Popular Resistance Committees

Popular Resistance Committees لجان المقاومة الشعبية
Leader	Jamal Abu Samhadana (2000–2006) 'Amir Qarmoot Abu As-Sa'id (2006–2008) Kamal al-Nirab (2008–2011) Zuhir al-Qaisi (2011–2012) Ayman al-Shashniya (2012–present)[1]
Dates of operation	2000–present
Split from	Fatah
Active regions	Gaza Strip
Ideology	Anti-Zionism Palestinian nationalism Palestinianism Armed struggle
Status	Active
Means of revenue	Iran and Hezbollah[2]
Designated as a terrorist group by	United States and Israel

The Popular Resistance Committees is a group of Palestinian militant groups which are against the Palestinian Authority and Fatah because of its willingness to work with Israel.

The group is now most active in the Gaza Strip, due to its military group, the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades present there.^[3] The group was created in 2000 by former Fatah member Jamal Abu Samhadana, and the group's members are mainly former members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and is allegedly supported by Hezbollah. The current leader of the group is Ayman al-Shashniya.^[4]

References

1. "leadership of the Popular Resistance Committees, Schema-Root news". Retrieved 17 December 2014.
2. "PRC Spokesman: Future Operations Against the Enemy will be 'Thorn in Israel's Throat'". Al Akhbar English. Archived from the original on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
3. Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (September 15, 2009). "HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES" (PDF). The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
4. "leadership of the Popular Resistance Committees, Schema-Root news". Retrieved 17 December 2014.