The Israeli government knows that if Jewish settlers succeed in evicting Palestinians in Jerusalem, the country could lose the Democratic Party. “You know what scares them most? The position of the Democratic members of Congress and the Democratic Party. They’re scared of the response. They’re very apprehensive of losing the younger generation, the Democratic Party and the Biden administration,” says Daniel Seidemann.
“Israel fights my daughter because she is telling the story of Sheikh Jarrah,” Nabil El-Kurd told journalists and supporters outside the police station following the arrest of his children, Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd.
In recent weeks Palestinian rights advocates have faced varying forms of censorship across social media while the same heavy-handed regulation has not been enforced for Israeli content, allowing hate speech and incitement against Palestinians to spread unfettered. Former Facebook executive Ashraf Zeitoon tells Mondoweiss, “This is part of a smart system and it is a deliberate, systematic silencing of Palestinian voices due to pressure from the Israeli government…there is no sugar coating it.”
Devyn Springer and Abu Shawarib speak to Mohammed El-Kurd, a poet, writer, and activist from Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem, Palestine. This episode is a collaboration with the Groundings Podcast.
Protests are being held in solidarity with Palestine around the world this week, with large…