Mohammed El-Kurd

by the United Nations and by the Jordanian government, which had control over that part of Jerusalem at the time. And then people lived there harmoniously. They were all from different parts of Palestine. And, you know, they managed to rebuild their lives after the first expulsion.

And then in the 70s, you had certain organizations, many of whom were registered here in New York and in the United States, claiming our houses and our lands as their own by divine decree. And obviously because the judges are Israeli and the laws were written by Israeli settlers and the whole judiciary was established atop the rubble of our homes and villages, we had no real pull in the courts.

And then in the 70s, you had certain organizations, many of whom were registered here in New York and in the United States, claiming our houses and our lands as their own by divine decree. And obviously because the judges are Israeli and the laws were written by Israeli settlers and the whole judiciary was established atop the rubble of our homes and villages, we had no real pull in the courts.

And then in the 70s, you had certain organizations, many of whom were registered here in New York and in the United States, claiming our houses and our lands as their own by divine decree. And obviously because the judges are Israeli and the laws were written by Israeli settlers and the whole judiciary was established atop the rubble of our homes and villages, we had no real pull in the courts.

The Israeli courts would look at the Israeli documents, which we argue are falsified and fabricated, And they would take them at face value without authentication, and they refused to look at our documents. They refused to look at the documents from the Jordanian government, the documents from the UN, the documents from the Ottoman archives.

The Israeli courts would look at the Israeli documents, which we argue are falsified and fabricated, And they would take them at face value without authentication, and they refused to look at our documents. They refused to look at the documents from the Jordanian government, the documents from the UN, the documents from the Ottoman archives.

The Israeli courts would look at the Israeli documents, which we argue are falsified and fabricated, And they would take them at face value without authentication, and they refused to look at our documents. They refused to look at the documents from the Jordanian government, the documents from the UN, the documents from the Ottoman archives.

So you already have this kind of asymmetry in the court that for any person with common sense would lead you to believe that this is not, in fact, a legal battle or a real estate dispute, as the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs likes to frame it, but rather a very, very political battle.

So you already have this kind of asymmetry in the court that for any person with common sense would lead you to believe that this is not, in fact, a legal battle or a real estate dispute, as the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs likes to frame it, but rather a very, very political battle.

So you already have this kind of asymmetry in the court that for any person with common sense would lead you to believe that this is not, in fact, a legal battle or a real estate dispute, as the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs likes to frame it, but rather a very, very political battle.

social engineering, one is about demographics, one that is about removing as many Palestinians as possible from occupied Jerusalem. So we did what all Palestinian families in Jerusalem do when they're faced with this kind of threat and we bought time. We pleaded and pleaded and appealed the courts and appealed the cases and we got over 50 expulsion orders.

social engineering, one is about demographics, one that is about removing as many Palestinians as possible from occupied Jerusalem. So we did what all Palestinian families in Jerusalem do when they're faced with this kind of threat and we bought time. We pleaded and pleaded and appealed the courts and appealed the cases and we got over 50 expulsion orders.

social engineering, one is about demographics, one that is about removing as many Palestinians as possible from occupied Jerusalem. So we did what all Palestinian families in Jerusalem do when they're faced with this kind of threat and we bought time. We pleaded and pleaded and appealed the courts and appealed the cases and we got over 50 expulsion orders.

In 2009, rifle-wielding settlers accompanied by police and Israeli military came over and shoved our neighbors outside of their home around 5 a.m. It was the most brutal, violent thing I'd seen as a child at the time, and I didn't realize that my turn was coming. My turn was next. They threw them out in the middle of the night with sound bombs and rubber bullets, and they

In 2009, rifle-wielding settlers accompanied by police and Israeli military came over and shoved our neighbors outside of their home around 5 a.m. It was the most brutal, violent thing I'd seen as a child at the time, and I didn't realize that my turn was coming. My turn was next. They threw them out in the middle of the night with sound bombs and rubber bullets, and they

In 2009, rifle-wielding settlers accompanied by police and Israeli military came over and shoved our neighbors outside of their home around 5 a.m. It was the most brutal, violent thing I'd seen as a child at the time, and I didn't realize that my turn was coming. My turn was next. They threw them out in the middle of the night with sound bombs and rubber bullets, and they

had to live in tents on the street for many, many months and even lived in our front yards for a few months and lived in their cars.

had to live in tents on the street for many, many months and even lived in our front yards for a few months and lived in their cars.

had to live in tents on the street for many, many months and even lived in our front yards for a few months and lived in their cars.

Between the 70s and 2009, there had been many dozens of expulsions orders against us and against many other families in the neighborhood. 28 families in total, actually. And in 2008, 2009, the first wave of expulsions finally happened. It actually began with... Um Kamil Al-Kurd, we're not related but we live on the same street in the same neighborhood. She was thrown out of her home.