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Israel Brands as 'Terrorist' Palestinian Student Group

2020-10-24

[AnNahar] Paleostinian officials on Thursday denounced a decision by Israel to brand the student branch of the hardline Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine as a "terrorist" organization.

Israel, the United States and the European Union

...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
consider the leftist bad boy PFLP as a terrorist organization.

On Wednesday, Israeli General Tamir Yadai said in a statement that the army now considers the PFLP's student branch of as an "illegal and terrorist" entity.

Would that be the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades — known before 2001 as the Red Eagles Brigades — which draws membership from West Bank universities? It happens to be the PFLP’s armed wing, but a quick search reveals no other potential candidates.

Yadai, who heads the Israeli army's Central Command in the occupied West Bank, claimed the branch had been for years behind "destructive acts that led to the deaths of many Israeli citizens."

He accused the PFLP of "recruiting young men to commit acts of terrorism."

Paleostinian social development minister Ahmed Majdalani said the designation was "dangerous" and stressed the student branch of the PFLP was an "unarmed" body.

Majdalani also voiced concern the Israeli move could lead to a crackdown on young Paleostinian activists.

According to PFLP official Ahmad al-Tanani, Israeli authorities had arrested more than 60 Paleostinian students since the beginning of the year.

The PFLP is a fiercely anti-Israeli Marxist-Leninist group that pioneered plane hijackings in the 1970s to highlight the Paleostinian cause.

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PFLP's Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades commemorated the October 17, 2001 assassination of Israel's Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi in Gaza

2020-10-18

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

The PFLP's Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades commemorated the October 17, 2001 assassination of Israel's Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi in #Gaza Saturday. pic.twitter.com/4Cz8ygOWRN
— Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah) October 18, 2020

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Israeli jets strike Gaza multiple times in fresh response to rocket

2016-08-22

[IsraelTimes] Hours after missile hits Sderot, IDF carries out several new raids against Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, targets in northern Strip

Israeli jets carried out several rounds of fresh ~~Arclight~~ airstrikes in the northern Gazoo Strip Sunday night, hours after rocket fire at southern Israel drew an Israeli reprisal and as Hamas paraded missiles through the streets and threatened renewed violence.

The Israel Defense forces said jets attacked "several" Hamas positions in the Strip in response to a rocket that struck inside the city of Sderot earlier in the day.

"The attack on the terror infrastructures is a response to the high trajectory[indirect] fire out at the city of Sderot earlier today that is a threat to the security of Israeli citizens and damages Israeli illusory sovereignty," the IDF said in a statement just before midnight Sunday. It did not indicate how many raids it had carried out.

There was no immediate word on casualties inside Gazoo.

The large-scale shelling would indicate the most intense Israeli reprisal attack on Gazoo since the sides fought a bloody war in 2014, and could signal a shift in policy by newly installed Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, considered a hard-liner.

The rocket fire was claimed by two smaller Paleostinian terror groups, but Israel says it holds Hamas responsible for any attacks emanating from Gazoo and routinely responds to such launches with strikes against the organization.

The rocket launch on Sderot struck inside the border town, but caused no casualties or damage. The attack was the second serious rocket strike from Gazoo since Liberman took office in May, following a strike that hit an empty kindergarten in July.

A Hamas official told Israel Radio the group was not interested in a renewal of violence. However earlier Sunday night, Hamas held a large rally in the southern Gazoo town of Rafah, parading rockets through the streets and threatening to renew fighting if Israel did not lift a decade-old blockade on the enclave.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine (PFLP) took responsibility for the rocket launch shortly after the attack. The PFLP’s military arm, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, told local media: "Our people have the right to practice all forms of resistance in response to the crimes and hubris of the occupation."

The rocket launch was apparently in response to the ongoing imprisonment of Bilal Kayed, a PFLP member who has been kept in prison through an Israeli detention order, despite being scheduled for release earlier this summer, after serving a 14.5-year sentence.

However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
at least one smaller salafist
...also known as Wahhabis, salafists are against innovation in religion or in anything else. They eat the same things every meal of every day and all their children are named Abdullah or Mohammed. Not all salafists are takfiris, but all takfiris are salafists. They are fond of praying five times a day and killing infidels...
group ties to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
also took responsibility for the attack. Launches from Gazoo are infrequent and usually carried out by small fringe groups without the approval of Gazoo’s Hamas rulers.

Update from The Times of Israel at 11:00 a.m. ET:

The Israel Air Force conducted 50 airstrikes in two hours against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late Sunday night, following a rocket fired into Israel by Palestinian terrorists earlier that day, but was not seeking an escalation in hostilities, an Israeli official said on Monday.

