29 September 1929 Analysis of a Popular Resistance Committees' poster showing clear influence of Hezbollah, Hamas & radical Islam in general Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S) Special Information Bulletin August 2004 Analysis of a Popular Resistance Committees' poster showing clear influence of Hezbollah, Hamas and radical Islam in general http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/8_04/poster.htm Poster commemorating Muhammad Subhi 'Awaji, a terrorist killed in an attack on an Israeli army outpost in the southern Gaza Strip (September 2001) HEZBOLLAH POPULAR RESISTANCE COMMITTEE The emblem of Hezbollah inspired that of the Popular Resistance Committees, as well as those of Hamas and the operational wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Jerusalem Battalions. Comparison of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and Hezbollah emblems: The PRC emblem has the word mukamawah (active resistance) and a number of elements indicative of the organization's orientation: an upraised hand holding an assault rifle, a militant verse from the Qur'an and the map of " Palestine" and a mosque (symbolizing Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem) in the interstices between the letters. Encircling all is the Palestinian flag. The message conveyed is the liberation of " Palestine" and the Temple Mount and Jerusalem through armed insurrection . The emblem is similar to that of Hezbollah, with subtle differences. The globe on the Hezbollah emblem symbolizes its identity as a global organization although it is centered in Lebanon, while the PRC emblem expresses its Palestinian identity. The slogans above the rifle suggest that victory belongs to Muhammad and his followers (Hezbollah), and that Israelis and Jews should be killed indiscriminately The Hezbollah slogan refers to a verse from the Qur'an: "Only [those belonging to] the flock of Allah [i.e., Muhammad and his followers] are victorious." The PRC slogan refers to a different Qur'an verse: "Slay them wherever you catch them."1 The verse applies to Muslim warriors who are ordered to kill their enemies wherever they find them, that is, indiscriminately and mercilessly . In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it applies to the indiscriminate murder of Israelis and Jews and provides a legitimization for the suicide bombing attacks . [1. The verse appears twice in the Qur'an: in Surah Al-Baqarah (2) verse 191, and Surah Al-Nisa'a (4) verse 91.] The Qur'an verse at the bottom of the poster is often used by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations to encourage suicide bombing attacks . It suggests that suicide bombers do not die but rather remain alive and that Allah takes tends to their needs:- "Think not of those who are slain for the sake of Allah as dead.  Nay, they live, finding in their sustence in the presence of their Lord"  [Surah 3 (Al "Iman) verse 169], one of the more familiar "suicide bomber verses." The death notice of shaheed (martyr for the sake of Allah) Ahmad Muhammad' Awaji appears in the top part of the poster, and its wording is often used in death notices by Hamas :- a."The Popular Resistance Committees and their military wing, the victorious Salah al-Din Brigades, [sorrowfully announce the death of] the shaheed, the warrior in the holy war [jihad], Ahmad Muhammad 'Awaji (al-Zarouki) the general of hand grenades and knight of military confrontations in the city of Rafah, who will be rewarded [by Allah in the hope that he will be defended by his virtue on the day of judgment.]  b.Signed (at bottom left), "The victorious Salah al-Din Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees of Palestine." Ahmad Muhammad Subhi ' Awaji was born in 1983 and fatally wounded during a joint PRC-Hamas attack on an Israeli army outpost in the southern Gaza Strip (September 26, 2001). The center of the poster shows a picture of ' Awaji with an assault rifle in one hand and a Qur'an in the other. To the left is a battle cry reading "Oh Jerusalem, we are coming," also Hezbollah inspired. The cries "Oh Jerusalem, we are coming" or "Oh Jerusalem, we now arrive" appear often in Hezbollah propaganda, for example:- Picture of a child in the Hezbollah ranks wearing a headband reading "Oh Jerusalem, we are coming." Hezbollah operatives being enlisted, swearing with upraised arms to fight Israel. They are wearing headbands reading "We are coming." In the background is a palestinian flag. See also http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/mohammedism/mohammedism6i.html