Lebanese university and thank you ali salam editor and chief at basira press. With that we come to an end for our extended coverage. Thanks for being with us, as usual International News heading your way at half past the hour. This bye bye for now. Fight. Of the Palestinian Islamic jihad was founded in the late 70s by a group of palestinian youth. These Young Palestinian men, including the founder of the movement. Fatih shakari were studying at egyptian universities. Meanwhile, arabs and muslims were ignoring the palestinian cause and did not consider it a central cause of the arab and muslim world. They also neglected the importance of the islamic aspect of the cause. As a result, the Palestinian Islamic jihad was developed as an idea and a project to revive the islamic thought in palestine. The organizational core of the Islamic Jihad movement formed in egypt. The first group of us consisted of students in the egyptian universities. The founder, dr. Fadhi shakaki, may allah bless his soul, saw that there must be an islamic frame to include the answers to the hard palestinian questions. How does islam view palestine, and what is the role of the islamic move . Came with his ideas and vision stating that palestine should not be forgotten as a central cause of the islamic nation and its uniqueness shall not be forgotten, i found what i was missing. I found my missing vision through the ideas of abu ibrahim. May allah bless his soul. In the early 80s, dr. Fatih shagaagi, along with number of Young Palestinian men, returned to palestine to build the organizational base for the Palestinian Islamic jihad. The movement started the battle of popular and political mobilization, relying on the fact that the whole of palestine from its sea to its river is an islamic endowment, and that its religiously impermissible to give up a single grain of its sand. According to the principles of the Islamic Jihad, it is a Palestinian Islamic movement. This means that the main battlefield is palestine from its sea to its river. The main goal of the movement is to raise allahs word earth through following the islamic legislation and through ending the occupation. The idea of the Islamic Jihad movement started to take shape for the population and spread among the intellectuals of palestinians in universities and cultural or intellel. All this has finally led to the emergence of what is called the Islamic Jihad movement on the land of of palestine, it was meant to shalder the of responsibility to encounter the occupation as secular stream was withdrawing away from resistance. The Palestinian Islamic jihad became famous a time when patriotic operations against the Israeli Occupation had stopped, the Israeli Occupation became a tyrant and the west bank and the gazasrip became easy for the Israeli Settlers who wandered freely in the streets. To shop and buy goods for lower price than they were used to in their own settlements. Yes, the factions of the Liberation Organization were absent. The palestinians were doing and saying nothing. Therefore, the arab countries were pushing the palestinians towards solutions and compromises. In the period of the mid80s, rabin was announcing the ironfis policy on the west bank and the. I saw myself how the Israeli Occupation was insulting and humiliating the palestinian youth. The zionist enemy was escalating, they were spreading in all the lanes, streets and squares of palestine. However, the movement was convinced that its ideas would never have the historical credibility unless they are used practically. The resistance work of the members of the Islamic Jihad movement started when they were able to implement some operations of selfdefense against the Israeli Occupation and its settlers. These settlers killed and humiliated the palestinians. That was the beginning of new revolution that the occupation did not expect on the palestinian land. I clearly remember how the Israeli Occupation army killed my grandfather with cold blood in 1967 for no reason, i used to watch how my mother felt, and few years later my maternal uncle was imprisoned, he spent many years in prison through which he was tortured in many ways. I also remember when i was seven years old, i went to visit him, i saw all the torturing marks on his body, so all the things i lived in my childhood. Played a major role in shaping my national and islamic character to defend this enemy. Most of the operations that happened were in response to the occupation crimes. In early 80s, khalid aljuidi, the release detain fighter, ahmad abu hasira, alhasani, and many others implemented simple operations because they had no big facilities. Palestinian Islamic Jihad adopted the armed resistance as an important way to liberate palestine and therefore made the members of the movement targets of the occupation and many leaders of the Palestinian Islamic jihad were imprisoned as the occupation thought they would influence the movement and destroy it by that. We were imprisoned in 1983 we were the first. Early Islamic Group to enter the israeli jails, so the first declared Islamic Group was imprisoned in the israeli jails, because of the issue of the islamic talya magazine. Dr. Fadhi al shakaki, may allah bless his soul, was imprisoned on march 2nd, 1986, that was preceded by the imprisonment of akmed abu hasira and muhammad alhasani, were released in the last prisoner exchange. Investigations have revealed information about the implementation of more than eight jihadi operations by the Islamic Jihad movement that were not announced at the time. The last of those was the operation of gaza square, which i think was in february 1986. The zionist studies confirmed that members of the Islamic Jihad movement are increasing in number and the fame of the movement has spread among all the. Addition, its militant wing today has a Strong Influence on the battlefield with the zionist enemy, which is much stronger than it used to be, since the foundation of the Palestinian Islamic