“Balata” camp is another Jenin in the West Bank region.
The Balata camp in the north of the West Bank is gradually becoming another point for the gathering of resistance forces, a matter that has greatly worried the Zionist regime and the self-governing organizations.
The West Bank of the Jordan River, especially in the last year, has no resemblance to the West Bank of the past years, even more, different than the first and second intifadas; In such a way that we witness the widespread use of firearms against Zionist soldiers and settlers and the emergence of armed resistance groups with different names and titles.
The leader of the armed resistance in the West Bank should be considered the “Jenin” camp in the north of this region, a camp that Zionist soldiers enter with fear. By recruiting young people from this camp, the Jenin Battalion has made an important impact in changing the atmosphere of the West Bank towards armed resistance.
But it is not only the Jenin Battalion, all kinds of armed resistance groups have started their activities in the last two years. Arin al-Aswad Group (Lions Forest) in the old part of Nablus (independent), Jaba Battalion in Jenin (affiliated with Islamic Jihad), Ayash Battalion in Jenin camp (affiliated with Hamas), Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalions in Jenin (affiliated with Fatah movement), Tulkarm Battalion In Nurshams Camp (affiliated with Islamic Jihad), Tulkarem Rapid Reaction Battalion (affiliated with Fatah), “Aqba Jabr” Battalion in Jericho (affiliated with Islamic Jihad), “Aqaba Jabr Camp” Battalion affiliated with Fatah Movement, Tubas Battalion in Tuba’s province (affiliated to the Islamic Jihad) and the Balata Battalion in the Balata camp in Nablus, which is under the Saraya Al-Quds complex, which is the military branch of the Islamic Jihad.
Looking at the Palestinian media in recent months, we realize that along with the number of news that is reported from the Jenin camp, the Balata camp and the occasional conflicts in this camp also show themselves prominently.
Balata camp, in the southeast of the city of Nablus, is the largest camp for Palestinian refugees that was established in 1950, which is supported by the Relief and Employment Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRA), and is located 27 kilometers south of Jenin camp and is gradually becoming Becoming another center of armed resistance in the West Bank.
On June 16, the English newspaper The Times wrote in a report about this camp that the economic and human conditions in Balata are extremely dire; About 33,000 people live in an area of 250 cubic meters and lack the most basic essential services, lack of health and job opportunities.
