Mohammed El-Kurd
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No, it's like groups. So like in our case, it's like four houses, every four houses. But again, it happens in a language we do not speak. And a lot of the time our strategy is buying time and, you know, building a global campaign. Like we know that there is no recourse in the Israeli courts.
No, it's like groups. So like in our case, it's like four houses, every four houses. But again, it happens in a language we do not speak. And a lot of the time our strategy is buying time and, you know, building a global campaign. Like we know that there is no recourse in the Israeli courts.
No, it's like groups. So like in our case, it's like four houses, every four houses. But again, it happens in a language we do not speak. And a lot of the time our strategy is buying time and, you know, building a global campaign. Like we know that there is no recourse in the Israeli courts.
I mean, my grandmother used to say, and this is like a popular proverb, if your enemy is the judge, to whom do you complain?
I mean, my grandmother used to say, and this is like a popular proverb, if your enemy is the judge, to whom do you complain?
I mean, my grandmother used to say, and this is like a popular proverb, if your enemy is the judge, to whom do you complain?
Yeah, I mean, in our case, it was the international community, but in our case also, it wasn't just the international community. It was the hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine and abroad who were marching on the streets, getting beaten and brutalized in Jerusalem. And I don't know, sometimes arrested in places like Germany and so on and so forth.
Yeah, I mean, in our case, it was the international community, but in our case also, it wasn't just the international community. It was the hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine and abroad who were marching on the streets, getting beaten and brutalized in Jerusalem. And I don't know, sometimes arrested in places like Germany and so on and so forth.
Yeah, I mean, in our case, it was the international community, but in our case also, it wasn't just the international community. It was the hundreds of thousands of people in Palestine and abroad who were marching on the streets, getting beaten and brutalized in Jerusalem. And I don't know, sometimes arrested in places like Germany and so on and so forth.
who forced themselves inside the media cycle. This was what was unique about Sheikh Jarrah. We were able to penetrate an industry that usually ignores us and usually refuses to use any of our framing, any of our quotations. And these people that...
who forced themselves inside the media cycle. This was what was unique about Sheikh Jarrah. We were able to penetrate an industry that usually ignores us and usually refuses to use any of our framing, any of our quotations. And these people that...
who forced themselves inside the media cycle. This was what was unique about Sheikh Jarrah. We were able to penetrate an industry that usually ignores us and usually refuses to use any of our framing, any of our quotations. And these people that...
these people that spread the rhetoric, spread the facts, wrote articles, these people that made videos online and got arrested, and many of whom are still in Israeli prisons paying higher prices than I have ever paid, these people are the ones that truly moved the international community into action. It wouldn't have.
these people that spread the rhetoric, spread the facts, wrote articles, these people that made videos online and got arrested, and many of whom are still in Israeli prisons paying higher prices than I have ever paid, these people are the ones that truly moved the international community into action. It wouldn't have.
these people that spread the rhetoric, spread the facts, wrote articles, these people that made videos online and got arrested, and many of whom are still in Israeli prisons paying higher prices than I have ever paid, these people are the ones that truly moved the international community into action. It wouldn't have.
The United States, I don't think, would have said anything had it not been for the immense media pressure that was created from the immense popular pressure. There are a lot of moving parts to a global campaign. And I think it's so impressive that we were able to do this without any media backing, without any institutional backing, without any training, without any budget, nothing.
The United States, I don't think, would have said anything had it not been for the immense media pressure that was created from the immense popular pressure. There are a lot of moving parts to a global campaign. And I think it's so impressive that we were able to do this without any media backing, without any institutional backing, without any training, without any budget, nothing.
The United States, I don't think, would have said anything had it not been for the immense media pressure that was created from the immense popular pressure. There are a lot of moving parts to a global campaign. And I think it's so impressive that we were able to do this without any media backing, without any institutional backing, without any training, without any budget, nothing.
The role is perpetuating what's happening, Yanni. It's all a negative role, to be honest.
The role is perpetuating what's happening, Yanni. It's all a negative role, to be honest.