Nablus, foyer de Martyrs... / Nablus, a seat of rebellion
Nablus is often called « the capital of terrorism ». Many martyrs indeed came from Nablus.
But one has to be reminded that martyrs are not only the people who are pushed to unforgivable acts as an answer to occupation by a despair which doesn’t want to end in capitulation. Most martyrs never laid a hand on a weapon (the pictures showing them with guns generally are edited after their death) and were completely innocent people suspected by Israel to be potential terrorists or dangerous political disturbers, who were killed by Israelis soldiers for these “reasons”.
Ici, plus que partout ailleurs, les martyrs sont célébrés en héros. Des affiches à leur effigie tapissent la ville...
Martyrs are celebrated like heroes. Their pictures are everywhere on the walls of the city…