(Jerusalem Post) Matthew Gutman- "The intifada is in its death throes. These are the final stages - this I can confirm," said Zakariya Zubeidi, the fugitive leader of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin, on Wednesday. The infamous Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are hardly brigades anymore. With 160 of his men in prison, and another 25 killed in battles with the IDF, Zubeidi's newer recruits are often teenagers, some of whom attend school during the day and take potshots at nearby settlements at night.
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