Bassel al-Araj the educated martyr, was a Palestinian activist, writer, author and pharmacist. Known for his writings about revolution and Arab nationalism.
He was born in al-Walaja, a Palestinian village near Bethlehem on January 27, 1984.
He organized educational activities and lectures in which he narrated experiences of Palestinian resistance in tours of Palestinian landmarks, he admired talking about the stories of martyrs, who were killed while defending the land of their ancestors Palestine.
His friends described him as an encyclopaedia of the Palestinian history.
He was killed on March 6th 2017 in a stand-off with a unit belonging to Israel’s Yamam police force, after a gunfight lasting nearly two hours broke out as the IOF fired an ENERGA anti-tank rifle grenade, resulting in partial destruction of his house, then the Israeli forces stormed the building and murdered al-Araj.
Bassel opened fire after IOF troops were already in his house, he hadn’t run out of ammunition as claimed, he bravely fought until his death by 21 Israeli shots.
Rest in Power comrade.
المجد والخلود للحبيب والمعلم الباسل.
