Fawzi Ayoub and The Dream of Palestine!
Carmen Jokhdar - Assafir newspaper"
"Tell us about al-Quds you have visited, about Jenin that you have known, about Ramallah and Galilée...Tell us about the liberation and your comrades who had gone before you...Tell us about the poor and the orphans whom you have taken charge of; for you never slept if they did not. Tell us about those whom you've never turned down, about every guy you've guided. Tell us about your joyful evenings, about your everlasting smile. You walked to God with all what you have.
"My goal in this life is to protect the aggrieved," he said once when he stood in the face of the "Israeli" judge after his detention in Galilee, where "Israelis" staged against him the most hideous psychological war; they couldn't hurt him physically because of his Canadian citizenship.
He was first arrested in Romanian in 1988 on charges of intention to hijack an Iraqi plane in Bucharest. After his release, he returned to Toronto where he obtained the Canadian nationality. He then went to Dearborn in the US and then to Europe before heading back to Lebanon, as reported by Canada's CBC.
For its part, the National Post newspaper published that Ayoub, whom it described as "an international terrorist operative," had returned in Lebanon in 2000 and then to Occupied Palestine using a false American passport in the name of Frank Boschi, where he was arrested in July 2002. He was released in 2004 in a prisoners swap deal.
In the wake of his arrest, the "Israeli" army confirmed that Ayoub had entered "Israel" to plan for attacks against "Israelis," indicating that Ayoub had participated in operations and activities for Hizbullah, that he was responsible for the killing of a huge number of victims, and that his mission in "Israel" shows a new phase in Hizbullah's efforts to spread terror throughout "Israel."".
On the FBI website, there is a photo for Ayoub with graphic details about his outlook, with the following notice: "Fawzi Mohammad Ayoub, East Michigan Street, was indicted on September 5, 2009, for using a false American passport to enter Israel for the purpose of conducting a bombing for the terrorist organization Hizbullah."
Furthermore, an "Israeli" website recognized the role of Ayoub, who stayed in the region of Yehuda and Samra to help the Palestinian organizations during al-Aqsa Intifada to execute operations under the patronage of Hizbullah against "Israel."
For its part, Yediot Aharonot said that Ayoub was accused of training Palestinian fighters on planning for operations and attacks. In turn, Haaretz shared Reuters' report on Ayoub's résumé; AFP followed suit.
In his book "The Secret War with Iran," "Israeli" author Ronen Bergman mentions Fawzi Ayoub twice within the context of the relation between the "cells in North America" and Hizbullah, and his relation with Imad Moghniyeh, indicating that Ayoub, who arrived in Canada in 1992 at the age of 28, was very active in the party and that he became a "messenger" among the networks there.
Abu Abbas, the son of Ain Qana in South Lebanon, had given a lot and borne the brunt in his jihad against the enemy and training Palestinian youth; the traces of his hard work were crystal clear in Jenin battle in terms of the style of bombs planting or fighting techniques, according to the "Israelis" themselves. He was one of the leaders of al-Aqsa Intifada after it turned into an armed uprising in the face of the enemy in 2002. The "Israeli" forces arrested him when he ran out of munitions.
One of FBI's most wanted, he was the first to survive "Israel's" most dangerous ambush, "the star of David," where the son of Hizbullah's Secretary General Sayyed Hadi Nasrallah was killed. In the ambush, he killed three Zionist soldiers and was hurt in his feet. But his injury did not prevent him from partaking in July 2006 war.
Last year, he was hurt in Qusayr but he kept fighting. That was supposed to be the last battle for the man who was jailed and wounded several times. Nevertheless, he refused to leave the battlefields unless in a coffin, his heart rending for Palestine and al-Aqsa mosque where he prayed during his jihadi work.
A close friend relates how he used to speak confidently about his return to al-Quds, "the weak heart of the "Israelis"," according to Ayoub. His discretion over his jihadi work in Palestine was uncovered when dear Palestine was mentioned in front of him.
On the other side of the life of the "most dangerous man" for the enemies, there was love, generosity, and compassion. He was the mentor and the teacher for so many young men.
"He would never turn you down," a man from his region tells us.
"He once collected money to buy a car," he continues. "After a while, he met a guy with his fiancée. When he knew that the man could not buy a car, he gave him the keys and told him the car was his." Another person relates that he once sold his motorcycle and collected money from some rich from the area to pay the pilgrimage costs for an old woman.
He who sold his properties to realize the dreams of those around him saw his wish coming true, for he had always said: "I want my life to end the way that of Imam Kazem did. It was from him that I've learnt to hold my anger. I want to be a fighter and a hostage. I want to pray for God during my detention and I want martyrdom."
"A fighter, a hostage, a wounded, a martyr," this is in a nutshell the resume of a God's man who got what he wished for.
