The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel – peacefully resisting Israel in West Bank
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/10/26/the-legacy-of-ziad-abu-helaiel-peacefully-resisting-israel-in-west-bank
Ziad Abu Helaiel – a political activist and social reformer – was best known for his defiant phrase “Bihimmish!” (“doesn’t matter” in Arabic).
The phrase was delivered brazenly, dismissively even, to Israeli soldiers who were trying to scare him as he stood in their way, often using just his body to prevent them from shooting solidarity demonstrators in the West Bank during the 2014 war on Gaza.
To say Abu Helaiel, who was beaten to death at his home near Hebron by Israeli soldiers on October 7 this year, was well-known would be an understatement. He was famous in the West Bank for the peaceful protests he led against the Israeli occupation, never armed and often standing as a human barrier between protesters and Israeli soldiers.
Basma holds a photograph of her husband, Ziad Abu Helaiel, who was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers earlier this month
Israeli soldiers raid West Bank’s Qalqilya
Israeli soldiers have raided a home and a warehouse in Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank tonight, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Israeli snipers were also deployed during the raid, Wafa added.
Israeli forces fire at farmers south of Nablus in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have opened fire at Palestinian olive pickers south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The incident took place near the village of Qusra along the road to Jalud, according to an activist quoted by the official Wafa news agency.
The attack, which comes amid ongoing assaults against Palestinian farmers in the olive harvest season, did not cause any casualties. Farmers and olive pickers have been subjected to near-daily attacks by violent Israeli settlers and armed forces in the occupied areas in recent weeks.
Israeli army arrests 12 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
The detainees were taken from the governorates of Hebron, Ramallah and Jenin, according to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
More than 11,400 Palestinians have been arrested in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, 2023.
Israeli military says Palestinian shot dead in West Bank
The Israeli military claims that a Palestinian was shot dead after trying to carry out a ramming and stabbing attack against soldiers near the town of Hizma in the occupied West Bank.
Soldiers thwarted a “terrorist attack”, it said, adding that there were no casualties among the Israeli forces. The Palestinian Wafa news agency confirmed that Israeli forces opened fire on a young man’s vehicle, but provided no further details.
Videos confirmed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification agency showed Israeli forces closing down the road and turning vehicles back from the area.
