Israeli Palestinian conflict

Miniature maps of “Palestine” embellished with weapons (rifles, grenades), and often also with religious icons (the Dome of the Rock, verses from the Koran) are rife throughout the PA areas. These maps appear on the logo of terrorist organizations, student movements, drawings, plaques awarded to honor achievements, etc. These maps embody the symbol and message of continuing the “armed confrontation until the liberation of all of “Palestine” . Below are some examples:

Example A:

A postcard in commemoration of Hamas member, Issa Khalil Shawkah , who specialized in producing explosives and explosive charges and was an assistant to 'Adil 'Awadallah , the former head of Hamas military infrastructure in the West Bank. The card was found in Bethlehem, and was printed by Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. On the bottom of the card there is an image of the map of Palestine integrated into the flag , and in it a quotation of the beginning of the first tenet of Islam “there is no God other than Allah”. Beneath it is the Dome of the Rock, with guns on each side symbolizing the way to “ liberate ” “Palestine” (for additional examples of miniature maps of “ Palestine ” refer to Appendix D ).

Example B:

A pamphlet circulated at the “ Islamic University ” of Hebron by the “Muslim Palestine Bloc” of “ Al-Jama'ah al- Islamiyyah ” (the student movement of the "Palestinian Islamic Jihad” terror organization). The logo of “Al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyyah” is a map of “Palestine” against the background of the Dome of the Rock and above it the inscription “Allahu Akbar” [God is Great] and the Koran verse [line 29, verse 69]: “[As for] those who have sacrificed their lives for our sake – we will lead them in our righteous path; and indeed, Allah is with those who do the good deeds”. The following is printed on the bottom of the cover: “a movement whose Secretary General died for the sake of Allah cannot possibly give up; the martyr, the gallant teacher, doctor Fathi al-Shikaki ” [the leader of the “Palestinian Islamic Jihad” terror organization who was killed in 1995 and whose photograph appears on the lower right hand corner of the pamphlet].

A gift in the shape of a map of “Palestine” made of wood with an inscription presented to a perpetrators of a suicide attack

The following is printed on the map:

Dying a martyr's death for Allah (“Shahadah”) is
The spearhead of the confrontation

The warrior who died for the sake of Allah in a suicide operation (“A- Istish'hadi”), the hero Sa'ad Tawfiq Nasr Allah Janani , the hero of the Mekhorah operation. [the gift] is presented by “the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine”, Beit Furiq .

Comment : Sa'ad Janani was killed while perpetrating a shooting attack in the Jewish- Israeli village of Mekhorah situated in the northern Jordan Valley on 10 August 2002. One civilian woman was killed and three civilians were injured.

Following are the maps including our comments:

A sketch of the map of “Palestine” featuring a gun on one side and a sword on the other

A sketch of a map of “Palestine” featuring a gun on one side and a sword on the other. The sketch was found in Bethlehem among radical Islamic school material captured by the IDF during Operation Defensive Shield.