jihad, its weapons have been developing, at the beginning they depended on simple means like stones and knives, then they used guns and implemented patriotic operations recently. They have had rockets that were used in late 2012. There was development and progression the militant work of the Islamic Jihad. In late 80s there was a humble militant wing with little facilities called the sword of islam. Most of its members were assassinated then they moved to the jihadi islamic force al qassam in 2000. And after the assassination of most of the leaders of algassam and the imprisonment of others, another wing was formed which is the present alquts brigade. It is probably the most distinguished and powerful. In addition to the power and the tactical ability of the fighters, it is important to have qualitative weapons. From the beginning there were knives, then bullets, then explosive devices, then weapons were developed to become local made rockets. These rockets reached askalan, then ashtad, then in the last war, the eight day war, the rockets reached tel aviv and telasabi and other distant areas. These rockets were able to create a military nightmare for the zionist enemy. They could make new equation in confronting the zionist enemy, telling them that today is the day of victory, and there is a balance of horror. We can also say that there is equation to combat after the operation of cast leed and the eight day war with the zionist enemy. The power of the Palestinian Islamic jihad reached its peak during the blue sky war or the stones of segile. The resistance movements in gaza use those names for the war begun by the israeli army on 14th of november 2012. The israeli army called it the pillar of cloud. In that war, the Israeli Occupation could not stop the resistance, so they called for help and a. Was then declared a truth that the Palestinian Islamic jihad was a part of jihad has emerged as the main power and there cannot be any truth without the Islamic Jihad, therefore the Islamic Jihad was present because of its presence and steadfastness in the battle and the ability to manage in the eighth day war. So the negotiations continued between hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement to express the internal unity of resistance. In addition, that was meant to express the shared confrontation and field that was reflected in the political presence in cairo in the mutual negotiations with the israeli occupants. Since the moment, the enemy has been thinking of a stopping the conflict. However, we did not allow that because it would. Have made its goals come true while we still had not collected the fragments from the streets. We did not allow that to happen, so we carried on in this battle until now so that the enemy knows that its message has failed. The assassination of murder al jabbarry and the killing of the Palestinian People cost the israelis dearly. The enemy has to think twice before taking such a step and realized that the resistance has reached a point where theres no return. The great support for the Palestinian Islamic jihad by the population made it intensify its efforts and enhance its other peaceful means to achieve its goals to liberate palestine. Therefore, the movement wanted to put education top of its list of social services for the Palestinian People, starting from kindergartens to universities. Our kindergarten is a deep rooted kindergarten that was founded 20 years ago, it provides services to the marginalized areas in the gaza strip, like the distant areas by the borders, it provides services to all categories like people of martys families and prisoners families. The Islamic Jihad movement tried to contribute to the society, it established hospitals, centers for handicap care in kindergardens. It also has a strong presence in universities, academies and syndicates of different professions and fields. One never feels that the Islamic Jihad movement is only a bullet. The Palestinian Islamic jihad contributed to providing social services through charitable organizations. These organizations take care the families of the marters, the prisoners and the wounded who have been targeted by the Israeli Occupation army that destroys life in palestine with all means. And the father of martter mervat masud. In fact, the situation is hard, but thank allah, then muchat Alquds Foundation that helps the families of marters. It fulfills their needs and provides medications too. The foundation pays the families visits eads and different occasions and helps them as much as it can, thanks to allah. I am abdulfat mahmoud judah, the father of matar mahmoud juda. I visit muchad alguts foundation for help. I would like to thank them for the efforts they exert for me, and for the daughters, the wife and the mother of the martter. His daughters and wife receive a monthly allowance. And good care, with the help of allah, his mother was sick, needed a disc surgery and could not walk for six months, with the help of foundation, paid the entire expenses of the surgery. We in the Islamic Jihad movement felt that we should establish institution to take care of the families of the marters, prisoners and fighters in the occupation prisons. This includes the prisoners and the wounded there who need permanent and continuous medical care or social services for the families of the matters and their children, the family of mata, mervat masud is one of the families that became poor. Then fatal diseases invaded the bodies of the parents. These diseases require many medications and they may need to travel abroad. This is true, i am the father the commando mervat mas, her mother is a cancer patient. We went to mohjat foundation and they stood by us in an honorable way. Until now, every time we travel for medical treatment, they try to help us as much as they can. I am a sick woman and our financial status is hard, but thank allah. Foundation helped when my husband and i traveled to receive medical treatment. Going to