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Israel's attacks will backfire: Jenin is just the start
A new generation has buried the ghosts of the past, its irrelevant, unenforced peace pacts and bitter, factional infighting, and embraced a new era of Palestinian resistance, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A man walks by destroyed cars in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after the Israeli occupation forces withdraw
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THE deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin on July 3 was not a surprise.
Also unsurprising is the fact that the killing of 12 Palestinians, wounding of 120 more and the destruction of nearly 80 per cent of the Jenin refugee camp’s homes and infrastructure will not make an iota of a difference.
Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite his lofty promises of destroying the “safe haven... of the terrorist enclave in Jenin,” must have known that his bloody exercise was ultimately futile.
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