Mohammed El-Kurd
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
called Love Behind the Wall and it describes, you know, it's a poem but it describes a real life situation of two families who lived right across the street from each other but were then separated by the wall and they would fly balloons, you know, to see each other from each side of the wall or something like that. This
called Love Behind the Wall and it describes, you know, it's a poem but it describes a real life situation of two families who lived right across the street from each other but were then separated by the wall and they would fly balloons, you know, to see each other from each side of the wall or something like that. This
called Love Behind the Wall and it describes, you know, it's a poem but it describes a real life situation of two families who lived right across the street from each other but were then separated by the wall and they would fly balloons, you know, to see each other from each side of the wall or something like that. This
although it sounds absurd, but it's the reality for many Palestinian families whose lives were torn apart, whose livelihoods also were torn apart by the wall. Maybe this is a good opportunity to talk about the legal classifications for Palestinians. You know, Israel, much like any other colonial entity, has divided and fragmented the Palestinian people
although it sounds absurd, but it's the reality for many Palestinian families whose lives were torn apart, whose livelihoods also were torn apart by the wall. Maybe this is a good opportunity to talk about the legal classifications for Palestinians. You know, Israel, much like any other colonial entity, has divided and fragmented the Palestinian people
although it sounds absurd, but it's the reality for many Palestinian families whose lives were torn apart, whose livelihoods also were torn apart by the wall. Maybe this is a good opportunity to talk about the legal classifications for Palestinians. You know, Israel, much like any other colonial entity, has divided and fragmented the Palestinian people
As I said earlier, I have a blue ID, which means I'm a resident. A friend of mine who lives in Haifa, for example, two hours away from me, 150 kilometers, nothing too bad in this country, has an Israeli citizenship. He can, you know, travel. He can enter the West Bank. He can... He's a citizen, he can vote if he wants to, not that we want to.
As I said earlier, I have a blue ID, which means I'm a resident. A friend of mine who lives in Haifa, for example, two hours away from me, 150 kilometers, nothing too bad in this country, has an Israeli citizenship. He can, you know, travel. He can enter the West Bank. He can... He's a citizen, he can vote if he wants to, not that we want to.
As I said earlier, I have a blue ID, which means I'm a resident. A friend of mine who lives in Haifa, for example, two hours away from me, 150 kilometers, nothing too bad in this country, has an Israeli citizenship. He can, you know, travel. He can enter the West Bank. He can... He's a citizen, he can vote if he wants to, not that we want to.
I always tease my friends, you can go to Italy without a visa because you have an Israeli citizenship. But they battle national erasure, they battle crime in their own communities because of police negligence. They battle land confiscation and have battled land confiscation since the 50s.
I always tease my friends, you can go to Italy without a visa because you have an Israeli citizenship. But they battle national erasure, they battle crime in their own communities because of police negligence. They battle land confiscation and have battled land confiscation since the 50s.
I always tease my friends, you can go to Italy without a visa because you have an Israeli citizenship. But they battle national erasure, they battle crime in their own communities because of police negligence. They battle land confiscation and have battled land confiscation since the 50s.
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.