israel is cheaper, but we are not allowed, so the foundation helped us to go to egypt. Among those whom the Palestinian Islamic jihad did not forget are the men targeted by the Israeli Occupation war planes and tanks. They had their body limbs amputated or became handicapped because of their injuries. They are still receiving medical treatment and care. The specialized entities of the Palestinian Islamic jihad are sponsoring them and providing them with all their needs to have dignified lives. In fact, such institution rises above the hard reality we live, because of the circumstances our palestinian nation is. These institutions support the civilian Society Inside the ghaza strip and try to help people overcome their pain and troubles as much as possible. They also exert every effort so they are like light in the life of the wounded people and the civilian society تممثل نقطه نور او اضاءه في حياه جراحانه الى العمل في غزه في الشارع الصفطاوي تفاجات heading to work in gaza through alsaftawei street, i was surprised by a zionist boming, the zionist targeting caused me wounds and damage in the left side of my body, specifically in my left arm and leg, when i was at the hospital, institution took care of me, it provided my medicine and توفره مؤسسه موجد القدس انا was injured on april 5th 2011, my legs were amputated, i traveled with the help of foundation. I left for year and went to syria to receive the treatment, then from. From there i left iran and i received a complete treatment. Our brothers in iran did their best with the medication. Thank god, i had artificial limbs in iran and as you can see i can walk normally. The services were not limited to those were targeted by the occupation. They were expanded to more than that when the palestinian. Jihad established hospitals and medical clinics that provide services to all the palestinians, especially those in the poor and distant neighborhoods. I have diabetes and i had cut with glass, i came here and they helped me with the treatment, i come here every day to change the plaster on the cut, i do not go anywhere else, thank god, changing the plaster is for free, because my financial status is hard, i have had this disease for a long time, its not new. This center established a one year ago, we we were established in the first of january 2013, and the we we are now coming to the second year of a providing this service in this area, and this area, this area of gazab camps, it is very isolated area, there is no any Health Centers here and those people are very poor people and they need the Health Service and they are away from hospitals and other Health Centers. Thus the Palestinian Islamic jihad had to develop its media which became one of the most influential tools for the local, arab and international audiences. Therefore, the movement had its own position that could not be ignored among the Palestinian People. It also had an islamic, arab, and international. And a tv channel, there are some publications and books distributed with the title of Islamic Jihad. We believe completely that the media has role in general life. As for palestine, became the site of this brutal conflict, media become that much more important. Media have great significance to express the situation and combat the israeli aggression, which is using the weapons of modern media too. We thank the Islamic Jihad movement that supported and defended this Radio Station. We in this station carry the palestinian cause and make the cause of the prisoners. A priority by focusing on it, it is merely humanitarian cause as we care about them. We also have our own Program Cycle in which we combine the Prisoners Affairs with the public affairs. The prisoners in jails also want to listen to and know what happens outside. The last polls confirmed that algods Radio Station and the prisoners station were of the most popular stations among the palestinian population. Although their fund and facilities come from the Islamic Jihad movement, their language is not partizan. Moreover, our weapons will continue being present in front of the zionist enemy, as long as there is an occupied land and Sacred Places being judaist and a siege imposed on the people of the gaza strip. It will be there, as long as there is continuous sionist cruelty against our land, people, sanctities, and prisoners inside the. الحال حالنا كحال المواطنين هنا نحن نبكي ولكن نبكي على الخذلان وليس على ما يفعل الاحتلال الاحتلال نعرف ان هذا هو ديدنه وهذا هو فعله منذ عقود من الزمن ولكن نبكي على خذلان من حولنا قبل قليل ام هنا اتت وصرخت صرخت امام كل عدساات الاعلام تسال اين العرب اعتقد هذا سؤال تجاوزناه منذ اليوم الاول ولكن لازال لدينا امل هنا لازال لدينا امل في الشعوب العربيه في الشعوب الاسلاميه ان تحرك الانظمه. Israel started two wars on gaza, it resulted in destroying the infrastructure and ruining most fields. Israel has been imposing a siege on this rip for more than seven years, in addition to blocking the crossings and preventing people from traveling. Palestinian women played a significant role in highlighting these issues in media. We as journalists are capable of delivering our message to the world through the culture and the mind inner do we have. I havent faced any difficulties, i mean the palestinian society. Accepts the woman as part of it, so they even support us, for my job right now to preve that you are strong to be here in this position. انت قوي وحش كيف حالك اخذه ايوه رجلك عادي انا بس هذا انت بس هذا اصلا عادي انت بتخاف من اليهود ما تخافش منهم قوي ايش اسمك انت عمر وانت ايش اسمك سوسو لك احلى سوسو بالدنيا واحللى عمريا وين الشمس الحلوه ورفوه في الحمام يا عالم. Israel keeps pounding the gaza strip for the 18th straight day. 140 more palestins are killed in overnight rates. Dicatori amir says israels war on gaza has transcended all limits, adding that the regime must not be given a free license to kill palestinians. And millions of people around the world voice solidarity with the people of palestine calling for an end to the israeli blood shit in gaza