Al-Aqsa Matryrs

My Word: The Marwan Barghouti effect - opinion

As Hollywood embraces Barghouti, collective memory is being reshaped to turn a terrorist into a hero.

|ByLIAT COLLINS
Marwan Barghouti is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012.
MOHSEN MAHDAWI, US Rep. Becca Balint's (D–VT) guest speaks during the "People's State of the Union" event during US President Trump's State of the Union address in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2026.

Report outlines alleged extremist ties, chronological contradictions for pro-Palestinian activist

Mahdawi is a Columbia graduate student and prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist who originally moved to the United States from the West Bank as a student, became a lawful permanent resident.

|ByALEX CARSON
MK Zvi Sukkot and several others seen smashing a monument in in Kafr Madama near Nablus, August 25, 2026.

Sledgehammer sovereignty: Zvi Sukkot’s vigilante stunt hurts Israeli security, law - editorial

Sukkot could have demanded its removal through the IDF, the government, or the courts. What he could not do was appoint himself judge, enforcement officer, and demolition crew.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Zakaria Zubeidi posing with his M-16 and a picture of then-Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat, in Jenin, July 31, 2004.

Shin Bet releases brother of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades commander Zakaria Zubeidi

Jibril Zubeidi, a senior Fatah figure from Jenin and brother of former al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades commander Zakaria Zubeidi, was released after being held in administrative detention since 2023.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YANIR YAGNA

Hamas senior official: No hostage, 'prisoner exchange' without end to war

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said the group will not release hostages unless the Israel-Hamas war fully ends in an interview with Qatar-based Al Araby TV.

OCTOBER 9, 2025ByJAMES GENN
Hamas official Osama Hamdan attends a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, March 20, 2024

Palestinian terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi claims life of terror 'ultimately futile' in NYT interview

Israel's GPO denounced NYT's interview as "glossing over" key moments in Zubeidi's career, including how his re-arrest in 2019 was due to ties with terror attacks, not an amnesty breach.

AUGUST 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Zakaria Zubeidi posing with his M-16 and a picture of then-Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat, in Jenin, July 31, 2004.

Special forces kill four terrorists in Nablus operation

A source told Kan that the terrorists killed in Nablus were preparing to carry out a terrorist attack against Israelis.

OCTOBER 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police said forces made an arrest in Nablus in broad daylight. April 25, 2024. (Illustrative).

'From the water to the water, Palestine is Arab': Hamas flags fly at NYC anti-Israel march

Some protesters wore Hamas headbands, and one man waved a banner emblazoned with the images of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Saadat.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
A person holds a Hamas banner as anti-Israel demonstrators demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli strikes on Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in New York City, New York, US, September 2, 2024.

Senior Hamas terrorist arrested, Border Police officer wounded in West Bank

Overnight, a senior Hamas terrorist was arrested by Israeli forces in Ramallah.

FEBRUARY 18, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Military vehicles drive on a street during an Israeli raid at Tulkarm, in the West Bank, February 18, 2024.

IDF kills 5 Palestinian terrorists in Balata airstrike

Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades commander included among those slain

NOVEMBER 18, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, REUTERS
A destroyed building after last night Israeli airstrike, at the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, November 18, 2023

WATCH: Israel Police elite unit thwarts terror attack in Jericho

This operation was carried out in conjunction with other Israeli security forces. 

AUGUST 10, 2023ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
IDF female combat soldiers.

Israel's Jenin operation aggravates Fatah-Hamas tensions 

The expulsion of two senior Fatah officials sparked angry reactions from several Fatah representatives, including the faction’s armed wing, Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. 

JULY 8, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters protest in solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Radah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 6, 2023.

Islamic Jihad leader: We are arming Fatah terror groups in West Bank

PA officials recently expressed concern over the growing cooperation between PIJ and Fatah armed groups in the northern West Bank.

JULY 1, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian gunmen from the Balata Brigade of the Fatah movement's Lions' Den groups carry their weapons during a festival in the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank, December 9, 2022.

Israeli security guard injured in West Bank checkpoint terror shooting

The attacker reportedly arrived at the checkpoint on foot from the West Bank carrying an M-16 rifle and then fired at security forces in the area.

JUNE 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police arrive at the scene where a security guard was slightly injured in a shooting incident with an attacker who walked on foot to the Kalandiya checkpoint from the West Bank, June 24, 2023.