11.   Now they are all lauding him as a living symbol of Palestinian resistance.

12.   Similarly, Israeli soldiers said they did not anticipate such fierce Palestinian resistance.

13.   The Israelis claim that he is the top leader of Hamas, the militant Palestinian resistance movement.

14.   The speech was impassioned, touching on the themes Arafat has proclaimed throughout his three decades as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the symbol of Palestinian resistance.

15.   The toll taken by the Palestinian resistance suggests disturbing lessons for Israel.

16.   The two Palestinian resistance movements, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, also vowed to avenge the Israeli attack.

17.   The toll taken by the Palestinian resistance suggests disturbing lessons for Israel as it contemplates the spiraling conflict.

18.   U.S. officials said Thursday that federal authorities had opened a broad criminal investigation of a political leader of Hamas, the leading Palestinian resistance organization.

19.   Brig. Gen. Eyal Schleim, a divisional commander in Jenin, said the Palestinian resistance is so intense in Jenin because militants know they must surrender or be destroyed.