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IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS
WITH 3 MEMBERS OF
FAUDA, THE ANARCHIST
MOVEMENT IN
PALESTINE

   

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IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH
3 MEMBERS OF FAUDA, THE
ANARCHIST MOVEMENT IN

PALESTINE

conducted by @abolishtheusa

‘MEMBER 1

Note: Member 1 is the same member in-
terviewed by Black Rose Anarchist Federa-
tion, please see that interview for topies not
‘covered here!

Everyone suffers. The great disaster is
in Gaza, but people in the West Bank
and in the occupied interior also suffer
from the deprivation of personal and
collective freedoms. Arrests and torture
in prisons have increased greatly in the
past weeks. They are usually large, but in
the past weeks they have increased great-
ly for fear of the outbreak of clashes and.
confrontations in the West Bank and
internally. Yesterday night, they bombed
the Almamadani Hospital in Gaza and.
Killed more than 1,500, including a large
number of children.. Are you listening??
children..

Close to 1,000 innocent women and
children were killed in this massacre...
“The world must see and know the truth
about the terrorist Israeli Nazis.... Just
imagine your child raking refuge in a
hospital in the hope of getting protec-
tion and sitting there and feeling safe
“Then you come (0 the hospital to see
your child, and the surprise is that your
child has been turned into dismembered
pieces.

Y¥es, this is what the Nazi Israeli occupa-
tion did in Gaza, Ic killed more than 600
Palestinians, all of them children and
‘women, and turned them into dismem-
bred pieces after Israeli warplanes fired
a missile towards the Baptist Hospital
known as the « Ahly Arab » in Gaza.

“Tall your people what is happening here
Let them know the truth,

Nor the lies of occupation

Ts Iperf rginterven feud

 

‘We officially established our movement
in Palestine 4 years ago. We knew litle
about anarchist and anarchist _move-
ments in advance, but due to the aca-
demic study of some members of the
movement in the United States and
Britain, we learned more deeply about
anarchism and saw its activities closely,
and that is why we decided to follow this
approach in occupied Palestine.

 

‘One of the main reasons that led to fol-
lowing this approach is, firstly, the free-
dom of thought of anarchists and their
acceptance of other ideas and personal
freedoms of others. Secondly, the meth-
‘ods used by them to express their oppo-
sition to the state and authority. When
Palestinian youth want to express their
protest, unfortunately, they only use old
methods. Bur when we learned about
anarchy and anarchism in Europe and
America, we discovered that there were
various other methods for confronting
the occupation.

For example, in the past and to some
extent today, some Palestinian youth
see the fight against occupation only in
armed resistance. Since the Israeli secu-
rity environment is very tight here, these
armed actions, which are known here in
Palestine as the « lone wolf operation,
ofien lead to the killing of many Pales-
tinian youth without having a significant
impact on the apartheid regime and its
security forces. So pay attention: the life
of a young Palestinian man is facing a
simple and unnoticeable event. ‘There-
fore, we decided to adopt other policies
in fighting the occupation, and we found.
these policies in anarchism. Here, for se-
‘curity reasons, I cannot reveal our plans
and some facts on the ground. We are
present throughout occupied Palestine,
but are mostly concentrated in the West
Bank,

‘Our projects revolve around several axes.
“The first axis is educating and craining
Palestinian youth on new methods of
confronting the occupation (the educa-
tional unit). The second axis is imple-
menting these methods on the ground
in different ways (executive unit). ‘The
third axis is to publish everything related
to arrests, killings, humanitarian crimes,
and the deprivation of individual and
social freedoms practiced by the occu-
pation against the Palestinian people, to
keep ths issue alive in the consciences of
all segments of society, especially anar-
chists (Al-Wehda News). The fourth axis
is to disseminate important information
about the history of Palestine, the histo-
ry of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict,
and the intellectual differences that the
new generation may face from its past,
because here we are facing a fierce media
war thac distorts the facts and turns the
facts in favor of Israel. As you know, Is-
rael has channels that broadcast around
the clock in in Arabic in order to distort
historical faces and spread its false narta-
tive about the past and what is currently
happening on the ground (Media Unie).
Unfortunately, for security reasons, 1
cannot send pictures.. but you will find
some of them in our Telegram group @
fauda_ps and @fauda_education.

‘We only want peace. We only want to be
given freedom. And co return our lands

Y¥es, here are many needs that we have to
provide here in order to help others and
also in order to carry out demonstrations
and protests in the streets, such as:

1. Helmets, goggles, gas masks and
gloves for personal safety during protest.

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2. Basic medical supplies such as bandag.
painkillers, et.

3. Banners, posters and speakers.
4, Smartphones and walkie-talkies.

5. Water bottles, snacks, and portable
food during long protests.

6, Flags and clothing that represent the
anarchist movement (especially during
black bloc protests).

7. (REDACTED)

8. Notebooks, pens, and cameras to doc-

9, Identities and documents relevant to
‘emergencies oF unforeseen circumstanc-

10. Money for hospital and other ex-
penses, whether for anarchists or to help
some needy people and poor Palest

11. [REDACTED]

12. [REDACTED], and also purchas-
ing some tools for self-defense during
protests, such as [REDACTED], a com-
puter cable, [REDACTED], wooden
boards, tools for blocking streets, and
[REDACTED] to make it difficult for
the police and security forces to see.

“This isa section of the needs for which
we will disburse aid. We support what-
ever you want to do with the money you
have fundraised, whatever charity you
decide to send it to. But usually this aid
does not reach the Palestinians. Especial-
ly ifyou want to provide it through some
international organizations... because in
more than 90 percent of cases the occu-
pation prevents this aid from reaching
the Palestinians.
‘MEMBER 2

In 2020, when we saw the anti-racist
demonstrations for George Floyd and ac-
tions of anarchist Americans, we decided
to create this movement in Palestine. On
the one hand, we did not want to be like
Hamas military groups, and on the other
hand, we did not want to remain neutral
and forget the cause of Palestine. Israel
is really apartheid here. Zionists are rac-
ist, We do nor criticize Jews. Many Jews
have helped us and are helping us, but
the Zionists want the Arabs to leave Pal-
estine. ‘They occupied our houses and
support the attacks of the Israeli army
against children and defenseless wom-
cen. ‘Therefore, it was necessary to form
proudly Palestinian group of young
people to resis Israel. We have friends in
almost all parts of Palestine who help this
‘movement asthe main staff. We are pres-
cent in the West Bank and Gaza as well as
the occupied tertitories of 48.

‘Our collective is an anarchist collective.
OF course, you cannot appoint a leader
for an anarchist group. Because we act
like headless movements in other parts
of the world, In the Middle East, many
leaders and political officals who have
been the head of a party or group have
deviated the movement from its origi-
nal ideals and beliefs for their personal
and party interests. In Palestine, many
officials and heads of the government
headed by Mahmoud Abbas are corrupt
people and have an economic and se-
‘curity agreement with Israel. The Arab
representatives who are in the Israeli Par-
liament are also corrupt people and have
accepted the sovereignty of Israel.