Palestinian security sources in Gaza said several targets in the northern Strip were struck by Israeli fire, and that a reservoir in Beit Hanoun was damaged. Israel also hit a base belonging to Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in nearby Beit Lahiya, witnesses said. Palestinian health and security sources said between two and five people were lightly wounded by Israel’s retaliatory fire.

This was the second Israeli bombardment of the day. Immediately following the rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon, Israeli aircraft and tanks also targeted Hamas installations in the northern Gaza Strip.

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PFLP Fighters Claim Attack On Israeli Soldiers

2012-10-24

Those brave, brave Lions of Islam! And so ineffective, too.

[Ma'an] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fighters on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded an Israeli soldier on the Gaza border.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said in a statement that it was responsible for a bomb that went off beside an army patrol east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. It said no PFLP militants were injured in the operation.

"We in the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades reaffirm the right of confrontation and resistance to the occupation, and we will continue our military response and our resistance so long as the occupation continues its aggression, and we will keep our watchful eye toward protecting the people and the homeland. Our response will continue. No voice is louder than the voice of resistance," the PFLP wing said in a statement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would deliver a strong response to the attack. "We will fight and we will hit them very, very hard," Netanyahu said.

The wounded officer was evacuated by helicopter to hospital, the Israeli military said in a statement.

On Monday, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said it had fired mortars at soldiers and cross-border rockets east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli forces killed two Palestinian fighters in airstrikes early Monday morning.

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Factions resume projectile fire at Israel

2011-04-09

[Ma'an] Paleostinian resistance factions resumed projectile fire toward Israeli targets Friday, less than a day after Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, officials declared a ceasefire, seeking to avoid further casualties.

The leading Gazoo party said it had secured pledges from most resistance factions in the coastal enclave, to stop fire if Israel would agree to the ceasefire.

An hour after the initiative was announced, a wave of Israeli air strikes hit targets across the Strip, killing four Al-Qassam fighters.

Israeli media accused Hamas of offering the ceasefire after a barrage of projectiles were fired, seeking only an escape from retaliation.

While one faction announced its refusal to participate in the ceasefire, and the DFLP said fighters launched projectiles toward Israel at approximately 3 p.m., others held off fire until 4:30, when the Al-Qassam Brigades launched the first set of projectiles.

4:30 p.m. The Al-Qassam Brigades say fighters fired six projectiles on Israeli military posts east of Rafah, and three mortar shells toward the former Sufa crossing, also near Rafah.

5:40 p.m. The armed wing of the PFLP, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, said fighters launched two Grad-style projectiles toward Ashkol.

6:20 p.m. An gang affiliated with Fatah movement said fighters fired two projectiles on a Kibbutz east of Al-Qarara, in the southern Gazoo Strip.

7:15 p.m. The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said fighters launched a Grad-style projectile toward Ashkol another one toward Ofakim, Israeli population centers near Gazoo.

7:18 p.m. The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, said fighter launched six mortars toward the Israeli military post of Nahal Oz, east of Gazoo City.

7:30 p.m. The An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades said fighters launched projectiles toward the Zekem military post.

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PFLP wing says shelled Israeli military jeep

2011-02-10

[Ma'an] The armed wing of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine
... Paleostinian Marxist movement, founded in 1967. It is considered a terrorist organization by more than 30 countries including the U.S., European Union, Australia, Canada, and Antarctica. The PFLP's stated goal is the establishment of a socialist State in Paleostine. They pioneered armed aircraft hijackings in the late 60s and early 70s...
, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, said cut-throats fired a projectile on an Israeli military jeep east of Gazoo City's Ash-Shujayiya neighborhood on Wednesday morning.

According to a statement sent by the group, Israeli soldiers entered the area to rescue the targeted patrol.

The attack came after a series of three Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrikes hit targets across the Gazoo Strip, injuring 10, including three women and two children.

In their statement, the brigades said they would remain steadfast to the option of resistance and would continue to confront "the crimes of the Israeli occupation."

An Israeli military front man said he was not immediately familiar with the report, and a spokeswoman later confirmed that no such incident had been reported.

"What're those people smoking? We didn't see any flying projectiles coming in our direction. Honestly, are they capable of any direction other than "down"?"

