Statement issued by the family and the campaign for the release of the prisoner Walid Daqqah regarding "the right of prisoner Walid Daqqah to appear before the early release committee" on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 1:45 pm.
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After four hours of deliberation on Sunday, June 18 2023, the “israeli” court in “Ma'asiyahu” prison in Ramla adjourned without ruling on the right of prisoner Walid Daqqah to appear before the "early release committee," and the judge will issue his decision within a week from the date. It should be noted that prisoner Walid Daqqah has completed his unjust actual life sentence of 37 years since March 24 2023, but he is still being arbitrarily detained after adding two years to his sentence in 2018 on the pretext of attempting to help prisoners contact their families.

We, the family and the campaign for the release of prisoner Walid Daqqah, consider any decision or ruling that does not lead to his immediate release as a statement of his execution, through procrastination in deciding on his release despite the very high level of danger regarding his health status, which was acknowledged even by the “israeli prison service” report. Despite this report, the removal of the "Sgav" classification from Walid Daqqah, and the end of his actual sentence 86 days ago, the court has not yet decided on his immediate release. We take this opportunity to call on all political and popular levels to support our campaign at all levels—national, Arab, and international— until the release of prisoner Walid Daqqah.

#الحرية_لوليد_دقة
‏#Free_Walid_Daqqah

🚨 The zionist government approves a decision to authorize extremist minister finance minister Bezalel Smotrich to approve plans to build new settlements without government approval. This dangerous step will accelerate settlement construction across the West Bank, especially in Smotrich's hands who is aligned with Ben-Gvir.

⚫️ Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman Tariq Selmi reaffirmed: “Granting Smotrich the decision to speed up settlement activity without the approval at the political level will not succeed in obliterating the Palestinian identity. The occupation will not succeed in passing its racist and illegal decisions as long as there is a resistance that fights it firmly in all arenas.”

🟢 Hamas: "We condemn in the strongest terms the continued efforts of the zionist occupation authorities in their relentless campaign to Judaize our Palestinian land, the latest of which is the approval of issuance of tenders for the construction of more than 4,500 additional settlement units in several zionist settlements in the occupied West Bank. We affirm that these Judaizing colonial projects will not grant legitimacy to the occupation on our land, and our people will resist them by all available means."

🔴 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine confirms, today, Sunday, that the decisions issued by the enemy zionist government to expand and accelerate settlement in the West Bank are an escalation of a path that the enemy has been working on for years to annex the occupied West Bank.

The Front emphasizes that the enemy government's announcement completely oversteps all related international resolutions and is a direct result of the continued Western and international support and coverage for the zionist entity and its criminal policies against our people.

The PFLP calls for an escalation of all forms of resistance and struggle against these terrorist policies, affirming that the fate of the West Bank, the land of Palestine, and its people have never and will never be subject to the decisions of the occupying enemy, but it is the people of Palestine who will determine and shape it through their continuous resistance and struggle.

We affirm the unity of the Palestinian people in the trench of resistance and struggle against this project and others, expanding the scope of confrontation with the enemy, and resistance with all its tools and methods, calling for a unified Palestinian position capable of mobilizing the Arab position, and isolating the zionist entity and pursuing it internationally.

Resistance fighters open fire on IOF soldiers near the colonial separation fence in Marj Ibn Amer, northern #Jenin.

The zionist entity has approved development of the "Marine" gas field off off the coast of Gaza.

The plan, developed by the Palestinian Authority, zionist entity, and Egypt would see the entity stealing Gazan gas to process it in Egypt in order to sell it to Europe, with the PA getting a share of the profits.

The trilateral agreement was put in place under the guise of “supporting the Palestinian economy” to improve the dying entity's false dreams of security. The traitorous Palestinian “Authority,” an arm of the occupation, is participating from the theft of its people's resources, as is typical for them, and the gas field agreement will be no different.