FAUDA movement has a steering group
that consists of several main and old
members whose work is done with their
coordination. This group is responsi-

ble for directing and issuing orders for
campaigns, demonstrations and opera
tions. Under this steering group, there
are 4 departments. Each of these 4 de-
partments has a manager and dozens of
Palestinian youths are working in these
departments. These sections are present
in most parts of Palestine, especially in
the West Bank. Many people also join us
‘when we hold rallies or demonstrations.

Regarding the politcal prison guard, you
should know thar more than 7,000 inno-
cent Palestinians are in the prisons of the
Israeli apartheid regime. Some of them
are women and even teenagers. Teenag-
cers who were imprisoned ata young age
and have been in prison for more than
15 yeats now.

Israel does not even allow a rial for them
and they are in prison without charge!
‘We call this, « phenomenon » (@EEEEEL
BEEBE). You can search the same Ar-
abic phrase on the Internet and see and
read about the injustice and cruel ap-
proach against the prisoners.

“The FAUDA movement carried out ac-
tivities for chese prisoners for their sup-
port. In different cities, we held rallies in
front of the courts or the headquarters of
the Israeli police. We organized a cam-
paign on social networks. We went 0
visit some families whose members are
prisoners and they talked 0 us about
the torture that Israeli forces have on
prisoners. Unfortunately, Israel’ security
systems interpret all our work, even our
humanitarian work, as security threats
“Thats why we don't publish photos and
videos of many of our actions, such as
{going to prisoners’ homes.

We reject large international organiza-
tions, because they ultimately always
stand with or are passive o Israel. When

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Palestinian youths are assassinated by
Zionist settlers or Israeli forces, or when
Israeli warplanes bombard Gaza and kill
defenseless people and civilians, interna-
tional organizations do nothing. What
is the point of simple words of condem-
nation? Israel brings whatever disaster it
wants to the defenseless Palestinian peo-
ple and organizations only express regret!
But we announce to all the anarchist
and humanita groups of the world that
‘we ate ready to cooperate with them to
be the voice of the oppressed Palestinian
prisoners, we must help their families
Fascist Israel will imprison the father
of a Palestinian family on crumped-up
charges then the family has almost no
income and becomes pot. ‘That father
stays in prison for several years and there
is no one to help his family. We ask the
freedom loving groups of the world to
pay attention to this issue and help us in
this direction.

In our opinion, every Palestinian can be
‘on the path of resistance by declaring his
disgust with the apartheid system of Isra-
el. What does resistance mean? It means
standing in frone of the enemy with all
the strength, initiative and creativity and.
not giving up on one’ right. ‘This is the
philosophy of resistance and we follow i
in the FAUDA movement. We have stat
ced many times that a student, student,
poet, teacher, painter, musician, com-
poser and singer, media activis, seller,
an armed fighter, etc, can all be popular
resistance by declaring disgust and tak-
ing appropriate physical action. ‘This is
the basis of the movement FAUDA. Re-
sistance must be popular resistance. We
should not waie for foreign armies or for-
ign organizations to come and defend
us. In this movement, we have started a
path that all people can die for and stand.

against Israel's racist policies. Today, the
‘movement has entered an important pe-
riod. We used to be a small movement.
By the grace of God, today we are present
all over Palestine and we are present and
active in various news, culcural and social
sections, in the month of Ramadan, and
{guerrilla sections and campaigns against
the occupying Israeli police forces. ‘This
is our national and people’ resistance,
and people's resistance has shown in
history thar it always overcomes the op-
pressors of fascist regimes. ‘The resistance
throughout Palestine and even in the
Syrian Golan Heights, where Israel has
‘occupied it, is a uniform resistance and
has one goal, and thar isto expel the Zi-
‘nists who have conquered our land and
homes. ‘therefore, we should. not look at
Gaza and the West Bank from a separate
point of view. But naturally, there are
differences in the way of resistance and
fighting model in different regions.

[As the first and largest anarchist move-
ment in Palestine, the FAUDA move-
ment has extended its hand for help 0
all freedom-seeking groups in the world
from the east and the west. These groups
can help us in several areas. First in the
discussion of financial aid, Our forces
need equipment co strike the oppres-
sive Israeli police who artack the Pales-
tinian people with weapons of war and
kill hundreds of our friends every year.
‘Obsaining this equipment is sometimes
very expensive, Israel uses ultra-advanced
equipment with foreign aid, especially
American aid, but we really stand against
them with the least facilities. We need
financial help to cake the initiative and
deliver more [REDACTED]. Also, our
friends provide financial aid to help the
families of the victims, the families of
the prisoners and the people who help
us on the path of resistance so that they
can have the lowest level of welfare. You
can be with usin helping these oppressed
people.

“The second is media assistance. If there
are me teams who want to help us in
producing and publishing content, we
are ready to cooperate with them. This
is very useful in Gaza, When you check
the media, you will see that the western
media affiliated with the fascist system
do not publish any content about the
‘oppression of thousands of children and
‘women and girls and boys or old men
and women! You don't know about many
inhumane incidents in Gaza, such as lack
‘of medicine, lack of sanitary materials,
lack of safe. drinking water, etc. ‘The
youth of FAUDA in Gaza can present
these documentaries with your support
and the anarchist media groups will pub-
lish them so that che world will know. In
this war that we are in these days, many
‘western media have closed their eyes and
our friends outside of Palestine say that
they show Israel as a victim and consider
you Palestinians as terr**sts!

“The chird case is in our campaign organi-
zations, which we cannot talk about due
to our security agreements. Libertarians
(context: ouside of the US, « liberrari-
an » is synonymous with anarchist, and
always has been) all over the world are
fighting against elements afiiated with
the fascise system. We are also fighting
with the Israeli police and we need help.
“The fourth thing is that our movement
is ready co participate in meetings and.
interviews to introduce the world to this,
movement formed in Palestine, We in-
vite all the press and media co introduce
this movement to the freedom seekers
of the world. Write and publish, even
the plan of making a documentary film

about the first anarchist movement in
Palestine would be very suitable.

“There are about 15 anti-Zionist resis-
tance groups in Palestine, of which our
movement is one. H***s and Islamic
Jihad are among these groups. All re-
sistance groups are together and follow
the same goal. We should not divide
them. Israel wants to divide between
the lefe and groups like H***s and use
this division for its own benefit. So we
must be alert and not play. in the ene-
my’ playground, H***s, Islamic Jihad,
Kitab al-Aqsa and other armed resistance
‘groups in Palestine have always been de-
stroyed in the Western media for their
anti-Zionist stance and actions.

“The image of H***s reflected in the me-
dia is nor real. When they entered the
settlements of the Gaza Strip, they didn't
{g0 afier the elderly and children, they
didn'c cut off anyone's head. In the first
hours of the war, Israel announced that
H’**s would behead and slaughter the
Jewish people, later the Americans said
the same thing. A day later they retracted.
their statement, and said that they don't
have evidence to prove their claim!

