For many, the question now is whether Palestinians are about to start another violent intifada. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NABLUS, West Bank - After a violent uprising by Palestinians against Israel subsided nearly two decades ago, Mr Abu Abdallah, then a leader of a Palestinian militia, stashed away his assault rifle and later became a civil servant in the West Bank city of Nablus.
The authority had hoped that building enough trust with Israeli leaders would persuade them to allow the formation of a Palestinian state. Those developments reflect growing support among some Palestinians for violent resistance to the 56-year Israeli occupation, as frustration grows with the entrenchment of Israeli settlements in the territory, attacks by Israeli settlers and what is seen as a corrupt and ineffective Palestinian Authority.
Most died during gunbattles between Israeli security forces and Palestinian gunmen started by Israeli operations to arrest people suspected of involvement in carrying out or plotting attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. A wounded Palestinian is hospitalised in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Feb 22, 2023, following an Israeli raid targeting the Lions’ Den local militant group. PHOTO: AFP
“Israeli crimes, settlement expansion, high unemployment – all of that made them feel like they needed to do something different and take matters into their own hands,” Mr al-Masry added. The group’s numbers are down – from 60 at its peak in September to between 10 and 30 now, according to estimates.Some members have been killed in Israeli operations, while around 30 have turned themselves over to the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian officials said, after being promised protection from Israeli reprisals in exchange for handing in their weapons and accepting a few months’ detention.
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