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Brigades say fighters pushed back Israeli force in Gaza

2011-01-04

[Ma'an] A hard boy group in the southern Gazoo Strip said they fired mortar shells at Israeli military vehicles operating east of Khan Younis on Monday afternoon.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said she had received no reports of attacks on Israeli forces operating inside Gazoo.
Nope. Nothing here. Probably just trying to impress the chicks at the new mall.
The An-Naser Salah Ad-Din Brigades, affiliated with the Popular Resistance Committees, said their artillery unit was able to launch two shells at a force which entered the Strip at 12:35 p.m.
Okay, boys, that's it...it's ZamZam time!
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, said their fighters also launched a number of mortar shells at the same Israeli unit.
EAT...SOMETHING...ZIONIST OPPRESSORS!
Late Sunday night, two resistance groups claimed to have launched projectiles at Israeli targets.

A wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, said fighters clashed with Israel forces at the southern Kissufim military gate. The group also claimed to have fired mortar shells at an army post east of Khan Younis' Abu Aj-Jeen neighborhood.

Meanwhile National Resistance Brigades fighters, affiliated to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Paleostine, said they launched projectiles toward an Israeli military post.
Wow, it's a veritable...projectilepalooza!
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was not aware of any shells launched from Gazoo overnight.
I dunno. Maybe it was the voices in their head that told them they did it. Bet it's getting crowded in there...
Look at the bright side for them. This way they can say they did it and still live to talk about it. And when the Zionists deny it ever happened, that's just confirmation, 'cause they're evil Joooz and all.

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Palestinian factions fire mortar shells at Israeli army

2010-12-13

(KUNA) -- Paleostinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, Al-Quds Brigades, announced on Sunday its responsibility for firing several mortar shells at Israeli military post east of Gazoo city.

The fighters have targeted and fired three mortar shells at Nahal Oz, an Israeli military post near Shijaia neighborhood east of Gazoo city, said Al-Quds Brigades in a statement of which KUNA received a copy.

Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing for the Paleostinian Popular Liberation Front claimed the responsibility on bombarding Israeli Special Forces with mortar shells, according to Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades statement, which KUNA received a copy.

The attack was in honor of marking the 43rd anniversary of the brigade as well as a response to Israeli actions, according to statement.

The unit tank fired four mortar shells at Israeli Special forces trying to infiltrate Shijaia neighborhood, it added.

In a related context, Israeli forces opened fire towards Paleostinian homes in Bureij refugee camp in central Gazoo Strip.

Intense festivities broke between various Paleostinian factions and Israeli forces, local witnesses added.

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PFLP: 3 mortars fired at Israeli forces in Gaza

2010-04-15

[Ma'an] Operatives affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said they launched three mortars against Israeli forces east of Gaza City on Wednesday.

The PFLP's Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said its forces attacked a patrol accompanied by a military bulldozer stationed at the eastern cemetery between Gaza City and Israel.

The purported attack came in response to "Israeli attacks and crimes against Palestinians and detainees," the leftist Palestinian faction explained in a statement.

An Israeli military spokesman said he was aware of no such attack.

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PFLP wing claims 3 April projectile strike

2010-04-06

[Ma'an] The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said its forces targeted a military site near Nahal Oz, east of Gaza, with a C5K missile on Saturday.

"This action comes in the course of addressing the continuing crimes of the occupation against our people," the PFLP said in a statement, claiming that Israel's Haaretz newspaper and the Hebrew-language Army Radio confirmed that the rocket hit the military site.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the army was not familiar with any such attack on Saturday.

Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the PFLP, commented to Al-Alam News a day earlier that the "threats of the occupation will not succeed in breaking the will of the Palestinian people or deterring the resistance." He said that the resistance factions have met in Gaza to coordinate mechanisms to "collectively confront Israeli aggression in Gaza."

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PFLP claims responsibility for projectile launch

2010-01-02

[Ma'an] The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed they fired two homemade projectiles from Gaza into the Israeli town of Netivot on Thursday night.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said in a statement issued on Friday that the attack was "a confirmation of continued resistance."

On Thursday night a military spokesman confirmed that one projectile landed in Netivot. There were no reports of casualties.

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Gaza fighters trade fire with Israeli forces

2009-12-21

[Ma'an] Palestinian fighters said on Sunday that they traded gunfire with Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the

"We claim joint responsibility for shooting three Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun."

National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), claimed joint responsibility for an attack. "We claim joint responsibility for shooting three Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun. The Israeli army retaliated by shooting with heavy weapons," the two groups said in a statement.

An Israeli military representative said that an an Israeli patrol came under fire on in recent hours near the Nahal Oz crossing. The official said no injuries or damage resulted. It was not clear if this was the same incident reported by the PFLP and DFLP.

The armed groups' statement added that the attack was "in response to the crimes of the occupation."

The statement also reaffirmed "the right to resist the occupation ... in order to defend our people, land, identity and principles."

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