Overview

• Zubeidi rejected Israel’s legitimacy in the interview, declaring there is neither a peaceful nor a military solution
• He began a Ph.D. in Israel studies at Birzeit University shortly after his February release in a hostage-exchange operation
• Victims’ families in Israel have called on authorities to pursue him and hold him responsible for alleged attacks during the Second Intifada
• He co-founded Jenin’s Freedom Theater in 2007 under an amnesty deal, insisting his cultural work never replaced armed resistance
• His 2021 tunnel escape from Gilboa Prison and subsequent recapture prompted stricter conditions for Palestinian security prisoners