This blatant act of theft is yet another attempt by the occupation and normalizing traitors to steal Palestinian resources, an act which the resistance in Gaza has threatened would reap hefty consequences.

This development mirrors last year's Karish gas field agreement between Lebanon and the occupation entity; only one option forced zionist concession, and that was resistance. In the face of Hezbollah's threats to bombard Karish, the temporary entity was forced to recognize Lebanon's maritime borders following the resistance's intervention. Similarly, Palestinian factions stated: "Our right to Gaza's gas and its fields on its shores will be protected with fire and gunpowder."

Yet again, polls confirm Palestinians support resistance:
A new quarterly poll from Palestine again indicates continued widespread support for resistance. RNN has summarized the results of the survey of 1,270 people in 127 random areas in the West Bank and Gaza. You can find the entire dataset at pcpsr.org.

In summary:
71% are in favor of forming armed groups such as the Lions' Den and Jenin Brigade that do not take orders from the PA.
51% (54% WB and 47% Gaza) expect a third intifada; this is a signficant decrease from the 61% (69% WB and 48% Gaza) that expected a third intifada three months ago.
53% support a return to armed confrontations and intifada (down from 58% three months ago).
74% choose armed struggle or popular resistance; 21% choose negotiations.
50% believe that the Palestinian resistance emerged victorious from the Revenge of the Free battle.

35% believe the West Bank-Gaza split is the most damaging aspect of the last 75 years.
24% believe the rise of Islamic resistance movements was the best outcome since the Nakba (38% in Gaza); 21% said it was the first and second intifadas.

80% are dissatisfied with Abbas (up from 73% six months ago).
63% believe the PA is burden on Palestinian people (up from 59% six months ago).
63% believe the PA's existence is in the interest of the zionist entity (up from 57% three months ago).
84% believe the PA is corrupt.
50% support dissolving PA, and 50% believe its collapse will strengthen resistance groups.
86% say that the PA does not have the right to arrest resistance fighters.
80% are against surrender of resistance fighters to the PA.

69% support holding presidential elections. Abbas would lose every match up by at least 10%. Marwan Barghouti is the preferred candidate in any matchup, followed by Ismail Haniyeh.
66% support holding legislative elections. 34% would vote for Hamas and 31% would vote for Fatah (vs. 33% and 35% for Hamas and Fatah, respectively, three months ago).
79% expect the Mohammed Shtayyeh government to fail to organize elections, 81% expect it to fail to improve economic conditions, and 81% expect it to fail in reunification efforts with Gaza (up from 66%, 70%, and 72% in 2019).

8% in Gaza describe living conditions as "positive," compared to 22% in the West Bank.
71% in Gaza feel safe and secure, compared to 46% in the West Bank.
38% believe the most pressing issue is the occupation; 13% believe it is the WB/Gaza split.
25% believe corruption is the biggest issue afflicting Palestinian society (9% in Gaza and 25% in WB); 18% say it is siege and blockage (30% in Gaza and 11% in WB).
30% believe Iran-Saudi normalization will positively influence the Palestinian cause; 35% believe it will lead to more Arab normalization with the zionist entity.

28% support the two-state "solution."
71% believe the two-state "solution" is no longer feasible (up from 69%).
78% believe chances for Palestinian state in next five years are slim to non-existent (up from 72% six months ago).
35% (44% in Gaza and 28% in WB) believe the zionist entity is a weak, fragmented state on the verge of collapse.
66% said the zionist entity will not last until 2047 (100 years).

Resistance fighters open fire on the colonial "Dotan" checkpoint near #Jenin.

🚨 Two shooting operations targeted zionist forces in #Tulkarem moments ago. Direct fire was opened on an IOF vehicle in Deir Al-Ghusn, followed by gunfire targeting a vehicle carrying soldiers at Pharoah's Gate. Zionist forces have been operating in the area.

Students of Birzeit reject PA repression! Today, following the kidnapping of the head of the Student Council, Abdulmajid Hassan, the Islamic Bloc issued a statement at an emergency press conference.

