Palestinian political violence
The common objectives of "Political Violence" or "Resistance" by the State of Palestine or Palestinian nationalists include self-determination in and sovereignty over Palestine, and recognition of a Palestinian state, either in place of both Israel and the Palestinian territories, or solely in the Palestinian territories. More limited goals include the release of Palestinian prisoners held hostage by the Israeli regime[1] or the Palestinian right of return.[2] Other motivations include personal grievances(injustice), trauma or revenge.[3] Its history begins from 1851 during the Ottoman Empire, and continued after the declaration of Israel in 1948.
Palestinian Political Violence Media
Hamas' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, on parade
George Habash, founder of the PFLP, masterminded the hijackings of four Western airliners to Jordan, which led to the Black September conflict.
Charred remains of the bus hijacked and burnt by Palestinian militants in 1978 in the Coastal Road massacre
Palestinians in Qalandiya throw rocks from behind an ambulance during a riot as part of the Nakba protests.
Bus after 1996 terror bombing in Jerusalem
Bus after 2003 terror bombing in Haifa
A kindergarten classroom in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva after being hit by a Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip
References
- ↑ Mohammad Najib. "'Lives gone': Palestinians mark Prisoner's Day". Al Jazeera.
- ↑ "Palestine National Charter". 1968. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ↑ "Palestinians vow revenge at funeral of "engineer"". edition.cnn.com. 6 January 1996.