Bur chere are differences in the fighting
pattern, Fauda movement has invit-
ced all people, whether Muslim, Jewish
‘or Christian, to join the popular and
national resistance against apartheid.
Well, H's is purely Islamic and has
no non-Muslim forces. But it doesn't
matter, now is nor the time for internal
conflicts.

In the early months when the movement
started, senior members of **** contact-
ced us. And we had a meeting and they
asked about the quality and quantity of
‘our work and we talked together. ‘They
fully agreed thac Palestinian Christians

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and Jews should also be helped as part of
the anti-Zionist resistance.

“Therefore, the goal isthe same, but there
are differences of opinion in some fields
and patterns, which are not the place to
raise them here. In addition, H***s is
currently engaged in a war and we can-
not comment further.

“The number of active and effective an-
archist groups here is very small. Many
of them are no longer active. There are
some groups thac we have a relationship
‘with and in some cases we work together.
In Israel, ie., the occupied territories of
48, there are also some anarchist groups
formed by anti-Zionise Jewish youth,
and we support them. But in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, our movement
is the only one that operates according
to anarchist principles, and unfortu-
nately, this opinion has not yet spread in
Palestine as it has spread in Europe and.
America

‘We are trying to enlist the help of all Pal-
cstinian friends, regardless of race, tribe,
or religion, to resise the fascist regime,
Many Jewish youth have helped us in
these years. Also, Muslims and Chris-
tians have many activists in this move-
ment. All of us today are the leaders of
a movement that is nationally and pop-
ularly seeking to achieve the same ulti-
mate goal

‘Supporters of Palestine can_helps us in
aways:

1- print our flag (fauda flag) and go into
the street with friends and make videos.
‘We will share these videos so our people
see world supporters

2-help us with donations. We need some
items to resist zionists and need money
to buy them.

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Q&A WITH FAUDA: QUESTIONS
SUBMITTED BY ANARCHISTS &
OTHERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD

Firstly, regarding your question about
the « two-state solution », we will never
accept the two-state solution. Imagine
someone comes to your home and force-
fully robs your home. Afier he sees that
you are resisting and wont leave your
home, he suggests that you share your
home between you both. Does this make
sense to you? if this is logical, chen all
of the following events are also logical:
Someone steals your mobile phone on
the street, gets caught, and then suggests
you share that phone or sell ic and split
the money. Or someone steals your car
and after he realizes that you will nev-
cr give up your car, he suggests that you
share the car of sell it and spi the mon-
%

“There are many, very comparable exam-
ples to our situation with the Zionists,
and no sane mind accepts them, so why
do you expect. ue ace the « 40

‘We completely reject the two-state solu-
tion, But this does nor mean that we do
not accept Jews in Palestine. Before the
Zionists occupied our lands, we all lived
in peace in our lands and did nor face
any problems, neither with Muslims, nor
with Christians, nor with Jews, nor with
any other religion.

We seek our individual & social free-
ddoms. In fact, we do not want any coun-
try to rule us, but this will lead co other
matters and will complicate matters. The
conditions in Palestine are completely
different from the atmosphere in Europe
and America.
Currently, we reject the Palestinian Au-
thority headed by Mahmoud Abbas, and
‘we completely reject the Zionist occupa-
tion, which takes away all the freedoms
of the Palestinians.

Frankly, currently the only practical solu-
tion we have is the one-state solution.
But this does not mean that we will not
offer other options in the future. We may
face some circumstances in the future
that enable us to present other options
and pursue them, Most of our focus as
anarchists here is on the new generation
“The new generation must know how our
conflict with Israel began. ‘The Israeli
media is currently focusing on reversing
historical facts. The Arabic « Makan »
channel, which broadcasts around the
clock in the Arabic language, broadcasts
films, documentaries, and television pro-
‘grams targeting the new generation and
seeking to shape their ideas, mislead and
brainwash them.

‘One of the very dangerous actions and
activities practiced by Israel is that ic is
trying 10 change academic subjects in
Arab schools through its influence with
the traitorous Palestinian Authority, in
favor of its policies. In other words, Is
rael cannot even accept the differences in
cultures among us.Look! When we see
these practices by the apartheid regime,
how do you expect us to believe that Is-
rael seeks to establish two independent
« states » on Palestinian lands? How do
you want us to believe that it will allow
us to be independent? All ofthese are lies.
Israel has lied to us for the past 75 years
‘on many issues. We will not lec them de-
ceive us again, We first determine what
Israels goals are (whether political, cul-
tural, intellectual, or other goals) and
then we organize activities that are com-
patible with the local Palestinian culture

to confiont these Israeli racist practices
“The main question we have as Palest
ian anarchists is to guarantee our in
vidual and social freedoms. Often, even
‘workers state asa transitional stage caus-
‘es major problems and can lead co tyran-
ny, injustice, and the abuse of power to
take away the freedoms of others. Focus-
ing excessively on laws and the manage-
ment of society by the state will ead to
‘excessive accumulation of power, as we
have seen in many Marxist movements,
and this will increase the possibilities of
corruption and tyranny. We also believe
in the complete abolition of states, but
if there is no escape from the existence
of the state, there must be a small state
with very limited powers in which all
segments of society participate.

  

 

Bur currently in Palestine the main is-
sue is not this. We are now living in
an atmosphere of war. We first want t0
remove the occupying entity from exis-
tence. That's why no one is raising these
issues now. Conditions do not allow us
to search for these matters, We are cur-
rently experiencing a crisis. We need t0
make great efforts and it will take a long,
time for people here to recognize these
theories, lee alone accept them. Most
people herein Palestine live in a religious
atmosphere (whether Islamic, Chris-
tian,Jewish, or other) and have culeures
that are completely different from Euro-
pean, American, and other cultures. This
is why our people sometimes see social
classes and the differences between these
classes as very natural and sensical. Here
in Palestine, we try to focus on common-
alities more than differences. Of course,
there are many chings that Palestinian
society, especially the older generations,
may not accept. ‘The reason is that they
were raised in a somewhat traditional
and religious environment.

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Bur what do we do? First, we focus on
the new generation, which has more vi-
tality and activity than others and can
accept many of the new ideas that we put
forward, or at least can deal with them
more openly. Secondly, we do nor see the
time as appropriate to discuss contro-
versial matters, but rather we emphasize
solidarity and cooperation together to
achieve our common goals. There are a
large number of our siblings ftom oth-
cer religions and different orientations
with whom we cooperate, including
Jews, Christians, Muslims, LGBTQ»,
and others. We need very broad media
support. Currendy, the Palestinian me-
dia is blacked our and blocked all over
the world, especially in the West. We call
‘on all our siblings and comrades in the
world t0 officially monitor Palestinian
news ftom Palestinian channels, translate
ic into English or other European, Asian
and African languages, and publish it in
their media, But unfortunately so far no
‘one has responded to us. We call on all
‘our anarchist siblings and others who
stand in solidarity wich the Palestinian
cause not to be satisfied with the news
published by well-known Western gov-
‘emment channels. Because we see that
they distort and falsify the facts and do
not publish much of what is happening,
in the Palestinian arena.

