al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
- noun
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Brigadas de los Mártires de Al-Aqsa
- On September 28, 2000, followers of Marwan Barghouti, a West Bank Fatah leader convicted on May 20, 2004, of five counts of murder, formed the core of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Examples
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Groups directly linked to Fatah, such as Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Tanzim, account for only about 20 percent of the suicide bombings against Israel.
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Zakaria Zubaydi, the chief commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in the Jenin area, for example, said that his group receives funds from Hezbollah.
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Behind the activist hangs a Palestinian flag decorated with the Muslim profession of faith, next to which is the logo of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
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This is misleading. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, among others, fail to meet the criteria required for full protection under the Geneva Conventions.
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It also regularly posts press releases from Fatah's armed wing, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and the global Islamist group Hizb at-Tahrir.
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"Then, as Hamas became a competitor in the run-up to and after the outbreak of the second intifada, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades printed a Qur'anic verse on their banner that read, "Fight against them!"
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The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred near Nablus, highlighting their active role in the conflict.
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During protests, members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades are often seen rallying in support of Palestinian rights.
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The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was involved in several key events during the Second Intifada, marking their significance in Palestinian resistance.
Synonyms
An armed Palestinian group that carried out attacks in the West Bank in the early 2000s
An armed Palestinian group that split from al-Fatah and carried out attacks in and near Israel around 2002
An armed Palestinian group that carried out attacks in Israel and the West Bank in the early 2000s
Surface Forms
Morphology
al-Aqsa + Martyrs' + brigade
Knowing 'martyrs' (people who died for a cause) and 'brigades' (military units) lets a learner infer this is an armed group, and 'al-Aqsa' as a proper name signals a religious/place affiliation. However, the specific political identity, historical context, and connotations of the name are not predictable from the parts alone, so full understanding requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades takes its name from the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and the words martyrs and brigades. The name shows the idea of people ready to 'die for a cause' (martyrs) and a 'group of fighters' (brigades), so an armed group used it to show they fight for that holy place and the name now refers to an armed organization.
