Following Basil’s assassination, Palestinians throughout Palestine, Lebanon and beyond — including here in NYC — took to the streets to condemn the occupation and the PA’s complicity in his death. In Ramallah, where hundreds Palestinians gathered in protest, PA security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd, injuring eleven people, including Basil’s father (pictured here saluting his son at his funeral).

A prolific writer and “engaged intellectual,” Basil’s legacy continues to live on through his words and his example of resistance. He continues to inspire Palestinians and all those struggling for Palestinian liberation around the world. #HonorOurMartyrs
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You asked us, Basil, "Is my voice loud and clear?"
Today, the voice of the free and resistant is as clear as ever.

We heeded your words, Basil, and immortalized them in our national consciousness. Ultimately, although the martyrs' words are nearly sacred to us, they are simply words. You—the writer, the fugitive, the prisoner, the fighter, and the martyr—you reminded us, Basil, to search. You taught us, to search, as you did, "for the truth and the missing faces," to search until we, too, have found our answers.

You reminded us that our martyrs "must always remain present in our minds, in our hearts, in our will, in our consciousness in our thoughts, in our culture, in our literature, and in our discourse." You are our guide, Basil, but we are the ones who must draw the path. "Why should I answer for you?," you asked us. "You should search."

How should we search? How can we search, as you did, to find our answers? How do we remain on a path that does not stray from, O valiant one, as was written on a rocket in your name that struck "Tel Aviv" in May 2021? During your brief time with us, you taught us the importance of standing against betrayal and for resistance, against idling and towards turning words into actions, your personal ethos and conviction. Words alone are useless; they must manifest into action.

You saw the continuous benefit of resistance after life, understanding that the resistance of our ancestors is why we exist today and why the resistance of today will liberate our homeland. You saw the Authority as participating in our annihilation, and you saw "peace" as annihilation. As the traitorous Authority imprisoned you, you told us, "[We are] required to choose: battle and humiliation. And far from us is humiliation."

You placed Palestine in front of our eyes, reminding us that she is the one that will give us the answers that we are searching for.

🚨 Fierce armed clashes are continuing between resistance fighters and zionist forces in #Tubas as the invasion enters its third hour.

Resistance fighters detonated a high-powered explosive device in an IOF vehicle, and several factions are in the field. IOF ambulances were spotted in the city.

Meanwhile, the IOF has assaulted and abducted at least 4 residents. The occupation forces also detained an ambulance and are preventing it from reaching the wounded in nearby Tammoun.