MEMBER 3
Due t0 rapidly worsening israeli genocidal
violence, including the arming ofall israeli
settlers, in the West Bank, we were unable
to finish his interview, and hope to expand
i in the future.

For your information, I donit know
much about academic studies. I have
never done an interview before. I'm just
1 Palestinian woman engaged in and
supporting my comrades in the Fauda
anarchist movement. I was born into
a Palestinian Muslim family. I have a
brother who is 3 years older than me
and a sister who is 4 years younger than
me. In childhood, my life was normal
and everything was good. But as soon
as I became an adult, problems started
with my father and brother. My person-
ality was different from most ofthe giels
around me, Originally I couldnt bear to
live in a cage. Here, if an Arab woman
is bor into a traditional family, she is
usually obliged to stay at home (except
in the case of exceptions and vows) and.
do household chores such as cooking,
cleaning, sewing, and other chings. Buc |
didnt like these tasks, Thar’s why usually,
after I came back from school, I would
{g0 10 see one of my friends who was an
older git! than me and studying at the
university. She painted wonderfully.
“That's why [fell in love with drawing too,
used to talk to her about everything
She was a very beautiful girl. I loved her
‘with all my heart. That’ why we always
talked together about everything, But on
the contrary, my relationships with my
father and brother were getting worse
day by day. 1 was living between wo
completely separate worlds. A world that
I loved and adored with my friend, and
second world filled with hatred, orders,
and prohibitions violating all he bound-
aties of my life and every litte, private
aspect of my life

Imagine... I used to hear these sentences
several times daily

Do not wear these tight clothes,
Why are you late?

‘Where were you?

Don't be friends with so-and-so.

‘Why are you wearing all chis makeup?
‘Why do you make your voice soft when
you speak?

‘And many similar questions that target-
ced all the private aspects of my life. Thad
nothing lef chat I could control for my-
self. I had nothing lefe until I personally
decided whac I waswilling to go through
to get what I wanted our of life. All the
affairs of my life were under the umbrella
of control of my father and sometimes
my brother. ‘They were deciding what 1
should do, how to do is, when to do it,
where to do it, and, and, and.. the only
person I could talk to comfortably at
home was my mother. My mother loved
me, but she did not have the ability to
stand up to my father or do anything for
ime, She too was a woman, but what did
a woman have in this house? Nothing. 1
could go on but...1'll cut it shore: One
day I was at my friend’ house and we
‘were talking about her university. I don't
know how the conversation gor carried
away to the topic of some of the young
men at her university. She said that there
are some young people who talk about
freedom and liberation, and that human
rights are the most important thing in
this life, and she mentioned co me that
they adopted some ideas called...anar-
chism.

“This was my first encounter with anar-

chism. After weeks or months passed (I
dorit remember), I asked this friend of

mine to introduce me to these young,
men, and that’ how I gor to know Fau-
da, Due to the difficule circumstances
1 was living in, I unfortunately did not
study academic studies. But if feminism
and anarchism mean that women have
the right to determine their destiny in
life and to choose their way of life, chen I
ama feminist and an anarchist. I cannot
stand anything chat puts me in cage and
wants 0 determine for me how to live
and what to do.

Already life-threateningly dangerous, con-
ditions in the West Bank have escalated
‘even more in the past two weeks, epecial-
1y for anarchists and youth organizers. We
‘completed the second part of this interview
to the best of our ability

[America and Israel lie to everyone. ‘They
never attack Hamas. Hamas forces have
underground tunnels and use them well
in order to eliminate the Israeli army.
“Therefore, the Israeli army has not yet
been able to eliminate Hamas, and 1
believe chat it will not be able to with
case. But it bombs hospitals, mosques,
churches, and residential neighborhoods
inhabited by civilians who have abso-
lutely nothing to do with Hamas. ‘They
deliberately kill women and children
“They prevent any humanitarian aid from
centering the Gaza Strip under the pretext
that ic will reach Hamas and Hamas will
use it against them in che war. These are
all nonsense and lies. What is the faule
of children and women? Do they die of
hunger and thirst and without any hu-
manicarian supplies in hospitals? Chil-
dren are killed in fronc of their mothers
in hospitals that are out of service. Why
and for what sin? Israel and America
arenit fighting Hamas. ‘They only fight
children, women and civilians.
Israelis not a good society for women or
rnon-women. ‘This system is buile on the
foundation of apartheid. It divides peo-
ple in one way or another.

Even the Jews themselves in Israel are
distince from? one another. Statistics in-
dicate that women in the Israeli army are
always exposed to sexual harassment and
assault by men, According to statistics,
they had 1,542 complaints of “sexual ha-
rassment” in the Israeli army during the
year 2020 alone. Is this a society suitable
for women? ‘That respects women? Or
gives women their rights?

Israel is built on che foundation of ex-
tremist ideology. ‘This ideology is the
only thing that Israel cares about. Ev-
cexything other than this ideology is just
lies in order to maintain this apartheid
system. All the propaganda and all the
lies, such as the claim they are “the most
moral army in the world,” and the pro-
paganda carried out by the charming and.
beautiful women in the Israeli army and.
all the influential figures on social net-
working sites... All of these are just pro-
paganda co polish Israels image in the
world, buc from within, Israel is full of
hatred,

Hatred between different Jewish sects,
hatred between Arabs and Jews, hatred
between politcal parties and on and on.
1 don't know what Palestine will be like
in che future. But I would like to see
everyone living in peace in my country.
‘Women and men, Children and aduls
‘Young men and women. Jews, Muslims,
Christians, even atheists, homosexuals,
converts, and anyone who has any idea
thac might make him different from oth-
cers, We are tired of these situations.

‘We are tired of che many problems, war,
fear, and not living in safety. All I wanc is

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to be able to walk down the street with-
‘out worry. All T want is to sit in a café,
walk along the coast, or attend a party
‘with my friends and have fun together. I
don't chink that’s a big ask. This is wha
everyone around the world experiences
and this is our right. These are che least
of our rights on our land, Why should
‘we be kicked out of our homes? Why do
wwe have to leave our land?

Why did the West gather the Jews in
our land? Why dont America, Britain,
France, and Europe receive them them-
selves? We lived here in peace. We lived
with the Jews on our land in peace. We
don't have any problem with che Jews
‘Our problem is that they gathered for-
«ign people in ourland and handed them
the leadership of our country. Would
America, for example, accept that Arabs
from all over the world meet in America
and that Arabs assume leadership there?
Does this make sense in your opinion?
“This is as clear as the sun in the middle
of the day. I donic know why everyone
discusses these simple matters as if they
‘were solving complex mathematics equa-

1am very grateful to my friends in the
Fauda movement. ‘They helped me alot.
Tye had very difficult days. I was alone
and they helped me find a job and sup-
ported me so that I wouldnt feel alone.
1 Earned a lot from them. I learned from
them the meaning of life. I learned free-
dom from them. I learned from them
how to live on my own and how to rely
‘on myself. They even gave me sums of
money to get a job. They are really cool. I
love each one of them. It is wonderful to
live among people who appreciate you,
respect your feelings, understand you,
and try to help you. It feels very nice, A
feeling I never found in my family.

