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Militancy on the increase at Nablus university

(30 May 2001) 1. Al Najah University 2. University sign 3. Posters of 'martyrs' who were killed in action against Israel 4. Various of students walking around university campus 5. Entrance to Balata refugee camp in Nablus 6. Narrow streets of refugee camp 7. Alley with graffiti saying "America fall down", "Hamas is the light" and emblem of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 8. Various masked Fatah gunmen who are also students at the university showing off weapons 9. Gunman priming grenade 10. Gunmen show their ammunition belts 11. Close up of cigarette in gunman's hand and M-16 12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasser Awais, Fatah gunman "I think education and the gun are the two main avenues that enable us to continue the struggle - we can abandon neither the gun nor the book." 13. Cutaway of anti-personnel grenades 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasser Awais, Fatah gunman "What we have is the full conviction and belief in continuing the struggle and this is stronger than any weapons used by the Israeli army. We are strong because we have our belief which is stronger than the tanks, the planes or the gunships used in Gaza, the West Bank and other places." 15. Cutaway of anti-personnel grenades 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yasser Badawi, Fatah gunman "We are fighting for our rights but I think Sharon's stubbornness is only putting the Israeli people through more pain and loss - his stubbornness will only serve to make us stronger." 17. Cutaway of armed gunmen posing with weapons 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nasser Awais, Fatah gunman "We have many military strategies that we have not yet used and the world will hear about them in time - everything at the right moment." 19. Gunmen putting on helmets taken from Israeli soldiers STORYLINE: Since the Intifada began, militancy has been on the increase at An Najah university in Nablus on the West Bank, reflecting the dominant mood among Palestinians locked in a violent, lopsided struggle with Israel over the shape of their future state. Hallways are decorated with posters of Jamal Nasser, the third An Najah University student since December to blow himself up in hopes of killing as many Israelis as possible. Among the young firebrands are Islamists fundamentally opposed to peace, as well as loyalists of Yasser Arafat disappointed by the meagre peace dividends. Their biographies are eerily similar, tinged with a sense of inevitability. As children, they witnessed Israeli soldiers break into their homes, arrest a brother, slap a father. As teen-agers, driven by revenge, they threw stones and firebombs, were arrested and tortured in Israeli jails. After long prison stints, they "graduated" to guns and bombs. Now they are on the run from Israeli commandos, switching cars and mobile phones and avoiding their homes. In the nearby Balata refugee camp, gunmen Nasser Awais, 31, and Yasser Badawi, 29, spoke to Associated Press Television News. Both men are part-time students at An Najah university and are also active in the Fatah movement loyal to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "I think education and the gun are the two main avenues that enable us to continue the struggle - we can abandon neither the gun nor the book", said Nasser Awais. They say they may not be able to defeat the Israeli army, but can at least keep it off balance. Badawi and Awais have an ambivalent relationship with Israel. They learned Hebrew in prison and follow Israeli TV coverage of the fighting. Badawi smokes Israeli cigarettes. Now they feel cheated. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...