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Gino d'Artali
indept investigative
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radical feminist and women's rights activist
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and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
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called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
Al Jazeera - Oct 26, 2024 - By Mosab Shawer
<<The legacy of Ziad Abu Helaiel - peacefully resisting Israel in West
Bank
Known for unarmed protest and settling disputes in his West Bank
community, the killing of Abu Hilaiel has left a huge 'void', say his
wife, family and friends.
Dura, Occupied West Bank - Ziad Abu Helaiel - 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.
Thousands of people attended his funeral in the West Bank. Several
thousand more tried to attend but were stopped at roadblocks manned by
Israeli forces. Among his many acts of resistance, he led a
demonstration of more than 10,000 people in front of the Israeli
checkpoints in Hebron to demand the return of the bodies of Palestinians
who were killed by Israel in 2016. The demonstration resulted in the
return of 17 bodies. On another occasion, says Muhammad Kamel Nassar,
69, a vendor, Abu Helaiel intervened when Israeli soldiers attempted to
arrest a young man during one of the recent incursions into Dura, south
of Hebron. Abu Helaiel chased after the soldiers and "during his
pursuit, the sheikh confronted them and was severely beaten, handcuffed
and arrested for hours after he helped the young man escape from the
hands of the soldiers".
Nassar recalls the event from the seat close to the Grand Mosque in Dura
where the pair would sit together for hours and discuss issues such as
the suffering of the people in Gaza and social reconciliation.
Tending to his children and his flowers
In the courtyard of their home, Abu Helaiel's wife of 43 years, Basma,
is sitting alone in one of the two chairs she and her husband used to
sit in. Beside her are the flowers and trees that Abu Helaiel, who was
66 when he was killed, lovingly tended to. He preferred the scent of
natural basil flowers, she explains as she wraps his old keffiyeh around
her shoulders. This is where they used to drink their coffee after dawn
prayers every day and wait together for the sunrise. Then their children
would go off to work and their grandchildren to study. He tended to his
family as well. Long after they became adults, to him they remained his
children when they were in his home. Abu Helaiel lost two of his sons to
Israeli bombardments. One was Jihad, just 7 months old, who was killed
during the first Intifada in 1989 near their home. The family was
prevented from travelling to hospital and the baby didn't stand a
chance. Another son, Ahmed, was killed at the age of 17 in 2017 when he
was run over by an Israeli vehicle in Ramallah. A brother, Bader, was
shot in the chest with live bullets before being arrested, injured, and
imprisoned for three years. Basma, 64, has given birth to eight sons and
six daughters. Those still alive are twins Musa and Maysaa, 42 years
old; Muhammad, 41; Murad, 39; Issa, 37; Sanaa, 36; Iyad - the twin of
Jihad - 34; Mahmoud, 33; Bader, 32; twins Nidaa and Fidaa, 31; Muayad,
30; and Yasmine, 29.
'They beat him mercilessly'
In the early hours of October 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led
attack on southern Israel which ended with 1,139 people dead and 251
captured, and triggered the onset of the Israeli war on Gaza, occupation
soldiers stormed the courtyard of Abu Helaiel's house. "It was about
three in the morning when we heard the voice of the soldiers while they
were besieging the house and ordering us to open the door," says Basma.
Her son, Muayad, went to open the door and was immediately attacked. The
soldiers demanded that he take them to his uncle's house next door. At
that moment, other soldiers stormed into the house to find Ziad and
began to beat him mercilessly. He kept repeating that he had a heart
condition, but one of the soldiers deliberately hit the heart area. As
Abu Helaiel tried to follow them from the house, one of the soldiers
slammed the heavy iron front door into his chest, causing him to
collapse. Abu Helaiel had previously undergone a number of heart
procedures including a catheterisation of the artery. He lost
consciousness for more than half an hour but the house was surrounded by
soldiers. "They were preventing the ambulance from reaching us," Basma
says. When he regained consciousness, "he pronounced the Shahada in my
arms while I was trying to help him stay alive and then his soul left
his body. I felt that my body had become soulless, too," Basma says.
'A lot of honey and a little onion'
Basma fondly remembers her husband's generosity, humility, courage and
constant prayer in the mosque. "He taught me patience, and he advised me
to take care of his sick, paralyzed mother and to continue his journey
without fear," she says. Everyone loved him, she says. When he returned
home, a number of cats would always be waiting for him, and he would
feed them every day. They kept coming - even after he was killed. His
grandchildren would also be waiting - ready to take whatever treats he
had brought home for them, crisps or biscuits. "I remember him feeding
them from his spoon even though they had already eaten their lunch,"
Basma recalls. Basma met Abu Helaiel in Jordan, where she was born and
her family lived. Abu Helaiel went to work for a Saudi bank but returned
to Jordan during their engagement and wedding period. The couple
remained there for three years before Abu Helaiel took them back to
Palestine where they settled in the city of Dura, south of Hebron and he
worked in farming. Basma says their marriage was filled with "a lot of
honey and a little onion" - a lot of happiness and a little sadness.
Most of all, she says, her husband was devoted to defending his
countrymen. "He never used weapons or sharp tools, but rather stood with
his bare chest and clean palm in front of the occupation’s guns," she
explains. "He wanted to prevent Israeli soldiers from firing bullets and
bombs at Palestinian youth, especially during the occupation's
suppression of demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Gaza
throughout the past wars. He loved the people of Gaza very much and was
greatly affected by the scenes of massacres in Gaza and talked a lot
about what he saw, especially young children and women. His tears did
not dry for long periods as a result of his sadness and pain."
Now, she says, the pillar of the house has gone. "He has left a huge
void."
At his funeral, Basma says she focused on his courage. She said:
"Congratulations on your martyrdom, and may God make you happy in it.
This death raises my head and the head of his entire family, and it is a
badge of honour for us and a tribute to his biography. His will in his
departure was that we should not cry, but rather rejoice, and ululate,
and not receive mourners, but rather receive congratulations."
Settling disputes in the dead of night
"We never really grew up in our father's eyes," says Murad Abu Helaiel,
39, who works as a computer programmer. "My eldest brother is 42 years
old and our youngest is 27 but he treated us all as children under the
age of five because of the great care he gave us." He was seen as a
caregiver in the wider community as well and would often be called upon
to help settle disputes. "Many times, he received calls requesting his
assistance during the night. He would leave his bed to provide it,"
Murad recalls. On one occasion, Abu Helaiel was stabbed in the hand
while trying to intervene in a dispute between two local men. "He
refused to leave for treatment despite his bleeding until there was a
reconciliation between the two parties," his son says. On another
occasion, he intervened in a dispute between two neighbours over one of
them uprooting the other’s tree. The injured party was demanding 6,000
dinars ($8,464) for the tree. Abu Helaiel took off his agal (the head
wrap over the keffiyeh) and put it on the victim, asking, "Is this
enough instead of 6,000 dinars?" The man replied: "No, this is worth
10,000, and I cannot owe you 4,000 dinars." "And the dispute was
resolved," says Murad. His father's death has left a great void not just
in the family, but in his community and Palestinian society as a whole,
he says. "The Palestinian people needed someone who would confront the
occupation and injustice everywhere and fear nothing."
In his last days, his son says, he continued to provide assistance and
care to the community despite his heart issues. "I hold his clothes -
his head agal, keffiyeh, abaya and dishdasha. They have become a
priceless treasure for me and my family."
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/10/26/the-legacy-of-ziad-abu-helaiel-peacefully-resisting-israel-in-west-bank
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