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IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH
3 MEMBERS OF FAUDA, THE
ANARCHIST MOVEMENT IN

PALESTINE

conducted by @abolishtheusa

‘MEMBER 1

Note: Member 1 is the same member in-
terviewed by Black Rose Anarchist Federa-
tion, please see that interview for topies not
‘covered here!

Everyone suffers. The great disaster is
in Gaza, but people in the West Bank
and in the occupied interior also suffer
from the deprivation of personal and
collective freedoms. Arrests and torture
in prisons have increased greatly in the
past weeks. They are usually large, but in
the past weeks they have increased great-
ly for fear of the outbreak of clashes and.
confrontations in the West Bank and
internally. Yesterday night, they bombed
the Almamadani Hospital in Gaza and.
Killed more than 1,500, including a large
number of children.. Are you listening??
children..

Close to 1,000 innocent women and
children were killed in this massacre...
“The world must see and know the truth
about the terrorist Israeli Nazis.... Just
imagine your child raking refuge in a
hospital in the hope of getting protec-
tion and sitting there and feeling safe
“Then you come (0 the hospital to see
your child, and the surprise is that your
child has been turned into dismembered
pieces.

Y¥es, this is what the Nazi Israeli occupa-
tion did in Gaza, Ic killed more than 600
Palestinians, all of them children and
‘women, and turned them into dismem-
bred pieces after Israeli warplanes fired
a missile towards the Baptist Hospital
known as the « Ahly Arab » in Gaza.

“Tall your people what is happening here
Let them know the truth,

Nor the lies of occupation

Ts Iperf rginterven feud



‘We officially established our movement
in Palestine 4 years ago. We knew litle
about anarchist and anarchist _move-
ments in advance, but due to the aca-
demic study of some members of the
movement in the United States and
Britain, we learned more deeply about
anarchism and saw its activities closely,
and that is why we decided to follow this
approach in occupied Palestine.



‘One of the main reasons that led to fol-
lowing this approach is, firstly, the free-
dom of thought of anarchists and their
acceptance of other ideas and personal
freedoms of others. Secondly, the meth-
‘ods used by them to express their oppo-
sition to the state and authority. When
Palestinian youth want to express their
protest, unfortunately, they only use old
methods. Bur when we learned about
anarchy and anarchism in Europe and
America, we discovered that there were
various other methods for confronting
the occupation.

For example, in the past and to some
extent today, some Palestinian youth
see the fight against occupation only in
armed resistance. Since the Israeli secu-
rity environment is very tight here, these
armed actions, which are known here in
Palestine as the « lone wolf operation,
ofien lead to the killing of many Pales-
tinian youth without having a significant
impact on the apartheid regime and its
security forces. So pay attention: the life
of a young Palestinian man is facing a
simple and unnoticeable event. ‘There-
fore, we decided to adopt other policies
in fighting the occupation, and we found.
these policies in anarchism. Here, for se-
‘curity reasons, I cannot reveal our plans
and some facts on the ground. We are
present throughout occupied Palestine,
but are mostly concentrated in the West
Bank,

‘Our projects revolve around several axes.
“The first axis is educating and craining
Palestinian youth on new methods of
confronting the occupation (the educa-
tional unit). The second axis is imple-
menting these methods on the ground
in different ways (executive unit). ‘The
third axis is to publish everything related
to arrests, killings, humanitarian crimes,
and the deprivation of individual and
social freedoms practiced by the occu-
pation against the Palestinian people, to
keep ths issue alive in the consciences of
all segments of society, especially anar-
chists (Al-Wehda News). The fourth axis
is to disseminate important information
about the history of Palestine, the histo-
ry of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict,
and the intellectual differences that the
new generation may face from its past,
because here we are facing a fierce media
war thac distorts the facts and turns the
facts in favor of Israel. As you know, Is-
rael has channels that broadcast around
the clock in in Arabic in order to distort
historical faces and spread its false narta-
tive about the past and what is currently
happening on the ground (Media Unie).
Unfortunately, for security reasons, 1
cannot send pictures.. but you will find
some of them in our Telegram group @
fauda_ps and @fauda_education.

‘We only want peace. We only want to be
given freedom. And co return our lands

Y¥es, here are many needs that we have to
provide here in order to help others and
also in order to carry out demonstrations
and protests in the streets, such as:

1. Helmets, goggles, gas masks and
gloves for personal safety during protest.

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2. Basic medical supplies such as bandag.
painkillers, et.

3. Banners, posters and speakers.
4, Smartphones and walkie-talkies.

5. Water bottles, snacks, and portable
food during long protests.

6, Flags and clothing that represent the
anarchist movement (especially during
black bloc protests).

7. (REDACTED)

8. Notebooks, pens, and cameras to doc-

9, Identities and documents relevant to
‘emergencies oF unforeseen circumstanc-

10. Money for hospital and other ex-
penses, whether for anarchists or to help
some needy people and poor Palest

11. [REDACTED]

12. [REDACTED], and also purchas-
ing some tools for self-defense during
protests, such as [REDACTED], a com-
puter cable, [REDACTED], wooden
boards, tools for blocking streets, and
[REDACTED] to make it difficult for
the police and security forces to see.

“This isa section of the needs for which
we will disburse aid. We support what-
ever you want to do with the money you
have fundraised, whatever charity you
decide to send it to. But usually this aid
does not reach the Palestinians. Especial-
ly ifyou want to provide it through some
international organizations... because in
more than 90 percent of cases the occu-
pation prevents this aid from reaching
the Palestinians.
‘MEMBER 2

In 2020, when we saw the anti-racist
demonstrations for George Floyd and ac-
tions of anarchist Americans, we decided
to create this movement in Palestine. On
the one hand, we did not want to be like
Hamas military groups, and on the other
hand, we did not want to remain neutral
and forget the cause of Palestine. Israel
is really apartheid here. Zionists are rac-
ist, We do nor criticize Jews. Many Jews
have helped us and are helping us, but
the Zionists want the Arabs to leave Pal-
estine. ‘They occupied our houses and
support the attacks of the Israeli army
against children and defenseless wom-
cen. ‘Therefore, it was necessary to form
proudly Palestinian group of young
people to resis Israel. We have friends in
almost all parts of Palestine who help this
‘movement asthe main staff. We are pres-
cent in the West Bank and Gaza as well as
the occupied tertitories of 48.

‘Our collective is an anarchist collective.
OF course, you cannot appoint a leader
for an anarchist group. Because we act
like headless movements in other parts
of the world, In the Middle East, many
leaders and political officals who have
been the head of a party or group have
deviated the movement from its origi-
nal ideals and beliefs for their personal
and party interests. In Palestine, many
officials and heads of the government
headed by Mahmoud Abbas are corrupt
people and have an economic and se-
‘curity agreement with Israel. The Arab
representatives who are in the Israeli Par-
liament are also corrupt people and have
accepted the sovereignty of Israel.

