‘A place to fly’ – Jenin Freedom Theatre stands defiant amid Israeli raids
1 year, 1 month ago

‘A place to fly’ – Jenin Freedom Theatre stands defiant amid Israeli raids

Al Jazeera  

One of the more disturbing things that Ranin Odeh has observed during the activity sessions she runs for children at the Freedom Theatre in the West Bank’s Jenin camp is that their play often turns violent. One day, the kids are having fun with an activity in the Freedom Theatre, says Odeh, and the next, there is an armed raid by Israeli forces on the camp – an event which has become far more frequent since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7. On November 9, a Thursday, Sheta and theatre staff were inside when a massive raid by Israeli forces took place from midnight until Friday dawn and resumed mid-morning. Resistance through art Given the likelihood of armed incursions, therefore, the theatre staff begin each day trying to find out if there is going to be an attack on the camp; Sheta says he needs to know if his audience, his four children – two boys and two girls – his staff and their families will be safe.

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Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin, step up raids in other West Bank areas
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin, step up raids in other West Bank areas

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli military has withdrawn from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp after a military offensive that killed many and destroyed critical infrastructure. The Palestinian news agency Wafa confirmed on Friday that Israeli forces had pulled out of the city following a 10-day siege, but residents feared soldiers would return after temporarily moving to surrounding …

How Israel’s raids on Jenin only fuel Palestinian resistance
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How Israel’s raids on Jenin only fuel Palestinian resistance

Al Jazeera  

Israeli operations in the West Bank city lead to casualties, displacement and popular anger. On May 21, Amr Musara went out to report on Israel’s raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “They just shot at us.” Patterns of violence Since it launched its war on Gaza on October 7, Israel has killed 516 Palestinians in …

‘No safe place’: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre raided, daubed with Star of David
1 year ago

‘No safe place’: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre raided, daubed with Star of David

Al Jazeera  

Landmark that provided healing for traumatised children in the West Bank has been ransacked, directors arrested. The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, a popular symbol of peace and hope in the occupied West Bank, has been raided and vandalised by Israeli soldiers, who painted it with religious and political symbols. The theatre raid was part of a military operation in Jenin …

Jenin raid is over. Palestinians are left to cope with the trauma
1 year, 5 months ago

Jenin raid is over. Palestinians are left to cope with the trauma

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians sift through the wreckage of their destroyed homes and of their damaged psyches. Israel said the raid was to “clean up” a “haven for terrorists”, but UN experts said the assault constituted collective punishment of Palestinians and may amount to a war crime. ‘The same fear returned in a second’ “This was my third Nakba,” camp resident Afaf Bitawi …

‘Disaster’: Palestinian homes used as Israeli bases in Jenin
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Disaster’: Palestinian homes used as Israeli bases in Jenin

Al Jazeera  

Israeli soldiers used many homes inside the camp as military bases and caused heavy damage to furniture and belongings. It’s a disaster,” the father-of-three told Al Jazeera the morning after the Israeli army withdrew from the camp, just over two days after the attack began. Homes as military bases Like many homes inside the camp, Tahayneh’s house was not only …

‘They can’t break our spirit’: Jenin residents after Israel siege
1 year, 5 months ago

‘They can’t break our spirit’: Jenin residents after Israel siege

Al Jazeera  

Destroyed homes, cars, streets and memorials pepper Jenin refugee camp as Israel pulls out. “They came into our home, they blew up the doors,” the 65-year-old recalled, in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. They kept asking ‘Are there guns?’” For older residents, the siege revived memories of 2002, when Israel launched an enormous days-long attack on …

Why did Israel use helicopter gunships on Jenin refugee camp?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why did Israel use helicopter gunships on Jenin refugee camp?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts say the use of helicopter gunships is indicative of an increased intensity in the assault against Palestinians. The Israeli army said that about 100 Palestinians were interrogated, and praised the operation – codenamed House and Garden – as an “extensive counterterrorism effort”. In late June, another three Palestinians were killed after Israeli forces fired a missile at the camp …

Israel bombs Gaza following Jenin assault
1 year, 5 months ago

Israel bombs Gaza following Jenin assault

Al Jazeera  

Jets strike Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after rockets are fired towards southern Israel following Israeli offensive in Jenin. Israeli fighter jets have struck the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the besieged enclave after Israel ended a large-scale offensive in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. It came after Israel said it had shot down five …

