the diaries of palestine.

The Art Of Resistance

Part 1 ( Dea’a Talahma)

22 /September 2015

It was late at night when the news spread about the explosion in the highway south AL Khalil city (Hebrew), and about the death of a young man.

That young man is Dea'a Talahma who became since the explosion until now a name connected to the uprising, which took place in Jerusalem 10 days after his death.
Which made him the prophecy of the uprising and its flame.

Dea made a trap for the Israeli forces, he set a wall of bricks in the way of the Israeli forces so he gets to throw his bomb at them.

Unfortunately, this time the bomb exploded while still in his hand which lead to his death.

Hours after his martyrdom the name of Dea'a had reached every Palestinian inside and outside Palestine, that young man with the charming personality and strong voice in his videos which spread worldwide, wasn't just an unknown martyr in history.

He was an example of a successful young man in his work and study, he was loved by his friends and family and everyone who knew him, the religious resistant who knew that the ways of jihad and freedom from the occupation are clear and one and it's by fighting back.

Dea’s mother pov:

Dea'a was a fun person, always making jokes and laughing, a time spent with him would certainly be a time of pure joy.

But behind this fun character, there was another strong and different person from the rest of his brothers.

Before Dea'a's martyrdom, he was a 21 years old extraordinary college student who was a part of the student union and the Islamic movement, he took part as a spokesperson at the national ceremonies.

He gave a speech at the festival that the student sorority held in 2014 in Alyarmok camp, and even after his death his speech was still popular because his words weren't just written words he read out, they were the road he took until the day of his martyrdom.

"By Allah's will on your footsteps we will fight"
Those were his words, he prepared for jihad by practicing karate, street fighting, weight lifting and Gymnastics in the nearby gym.

Dea'a was special in his life as in his death, he was a warm, kind, and a good son to his parents, yet he was silent when it comes to his political opinions.
His mother once said:
“Out of all of my children he was the kindest, On Mother's day even if he was out of town or busy with college, he would leave his college and manage to get me a gift and send me (Sett_Alhabayeb) song”

Dea'a is the fifth between 8 brothers, he finished high-school with 88% average, he then decided to study Computer Engineering, like his older brother Omer, he asked his father to allow him to study in Abo_deic college and to live in the dorms so he can learn to count on himself.

“on the day of his martyrdom, he came home from college to spend Eide holiday with us, when he arrived home his father asked him to go with him to the instruction site that he works at, after that he came back home to find me squeezing grapes to make Molasses, he greeted me with his usual smile then he changed his clothes to go to the gym”

“After 2 hours I heard the explosion, the news spread about the martyr on Alkharsa Crossroads, the one in front of our house so I immediately went up to the roof to see what was going on”

“From the beginning, I felt a tingle in my heart, but I didn't expect Dea'a to be the martyr, especially that they had announced a different person to be the martyr, still I had a bad feeling”

“Hours went by until we reached midnight, and I was still watching from the roof, my husband went with the village young men to the explosion site to see what had happened.
When they came back, one of my other sons told me that Dea'a might be the martyr, he asked me to try to calm his father down because he did not know yet”

“Half an hour later, the Israeli forces broke into our house!
so we knew for sure that Dea'a was the martyr!
One of the soldiers asked his father to take a look at the picture he took to recognize if the "terrorist" as they say was his son or not.
I was in the other room, but when I heard them I unconsciously Zaghartit (a happy voice like whistling)
To provoke the soldiers”

“When the soldiers handed us his body we said goodbye to him with honest prayers to Allah, we prayed to Allah to accept him as a Shaheed (martyr) as Dea'a always wished.
His funeral was huge, thousands of people came from the village and the other villages, his colleagues from college came like Mohannad Alhalwani who walked on his footsteps and made a heroic mission in the heart of Jerusalem days after his death, starting the uprising of Jerusalem.

The recourse of this chapter is philistine Alyom web page.
May Allah have mercy on Dea’a Talahma’s soul and may he rest in peace.