FAUDA movement has a steering group
that consists of several main and old
members whose work is done with their
coordination. This group is responsi-

ble for directing and issuing orders for
campaigns, demonstrations and opera
tions. Under this steering group, there
are 4 departments. Each of these 4 de-
partments has a manager and dozens of
Palestinian youths are working in these
departments. These sections are present
in most parts of Palestine, especially in
the West Bank. Many people also join us
‘when we hold rallies or demonstrations.

Regarding the politcal prison guard, you
should know thar more than 7,000 inno-
cent Palestinians are in the prisons of the
Israeli apartheid regime. Some of them
are women and even teenagers. Teenag-
cers who were imprisoned ata young age
and have been in prison for more than
15 yeats now.

Israel does not even allow a rial for them
and they are in prison without charge!
‘We call this, « phenomenon » (@EEEEEL
BEEBE). You can search the same Ar-
abic phrase on the Internet and see and
read about the injustice and cruel ap-
proach against the prisoners.

“The FAUDA movement carried out ac-
tivities for chese prisoners for their sup-
port. In different cities, we held rallies in
front of the courts or the headquarters of
the Israeli police. We organized a cam-
paign on social networks. We went 0
visit some families whose members are
prisoners and they talked 0 us about
the torture that Israeli forces have on
prisoners. Unfortunately, Israel’ security
systems interpret all our work, even our
humanitarian work, as security threats
“Thats why we don't publish photos and
videos of many of our actions, such as
{going to prisoners’ homes.

We reject large international organiza-
tions, because they ultimately always
stand with or are passive o Israel. When

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Palestinian youths are assassinated by
Zionist settlers or Israeli forces, or when
Israeli warplanes bombard Gaza and kill
defenseless people and civilians, interna-
tional organizations do nothing. What
is the point of simple words of condem-
nation? Israel brings whatever disaster it
wants to the defenseless Palestinian peo-
ple and organizations only express regret!
But we announce to all the anarchist
and humanita groups of the world that
‘we ate ready to cooperate with them to
be the voice of the oppressed Palestinian
prisoners, we must help their families
Fascist Israel will imprison the father
of a Palestinian family on crumped-up
charges then the family has almost no
income and becomes pot. ‘That father
stays in prison for several years and there
is no one to help his family. We ask the
freedom loving groups of the world to
pay attention to this issue and help us in
this direction.

In our opinion, every Palestinian can be
‘on the path of resistance by declaring his
disgust with the apartheid system of Isra-
el. What does resistance mean? It means
standing in frone of the enemy with all
the strength, initiative and creativity and.
not giving up on one’ right. ‘This is the
philosophy of resistance and we follow i
in the FAUDA movement. We have stat
ced many times that a student, student,
poet, teacher, painter, musician, com-
poser and singer, media activis, seller,
an armed fighter, etc, can all be popular
resistance by declaring disgust and tak-
ing appropriate physical action. ‘This is
the basis of the movement FAUDA. Re-
sistance must be popular resistance. We
should not waie for foreign armies or for-
ign organizations to come and defend
us. In this movement, we have started a
path that all people can die for and stand.

against Israel's racist policies. Today, the
‘movement has entered an important pe-
riod. We used to be a small movement.
By the grace of God, today we are present
all over Palestine and we are present and
active in various news, culcural and social
sections, in the month of Ramadan, and
{guerrilla sections and campaigns against
the occupying Israeli police forces. ‘This
is our national and people’ resistance,
and people's resistance has shown in
history thar it always overcomes the op-
pressors of fascist regimes. ‘The resistance
throughout Palestine and even in the
Syrian Golan Heights, where Israel has
‘occupied it, is a uniform resistance and
has one goal, and thar isto expel the Zi-
‘nists who have conquered our land and
homes. ‘therefore, we should. not look at
Gaza and the West Bank from a separate
point of view. But naturally, there are
differences in the way of resistance and
fighting model in different regions.

[As the first and largest anarchist move-
ment in Palestine, the FAUDA move-
ment has extended its hand for help 0
all freedom-seeking groups in the world
from the east and the west. These groups
can help us in several areas. First in the
discussion of financial aid, Our forces
need equipment co strike the oppres-
sive Israeli police who artack the Pales-
tinian people with weapons of war and
kill hundreds of our friends every year.
‘Obsaining this equipment is sometimes
very expensive, Israel uses ultra-advanced
equipment with foreign aid, especially
American aid, but we really stand against
them with the least facilities. We need
financial help to cake the initiative and
deliver more [REDACTED]. Also, our
friends provide financial aid to help the
families of the victims, the families of
the prisoners and the people who help
us on the path of resistance so that they
can have the lowest level of welfare. You
can be with usin helping these oppressed
people.

“The second is media assistance. If there
are me teams who want to help us in
producing and publishing content, we
are ready to cooperate with them. This
is very useful in Gaza, When you check
the media, you will see that the western
media affiliated with the fascist system
do not publish any content about the
‘oppression of thousands of children and
‘women and girls and boys or old men
and women! You don't know about many
inhumane incidents in Gaza, such as lack
‘of medicine, lack of sanitary materials,
lack of safe. drinking water, etc. ‘The
youth of FAUDA in Gaza can present
these documentaries with your support
and the anarchist media groups will pub-
lish them so that che world will know. In
this war that we are in these days, many
‘western media have closed their eyes and
our friends outside of Palestine say that
they show Israel as a victim and consider
you Palestinians as terr**sts!

“The chird case is in our campaign organi-
zations, which we cannot talk about due
to our security agreements. Libertarians
(context: ouside of the US, « liberrari-
an » is synonymous with anarchist, and
always has been) all over the world are
fighting against elements afiiated with
the fascise system. We are also fighting
with the Israeli police and we need help.
“The fourth thing is that our movement
is ready co participate in meetings and.
interviews to introduce the world to this,
movement formed in Palestine, We in-
vite all the press and media co introduce
this movement to the freedom seekers
of the world. Write and publish, even
the plan of making a documentary film

about the first anarchist movement in
Palestine would be very suitable.

“There are about 15 anti-Zionist resis-
tance groups in Palestine, of which our
movement is one. H***s and Islamic
Jihad are among these groups. All re-
sistance groups are together and follow
the same goal. We should not divide
them. Israel wants to divide between
the lefe and groups like H***s and use
this division for its own benefit. So we
must be alert and not play. in the ene-
my’ playground, H***s, Islamic Jihad,
Kitab al-Aqsa and other armed resistance
‘groups in Palestine have always been de-
stroyed in the Western media for their
anti-Zionist stance and actions.

“The image of H***s reflected in the me-
dia is nor real. When they entered the
settlements of the Gaza Strip, they didn't
{g0 afier the elderly and children, they
didn'c cut off anyone's head. In the first
hours of the war, Israel announced that
H’**s would behead and slaughter the
Jewish people, later the Americans said
the same thing. A day later they retracted.
their statement, and said that they don't
have evidence to prove their claim!

Bur chere are differences in the fighting
pattern, Fauda movement has invit-
ced all people, whether Muslim, Jewish
‘or Christian, to join the popular and
national resistance against apartheid.
Well, H's is purely Islamic and has
no non-Muslim forces. But it doesn't
matter, now is nor the time for internal
conflicts.