Palestinians in Jenin camp: From Nakba to Israel’s latest assault
1 year, 5 months ago

Palestinians in Jenin camp: From Nakba to Israel’s latest assault

Al Jazeera  

The target of Israel’s military has been home to three generations of refugees, many of whom are now fleeing again. The Jenin refugee camp, located in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, is once again facing a devastating Israeli assault – one the largest in more than 20 years. About 3,000 Palestinians have already been forced to flee …

‘No mercy’: Palestinians describe Israel’s deadly raid on Jenin
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No mercy’: Palestinians describe Israel’s deadly raid on Jenin

Al Jazeera  

Violent home intrusions and incessant shelling torment Jenin residents in Israel’s biggest military operation since the second Intifada. ‘A thorn in their side’ A Palestinian woman “They entered our homes in al-Mayhoub street yesterday afternoon,” Nathmiyeh Mer’i, 53, told Al Jazeera. “They started shouting at us, ‘Don’t talk, be quiet, sit down.’” Her three grandchildren – one, three and four …

Why is Jenin a focal point of conflict in the occupied West Bank?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why is Jenin a focal point of conflict in the occupied West Bank?

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have launched the largest military operation against the Jenin refugee camp in two decades. The Israeli military operation against the Jenin refugee camp is the largest since the 2000-2005 Second Intifada, a mass Palestinian uprising against Israel’s decades-long occupation. Refugee camp A city in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jenin houses a crowded refugee camp by …

Israeli attack on Jenin a ‘new war crime’, Palestinians say
1 year, 5 months ago

Israeli attack on Jenin a ‘new war crime’, Palestinians say

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian Authority calls on international community to ‘take serious action’ as Gaza factions organise rally to express solidarity with people of Jenin. Palestinian leaders have called Israel’s largest military operation in Jenin in 20 years a “new war crime” after at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded. “What the Israeli occupation government is doing in the city of …

Jenin refugee camp residents defiant after deadly Israeli assault
1 year, 10 months ago

Jenin refugee camp residents defiant after deadly Israeli assault

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians pledge to ‘keep fighting’ illegal Israeli occupation following the largest military raid in Jenin since 2002. Jenin refugee camp, occupied West Bank – In Umm Yousif’s neighbourhood, nearly every home and car is riddled with bullet holes and broken windows after what residents describe as a “massacre”. While policies by the Palestinian Authority and Israel after the end of …

Jenin: How the city became a symbol of Palestinian resistance
2 years, 7 months ago

Jenin: How the city became a symbol of Palestinian resistance

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians say Jenin has always been a hub for Palestinian resistance groups, despite ongoing Israeli attempts to stamp them out. “There are two places in Palestine that Israel has never been able to fully conquer – Jenin and Gaza,” Diana Buttu, a Palestinian political analyst and lawyer told Al Jazeera. A Palestinian mother and camp resident, who wished to remain …

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares
2 years, 8 months ago

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

Firstpost  

Palestinian assailants have killed 14 Israelis in a series of attacks in recent weeks and clashes at a major Jerusalem holy site on 15 April have raised tensions further Jenin Refugee Camp, West Bank: The journey of the Palestinian who opened fire at a street-side bar in Tel Aviv last week, killing three young Israeli men and sending the city …

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares
2 years, 8 months ago

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

Associated Press  

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — The journey of the Palestinian who opened fire at a street-side bar in Tel Aviv last week, killing three young Israeli men and sending the city into lockdown, began a two-hour drive away in an impoverished refugee camp deep inside the occupied West Bank. Two decades later, the Palestinians’ dream of an independent state …

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares
2 years, 8 months ago

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

LA Times  

Palestinian students walk past piles of tires that are collected and prepared to be set on fire during possible future Israeli army incursions in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin on Tuesday. The journey of the Palestinian who opened fire at a street-side bar in Tel Aviv last week, killing three young Israeli men and sending the city into …

Palestinians vow to fight Israeli forces if they raid Jenin camp
3 years, 3 months ago

Palestinians vow to fight Israeli forces if they raid Jenin camp

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian gunmen say they will repel Israeli troops if they enter the refugee camp in search of six men who escaped from an Israeli jail. Jenin Refugee Camp, Occupied West Bank – Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said they will fight Israeli forces if they enter the Jenin refugee camp in search of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped …

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