza City.
All resistors have been urgently instructed to withdraw after "sensitive and dangerous information reached the leadership," according to the youth.
All resistors have been urgently instructed to withdraw after "sensitive and dangerous information reached the leadership," according to the youth.
A fisherman and his son were injured by IOF gunfire while they were working on a fishing boat west of the port of Rafah, southern #Gaza Strip.
They have been transferred to the hospital for treatment.
They have been transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Palestinian Prisoner’s Club:
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The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club confirmed that the health condition of the prisoner Asif Al-Rifai, 21 years old from the town of Kafr Ein/Ramallah, who is suffering from cancer, is dangerously deteriorating compared to the previous period.
The Club stated that the prisoner Al-Rifai underwent surgery at "Asaf Harofeh" "israeli" hospital, where he was transferred from Ramleh Prison Clinic last Wednesday, following the emergence of a new tumor in the urinary tract that caused major damage to one of his kidneys.
In light of the serious deterioration faced by the prisoner Al-Rifai, the Prisoner’s Club called on all international human rights organizations to intervene immediately for his release, so that he can be with his family and to stop the ongoing crime being committed against him, especially since this deterioration came shortly after medical reports confirmed no improvement in his health condition.
The Prisoner’s Club also pointed out that the prisoner Al-Rifai received treatment after a seven-month delay from the date of his arrest on September 24, 2022, despite medical reports confirming the level of danger he faced during the period of his arrest, which led to the spread of tumors in several parts of his body. It is worth noting that the occupation authorities denied him treatment before his arrest by refusing to grant him a permit for treatment in Al-Quds.
It is worth mentioning that the occupation authorities detain more than 700 sick prisoners in their prisons, including around 200 prisoners suffering from chronic diseases, with 24 prisoners and detainees of them who suffer from cancer and tumors of varying degrees. Today, the case of prisoner Asif Al-Rifai is considered the most difficult and severe.
The Prisoner’s Club holds the "israeli" prison administration full responsibility for the fate of prisoner Al-Rifai and all sick prisoners who face the crime of medical negligence (slow killing) around the clock.
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The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club confirmed that the health condition of the prisoner Asif Al-Rifai, 21 years old from the town of Kafr Ein/Ramallah, who is suffering from cancer, is dangerously deteriorating compared to the previous period.
The Club stated that the prisoner Al-Rifai underwent surgery at "Asaf Harofeh" "israeli" hospital, where he was transferred from Ramleh Prison Clinic last Wednesday, following the emergence of a new tumor in the urinary tract that caused major damage to one of his kidneys.
In light of the serious deterioration faced by the prisoner Al-Rifai, the Prisoner’s Club called on all international human rights organizations to intervene immediately for his release, so that he can be with his family and to stop the ongoing crime being committed against him, especially since this deterioration came shortly after medical reports confirmed no improvement in his health condition.
The Prisoner’s Club also pointed out that the prisoner Al-Rifai received treatment after a seven-month delay from the date of his arrest on September 24, 2022, despite medical reports confirming the level of danger he faced during the period of his arrest, which led to the spread of tumors in several parts of his body. It is worth noting that the occupation authorities denied him treatment before his arrest by refusing to grant him a permit for treatment in Al-Quds.
It is worth mentioning that the occupation authorities detain more than 700 sick prisoners in their prisons, including around 200 prisoners suffering from chronic diseases, with 24 prisoners and detainees of them who suffer from cancer and tumors of varying degrees. Today, the case of prisoner Asif Al-Rifai is considered the most difficult and severe.
The Prisoner’s Club holds the "israeli" prison administration full responsibility for the fate of prisoner Al-Rifai and all sick prisoners who face the crime of medical negligence (slow killing) around the clock.
Gunfire targets the Palestinian Authority headquarters in #Jenin after PA Forces kidnapped wounded freed prisoner Ahmed Al-Jadoun from a cafe (media #3). Ahmed, nicknamed "the Rocket of the Camp," is wanted by the occupation since he was released from zionist jails last year.
Three years ago, Ahmed and his brother Mohammed were wounded and arrested by occupation forces in #Jenin after the IOF detonated an explosive in their home while they were sleeping (media #4).
Three years ago, Ahmed and his brother Mohammed were wounded and arrested by occupation forces in #Jenin after the IOF detonated an explosive in their home while they were sleeping (media #4).