In the early months when the movement
started, senior members of **** contact-
ced us. And we had a meeting and they
asked about the quality and quantity of
‘our work and we talked together. ‘They
fully agreed thac Palestinian Christians

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and Jews should also be helped as part of
the anti-Zionist resistance.

“Therefore, the goal isthe same, but there
are differences of opinion in some fields
and patterns, which are not the place to
raise them here. In addition, H***s is
currently engaged in a war and we can-
not comment further.

“The number of active and effective an-
archist groups here is very small. Many
of them are no longer active. There are
some groups thac we have a relationship
‘with and in some cases we work together.
In Israel, ie., the occupied territories of
48, there are also some anarchist groups
formed by anti-Zionise Jewish youth,
and we support them. But in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, our movement
is the only one that operates according
to anarchist principles, and unfortu-
nately, this opinion has not yet spread in
Palestine as it has spread in Europe and.
America

‘We are trying to enlist the help of all Pal-
cstinian friends, regardless of race, tribe,
or religion, to resise the fascist regime,
Many Jewish youth have helped us in
these years. Also, Muslims and Chris-
tians have many activists in this move-
ment. All of us today are the leaders of
a movement that is nationally and pop-
ularly seeking to achieve the same ulti-
mate goal

‘Supporters of Palestine can_helps us in
aways:

1- print our flag (fauda flag) and go into
the street with friends and make videos.
‘We will share these videos so our people
see world supporters

2-help us with donations. We need some
items to resist zionists and need money
to buy them.

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Q&A WITH FAUDA: QUESTIONS
SUBMITTED BY ANARCHISTS &
OTHERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD

Firstly, regarding your question about
the « two-state solution », we will never
accept the two-state solution. Imagine
someone comes to your home and force-
fully robs your home. Afier he sees that
you are resisting and wont leave your
home, he suggests that you share your
home between you both. Does this make
sense to you? if this is logical, chen all
of the following events are also logical:
Someone steals your mobile phone on
the street, gets caught, and then suggests
you share that phone or sell ic and split
the money. Or someone steals your car
and after he realizes that you will nev-
cr give up your car, he suggests that you
share the car of sell it and spi the mon-
%

“There are many, very comparable exam-
ples to our situation with the Zionists,
and no sane mind accepts them, so why
do you expect. ue ace the « 40

‘We completely reject the two-state solu-
tion, But this does nor mean that we do
not accept Jews in Palestine. Before the
Zionists occupied our lands, we all lived
in peace in our lands and did nor face
any problems, neither with Muslims, nor
with Christians, nor with Jews, nor with
any other religion.

We seek our individual & social free-
ddoms. In fact, we do not want any coun-
try to rule us, but this will lead co other
matters and will complicate matters. The
conditions in Palestine are completely
different from the atmosphere in Europe
and America.
Currently, we reject the Palestinian Au-
thority headed by Mahmoud Abbas, and
‘we completely reject the Zionist occupa-
tion, which takes away all the freedoms
of the Palestinians.

Frankly, currently the only practical solu-
tion we have is the one-state solution.
But this does not mean that we will not
offer other options in the future. We may
face some circumstances in the future
that enable us to present other options
and pursue them, Most of our focus as
anarchists here is on the new generation
“The new generation must know how our
conflict with Israel began. ‘The Israeli
media is currently focusing on reversing
historical facts. The Arabic « Makan »
channel, which broadcasts around the
clock in the Arabic language, broadcasts
films, documentaries, and television pro-
‘grams targeting the new generation and
seeking to shape their ideas, mislead and
brainwash them.

‘One of the very dangerous actions and
activities practiced by Israel is that ic is
trying 10 change academic subjects in
Arab schools through its influence with
the traitorous Palestinian Authority, in
favor of its policies. In other words, Is
rael cannot even accept the differences in
cultures among us.Look! When we see
these practices by the apartheid regime,
how do you expect us to believe that Is-
rael seeks to establish two independent
« states » on Palestinian lands? How do
you want us to believe that it will allow
us to be independent? All ofthese are lies.
Israel has lied to us for the past 75 years
‘on many issues. We will not lec them de-
ceive us again, We first determine what
Israels goals are (whether political, cul-
tural, intellectual, or other goals) and
then we organize activities that are com-
patible with the local Palestinian culture

to confiont these Israeli racist practices
“The main question we have as Palest
ian anarchists is to guarantee our in
vidual and social freedoms. Often, even
‘workers state asa transitional stage caus-
‘es major problems and can lead co tyran-
ny, injustice, and the abuse of power to
take away the freedoms of others. Focus-
ing excessively on laws and the manage-
ment of society by the state will ead to
‘excessive accumulation of power, as we
have seen in many Marxist movements,
and this will increase the possibilities of
corruption and tyranny. We also believe
in the complete abolition of states, but
if there is no escape from the existence
of the state, there must be a small state
with very limited powers in which all
segments of society participate.





Bur currently in Palestine the main is-
sue is not this. We are now living in
an atmosphere of war. We first want t0
remove the occupying entity from exis-
tence. That's why no one is raising these
issues now. Conditions do not allow us
to search for these matters, We are cur-
rently experiencing a crisis. We need t0
make great efforts and it will take a long,
time for people here to recognize these
theories, lee alone accept them. Most
people herein Palestine live in a religious
atmosphere (whether Islamic, Chris-
tian,Jewish, or other) and have culeures
that are completely different from Euro-
pean, American, and other cultures. This
is why our people sometimes see social
classes and the differences between these
classes as very natural and sensical. Here
in Palestine, we try to focus on common-
alities more than differences. Of course,
there are many chings that Palestinian
society, especially the older generations,
may not accept. ‘The reason is that they
were raised in a somewhat traditional
and religious environment.

"
Bur what do we do? First, we focus on
the new generation, which has more vi-
tality and activity than others and can
accept many of the new ideas that we put
forward, or at least can deal with them
more openly. Secondly, we do nor see the
time as appropriate to discuss contro-
versial matters, but rather we emphasize
solidarity and cooperation together to
achieve our common goals. There are a
large number of our siblings ftom oth-
cer religions and different orientations
with whom we cooperate, including
Jews, Christians, Muslims, LGBTQ»,
and others. We need very broad media
support. Currendy, the Palestinian me-
dia is blacked our and blocked all over
the world, especially in the West. We call
‘on all our siblings and comrades in the
world t0 officially monitor Palestinian
news ftom Palestinian channels, translate
ic into English or other European, Asian
and African languages, and publish it in
their media, But unfortunately so far no
‘one has responded to us. We call on all
‘our anarchist siblings and others who
stand in solidarity wich the Palestinian
cause not to be satisfied with the news
published by well-known Western gov-
‘emment channels. Because we see that
they distort and falsify the facts and do
not publish much of what is happening,
in the Palestinian arena.

MEMBER 3
Due t0 rapidly worsening israeli genocidal
violence, including the arming ofall israeli
settlers, in the West Bank, we were unable
to finish his interview, and hope to expand
i in the future.

