It’s been 20 years since so many people took to the streets. Those still littered with rubble, burned cars, and shrapnel. Inside Jenin refugee camp, there are no longer hundreds of Israeli soldiers. They withdrew this Wednesday morning after the largest 44-hour military operation since the second Intifada. Now there are thousands of neighbors and relatives pouring into the streets again. say goodbye at a mass funeral for 12 people died during these two days of violence. With their presence amongst the ruins, the inhabitants of the Jenin refugee camp are sending a loud and clear message to the Israeli authorities. Decades of resistance behind them allows them to confirm this. they will not be defeated.
“Buildings can collapse, cars can be wrecked, and countless people can be arrested, injured and even martyr” indicates Mustafa Setarural and regional manager Freedom TheaterA cultural organization that resists occupation through the performing arts. “However, these actions will only serve a breeding. New generation In a statement made by the Prensa Ibérica group for EL PERIÓDICO, who will carry the torch of resistance handed down by those before them, as our children will carry today?
historical castle
Less half square kilometerThree generations of Palestinians live together, forced to flee their ancestral lands during the Nakba, the Arabic disaster of 1948. escape the siege including Israeli troops, missiles, and earthmoving equipment used to destroy roads and other civilian infrastructure. However, some have already started to return when they heard the news that Israel would withdraw. On their return they set to work rebuild the damaged. They have the experience of staging the deadliest episode of the Second Intifada (2000-2005).
With experience in mind Battle of the Fetus Many young militiamen, who left the camp in 2002 in a situation similar to what it is now, started resistance. air and ground attacks of the Israeli army. They have memories of their parents, uncles, and even themselves. Also, perhaps their unknown ancestral knowledge is that the city of Jenin is also the bastion of Palestinian armed struggle. british buffalo (1922-1948). The field was not created until: 1953. “We love life and we fight to live,” says a Palestinian militant under the pseudonym Abu Mujahed. “father of warriors”. “This is our purpose: we want to live like the rest of the world,” he argues.
“The seriousness of the situation cannot be underestimated,” Sheta says. Refugee camp residents “squeezed in” by the occupation mercilessly condemns the “controls” collective punishment They were exposed by taking advantage of the offensive to “destroy their infrastructure and destroy main roads.” The message is clear: punish the stronghold of popular resistance in Jenin and picture of invincibility Regarding his military prowess to Israeli society,” adds the director of the Freedom Theater, whose doors still have a burned-out car.
unemployment and poverty
But despite the aggressiveness of the campaign, the camp residents victorious. Continuous military campaigns are not the only wars they face. With over 20,000 people, they are suffering high population density There are 33.3 people per square kilometer. In addition, they have one of the highest unemployment and poverty rates in the occupied West Bank, and these rates have only gotten worse since Israel canceled many countries. work permits Conflict between residents and strong security controls has stopped the flow of Arabs and Israelis who come to the region to buy cheaper agri-food products.
Yet they resist. It is a continuous call directed by the desire to take back our lands and restore the dignity of every human being”, defends and will defend Mustafa Şeta until his last breath.