ʿIzz ad-Dīn ibn Abd al-Qāder ibn Mustafā ibn Yūsuf ibn Muhammad al-Qassām was a Syrian Muslim preacher, activist, and leader in the struggles against the French in Syria and the British in Palestine,
Izz ad Din al Qassam HQ
Al-Qassam was born in Jableh
Al-Azhar Mosque, where al-Qassam studied, in 1906
The French Army occupying the Syrian coast in the lead up of the Battle of Maysalun 1920
Joseph Vladimirovich Trumpeldor was a Russian Zionist activist who helped organize the Zion Mule Corps and bring Jewish immigrants to Palestine. He was killed while defending the settlement of Tel Hai
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
…by the British authorities in 1935, following his alleged role in the killing of a policeman. Israeli historian Tom Segev has called him "the Arab Joseph Trumpeldor". His campaign and death were factors that led to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Al-Qassam was born in Jableh, near Latakia in northwestern…
Trumpeldor in c. 1904–1905
Trumpeldor as a young man
Joseph Trumpeldor in Japanese captivity. In the background is the emblem of the Zionist association he founded—"Bnei Zion Captives in Japan," with a Star of David and two flags of Herzl's Seven Stars.
Joseph Trumpeldor in 1917