For your information, I donit know
much about academic studies. I have
never done an interview before. I'm just
1 Palestinian woman engaged in and
supporting my comrades in the Fauda
anarchist movement. I was born into
a Palestinian Muslim family. I have a
brother who is 3 years older than me
and a sister who is 4 years younger than
me. In childhood, my life was normal
and everything was good. But as soon
as I became an adult, problems started
with my father and brother. My person-
ality was different from most ofthe giels
around me, Originally I couldnt bear to
live in a cage. Here, if an Arab woman
is bor into a traditional family, she is
usually obliged to stay at home (except
in the case of exceptions and vows) and.
do household chores such as cooking,
cleaning, sewing, and other chings. Buc |
didnt like these tasks, Thar’s why usually,
after I came back from school, I would
{g0 10 see one of my friends who was an
older git! than me and studying at the
university. She painted wonderfully.
“That's why [fell in love with drawing too,
used to talk to her about everything
She was a very beautiful girl. I loved her
‘with all my heart. That’ why we always
talked together about everything, But on
the contrary, my relationships with my
father and brother were getting worse
day by day. 1 was living between wo
completely separate worlds. A world that
I loved and adored with my friend, and
second world filled with hatred, orders,
and prohibitions violating all he bound-
aties of my life and every litte, private
aspect of my life

Imagine... I used to hear these sentences
several times daily

Do not wear these tight clothes,
Why are you late?

‘Where were you?

Don't be friends with so-and-so.

‘Why are you wearing all chis makeup?
‘Why do you make your voice soft when
you speak?

‘And many similar questions that target-
ced all the private aspects of my life. Thad
nothing lef chat I could control for my-
self. I had nothing lefe until I personally
decided whac I waswilling to go through
to get what I wanted our of life. All the
affairs of my life were under the umbrella
of control of my father and sometimes
my brother. ‘They were deciding what 1
should do, how to do is, when to do it,
where to do it, and, and, and.. the only
person I could talk to comfortably at
home was my mother. My mother loved
me, but she did not have the ability to
stand up to my father or do anything for
ime, She too was a woman, but what did
a woman have in this house? Nothing. 1
could go on but...1'll cut it shore: One
day I was at my friend’ house and we
‘were talking about her university. I don't
know how the conversation gor carried
away to the topic of some of the young
men at her university. She said that there
are some young people who talk about
freedom and liberation, and that human
rights are the most important thing in
this life, and she mentioned co me that
they adopted some ideas called...anar-
chism.

“This was my first encounter with anar-

chism. After weeks or months passed (I
dorit remember), I asked this friend of

mine to introduce me to these young,
men, and that’ how I gor to know Fau-
da, Due to the difficule circumstances
1 was living in, I unfortunately did not
study academic studies. But if feminism
and anarchism mean that women have
the right to determine their destiny in
life and to choose their way of life, chen I
ama feminist and an anarchist. I cannot
stand anything chat puts me in cage and
wants 0 determine for me how to live
and what to do.

Already life-threateningly dangerous, con-
ditions in the West Bank have escalated
‘even more in the past two weeks, epecial-
1y for anarchists and youth organizers. We
‘completed the second part of this interview
to the best of our ability

[America and Israel lie to everyone. ‘They
never attack Hamas. Hamas forces have
underground tunnels and use them well
in order to eliminate the Israeli army.
“Therefore, the Israeli army has not yet
been able to eliminate Hamas, and 1
believe chat it will not be able to with
case. But it bombs hospitals, mosques,
churches, and residential neighborhoods
inhabited by civilians who have abso-
lutely nothing to do with Hamas. ‘They
deliberately kill women and children
“They prevent any humanitarian aid from
centering the Gaza Strip under the pretext
that ic will reach Hamas and Hamas will
use it against them in che war. These are
all nonsense and lies. What is the faule
of children and women? Do they die of
hunger and thirst and without any hu-
manicarian supplies in hospitals? Chil-
dren are killed in fronc of their mothers
in hospitals that are out of service. Why
and for what sin? Israel and America
arenit fighting Hamas. ‘They only fight
children, women and civilians.
Israelis not a good society for women or
rnon-women. ‘This system is buile on the
foundation of apartheid. It divides peo-
ple in one way or another.

Even the Jews themselves in Israel are
distince from? one another. Statistics in-
dicate that women in the Israeli army are
always exposed to sexual harassment and
assault by men, According to statistics,
they had 1,542 complaints of “sexual ha-
rassment” in the Israeli army during the
year 2020 alone. Is this a society suitable
for women? ‘That respects women? Or
gives women their rights?

Israel is built on che foundation of ex-
tremist ideology. ‘This ideology is the
only thing that Israel cares about. Ev-
cexything other than this ideology is just
lies in order to maintain this apartheid
system. All the propaganda and all the
lies, such as the claim they are “the most
moral army in the world,” and the pro-
paganda carried out by the charming and.
beautiful women in the Israeli army and.
all the influential figures on social net-
working sites... All of these are just pro-
paganda co polish Israels image in the
world, buc from within, Israel is full of
hatred,

Hatred between different Jewish sects,
hatred between Arabs and Jews, hatred
between politcal parties and on and on.
1 don't know what Palestine will be like
in che future. But I would like to see
everyone living in peace in my country.
‘Women and men, Children and aduls
‘Young men and women. Jews, Muslims,
Christians, even atheists, homosexuals,
converts, and anyone who has any idea
thac might make him different from oth-
cers, We are tired of these situations.

‘We are tired of che many problems, war,
fear, and not living in safety. All I wanc is

4“

to be able to walk down the street with-
‘out worry. All T want is to sit in a café,
walk along the coast, or attend a party
‘with my friends and have fun together. I
don't chink that’s a big ask. This is wha
everyone around the world experiences
and this is our right. These are che least
of our rights on our land, Why should
‘we be kicked out of our homes? Why do
wwe have to leave our land?

Why did the West gather the Jews in
our land? Why dont America, Britain,
France, and Europe receive them them-
selves? We lived here in peace. We lived
with the Jews on our land in peace. We
don't have any problem with che Jews
‘Our problem is that they gathered for-
«ign people in ourland and handed them
the leadership of our country. Would
America, for example, accept that Arabs
from all over the world meet in America
and that Arabs assume leadership there?
Does this make sense in your opinion?
“This is as clear as the sun in the middle
of the day. I donic know why everyone
discusses these simple matters as if they
‘were solving complex mathematics equa-

1am very grateful to my friends in the
Fauda movement. ‘They helped me alot.
Tye had very difficult days. I was alone
and they helped me find a job and sup-
ported me so that I wouldnt feel alone.
1 Earned a lot from them. I learned from
them the meaning of life. I learned free-
dom from them. I learned from them
how to live on my own and how to rely
‘on myself. They even gave me sums of
money to get a job. They are really cool. I
love each one of them. It is wonderful to
live among people who appreciate you,
respect your feelings, understand you,
and try to help you. It feels very nice, A
feeling I never found in my family.
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