This follows after a vicious campaign targeting students on the grounds of their support for resistance and opposition to the PA's security coordination.

Read the Islamic Bloc's statement from two days ago here after PA forces similarly kidnapped three other members of Birzeit's Islamic Bloc. Yesterday, the students declared an open-ended sit-in, prior to Abdulmajid's abduction, which is only the latest in the PA's long campaign of repression of pro-resistance voices.

🟢 The Islamic Bloc at Birzeit University in an emergency press conference in response to the kidnapping of the head of the student council by PA forces:
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds, and prayers and peace be upon the last of the prophets.

To our brothers and sisters, the students of the university of martyrs, the Birzeit University community, O all the masses of our people, we salute you with the greeting of martyrs, prisoners, and the resistance uprising against the occupation in every corner of Palestine.

In light of the escalation of the vicious campaign led by the security forces of the Palestinian Authority against the students of Birzeit University, the latest of which was the savage kidnapping of the head of the Student Council, the liberated prisoner, the brother, Abdulmajid Hassan, along with the brutal repression and atrocities that accompanied this arrest, and the preceding arrest of brothers Yahya Farah, Abdulghani Faris, Abdullah Abu Qiyas, and their torture:

We, in the Islamic Bloc at Birzeit University, affirm the following:

First: We renew our condemnation of the practices of the Authority's security forces, which are against any law, national or humanitarian custom, and serve only the occupation. We demand these forces and the [Palestinian] Authority's leadership to stop their attacks on university students and student movement cadres.

Second: We call upon all forces, activities, and institutions of our people to urgently mobilize to condemn the practices of the Authority's forces and their policies, to raise their voice high in affirming the freedom of student union work, and to reject the pursuit, arrest, and torture of students.

Third: We call upon the University Presidency and the Board of Trustees to take effective and immediate intervention by declaring an explicit stance rejecting the arrest of their students and their torture, practicing all possible logic to release them and provide them with protection. They are also called upon to provide legal and human rights follow-up for the arrested students and the documentation of their torture and abuse.

Fourth: The student movement at Birzeit University, in all its components, frameworks, and all its students, are called today to take a unified stance against the arrest and torture of their peers and to put an end to the Authority forces' encroachment on university freedoms.

In conclusion, we assure the university community and all our people that the Islamic Bloc will continue its national and union duty, and that its sons and daughters will always be at the forefront of the Palestinian student movement, despite repression, pursuit, and restriction from near and far.

The sons of the Islamic Bloc have led the way in union and national work in helping their people. Their peers are committed to science, resistance, and creativity. We invite our free university students to participate in the mass rally tomorrow, Monday, as an opportunity to show loyalty in the student council for the new session.

Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Your brothers in the Islamic Loyalty Bloc.

🚨 Sirens ring and armed clashes break out in #Jenin following the discovery of zionist special forces. A large number of zionist forces are headed towards the camp now and have begun their invasion.

⚫ Jenin Brigade:
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At this time, are fighters are engaged in clashes with zionist special forces that were discovered in the Jabriyat area near the camp.

⚫ Jenin Brigade:
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With Allah's help and strength, our fighters are targeting the storming occupation forces to several areas around the camp with intense barrages of bullets and explosive devices.

⚫️ Saraya Al-Quds - Jenin Brigade:
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With Allah’s help and strength, our fighters continue to target the occupation forces storming the Jabriyat and Al-Hadaf neighborhoods with intense barrages of bullets and explosive devices, achieving direct casualties.

🚨 Mosques in #Jenin call on residents to mobilize against the ongoing invasion of the city which has seen fierce battle, including wounded resistance fighters and wounded enemy soldiers.

⚫️ Saraya Al-Quds - Jenin Brigade
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With Allah's help and strength, our fighters targeted a military vehicle belonging to the zionist enemy army in the Jabriyat neighborhood with a locally-made explosive device, which led to the damage of the military vehicle.