Mohammed El-Kurd
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Whereas somebody with a green ID, somebody from the West Bank, cannot leave the West Bank, cannot go anywhere without a special permit, and lives behind these walls, and even within the West Bank. The West Bank, I think, hilariously, George Bush described it as Swiss cheese because of the holes. Every hundred meters, there's a new settlement or there's a new military checkpoint.
Whereas somebody with a green ID, somebody from the West Bank, cannot leave the West Bank, cannot go anywhere without a special permit, and lives behind these walls, and even within the West Bank. The West Bank, I think, hilariously, George Bush described it as Swiss cheese because of the holes. Every hundred meters, there's a new settlement or there's a new military checkpoint.
Whereas somebody with a green ID, somebody from the West Bank, cannot leave the West Bank, cannot go anywhere without a special permit, and lives behind these walls, and even within the West Bank. The West Bank, I think, hilariously, George Bush described it as Swiss cheese because of the holes. Every hundred meters, there's a new settlement or there's a new military checkpoint.
So even if you live behind the wall in the West Bank with your green ID, even though you're robbed of your... right to movement, you still even can't move from town to town within the West Bank without encountering settler violence or military violence while you're crossing the checkpoints and so on and so forth. And then the last category we have is people who live in Gaza.
So even if you live behind the wall in the West Bank with your green ID, even though you're robbed of your... right to movement, you still even can't move from town to town within the West Bank without encountering settler violence or military violence while you're crossing the checkpoints and so on and so forth. And then the last category we have is people who live in Gaza.
So even if you live behind the wall in the West Bank with your green ID, even though you're robbed of your... right to movement, you still even can't move from town to town within the West Bank without encountering settler violence or military violence while you're crossing the checkpoints and so on and so forth. And then the last category we have is people who live in Gaza.
We are talking about over 2 million people who live in an open-air prison, who have no right to movement, but also have no access to clean water and no access to supplies, no access to good food, no access to good healthcare, and so on and so forth, who routinely get bombarded every few years. Gaza is like two hours away from my house.
We are talking about over 2 million people who live in an open-air prison, who have no right to movement, but also have no access to clean water and no access to supplies, no access to good food, no access to good healthcare, and so on and so forth, who routinely get bombarded every few years. Gaza is like two hours away from my house.
We are talking about over 2 million people who live in an open-air prison, who have no right to movement, but also have no access to clean water and no access to supplies, no access to good food, no access to good healthcare, and so on and so forth, who routinely get bombarded every few years. Gaza is like two hours away from my house.
It feels like an absolute faraway planet because it's so isolated from the rest of the country. So imagine all of these different legal statuses fragmenting your everyday identity and creating different challenges and obstacles for you to deal with, for each group to deal with. It's amazing and impressive that despite these colonial barriers, the real cement ones and the barriers in the mind.
It feels like an absolute faraway planet because it's so isolated from the rest of the country. So imagine all of these different legal statuses fragmenting your everyday identity and creating different challenges and obstacles for you to deal with, for each group to deal with. It's amazing and impressive that despite these colonial barriers, the real cement ones and the barriers in the mind.
It feels like an absolute faraway planet because it's so isolated from the rest of the country. So imagine all of these different legal statuses fragmenting your everyday identity and creating different challenges and obstacles for you to deal with, for each group to deal with. It's amazing and impressive that despite these colonial barriers, the real cement ones and the barriers in the mind.
Despite all of these barriers, the Palestinian people have maintained their national identity for 70 years. That is incredibly impressive. And it also sends a message that as long as we have a boot on our neck, we're going to continue fighting. Violence, cracking down on refugee camps, bombarding refugee camps is only going to bring about more violence.
Despite all of these barriers, the Palestinian people have maintained their national identity for 70 years. That is incredibly impressive. And it also sends a message that as long as we have a boot on our neck, we're going to continue fighting. Violence, cracking down on refugee camps, bombarding refugee camps is only going to bring about more violence.
Despite all of these barriers, the Palestinian people have maintained their national identity for 70 years. That is incredibly impressive. And it also sends a message that as long as we have a boot on our neck, we're going to continue fighting. Violence, cracking down on refugee camps, bombarding refugee camps is only going to bring about more violence.
And security guards.
And security guards.
And security guards.
There's almost a million settlers in the West Bank.
There's almost a million settlers in the West Bank.