Palestinian Mujahideen Movement

The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanized: Haraka al-Mujahideen al-Filistynya)[a] is one of the most prominent Islamic armed resistance factions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.[1][2] The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement was founded in 2001 as military groups known as the Mujahideen Battalion, led by founder Omar Abu Sharia, at the beginning of the Second Palestinian Uprising (also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada).[3][4]

They broke away from the Fatah movement the along with their military wing, the Mujahideen Brigades. The Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المجاهدين, romanized: Kataeb Mujahideen) were known as the Martyr Jamal Al-Amari Brigade when they were part of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,[b]

Their current Secretary General (as of 2023) is Asaad Abu Sharia (أسعد أبو شريعة).[5]

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Notes

  1. ↑ but the movement often use the unusual Romanisation "mojahdeen" for themselves.
  2. ↑ The Fatah Party officially deny a continued convention to their armed wing, as of 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "Palestine Definition". 2017-08-05. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  2. ↑ Carl S. Ehrlich "Philistines" The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible. Ed. Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan. Oxford University Press, 2001.
  3. ↑ "ليست القسام وحدها.. تعرف على أبرز الفصائل المقاوِمة في فلسطين". الجزيرة.نت - ميدان. Archived from the original on 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  4. ↑ Kramer, Gudrun (2008). A History of Palestine: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Founding of the State of Israel. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11897-0.
  5. ↑ https://nabd.com/t/134098586-ece2a5
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