Inside the Battle for Jerusalem

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👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/yokedici 📅︎︎ May 23 2021 🗫︎ replies

ELI5: how on earth do Israelis view themselves as the "good guys" in this situation?

👍︎︎ 17 👤︎︎ u/singularfunzone 📅︎︎ May 20 2021 🗫︎ replies

Incredibly infuriating situation for the residents of Sheikh Jarrah. I don't know how they can stand this injustice and have the will to fight it.

👍︎︎ 20 👤︎︎ u/whtslifwthutfuriae 📅︎︎ May 19 2021 🗫︎ replies

Zionist settlers are emulating Nazi Germany, don't @ me, Einstein said it.

https://archive.org/details/AlbertEinsteinLetterToTheNewYorkTimes.December41948/mode/2up

👍︎︎ 7 👤︎︎ u/PanchoVilla4TW 📅︎︎ May 20 2021 🗫︎ replies

Anybody else remember HBO’s “Death in Gaza”? Great doc, it opened my eyes to the war crimes still going on.

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/mrjowei 📅︎︎ May 20 2021 🗫︎ replies

Amazing reporting. I have my issues with Vice but they’ve been doing some great pieces lately. Tough watch though. This was infuriating.

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/AlainDelonshair 📅︎︎ May 19 2021 🗫︎ replies

posting Hamas propaganda on r/Documentaries....

so hot right now....

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EAST JERUSALEM We're on the grounds of Al Aqsa. It's one of the holiest places in the Islamic religion. And so, we've come here, today on one of the holiest nights of Ramadan. The crowds are huge. So, if anything happens, it could potentially be very dangerous to the people that are here. <i>It's night-time prayers for Palestinian Muslims.</i> <i>And this year, Israeli forces showed up unannounced.</i> If we pray until dawn, we will be obeying God's command. So, you can see that there's Israeli police actually inside, in the grounds of Al Aqsa. That's what triggered the protests. And that's what triggered the anger today. If your only sacrifice for Al Aqsa is getting arrested or suffering, that's worth it for defending it. <i>Palestinians feel like they're being pushed out of East Jerusalem,</i> <i>the city they see as the capital of a future Palestinian state.</i> <i>They say Israel is upping its efforts to redraw the borders of the city.</i> <i>But Israel claims it belongs to them</i> <i>despite the United Nations saying that it's an occupation,</i> <i>illegal under international law.</i> The Israeli police have been arresting loads of Palestinian children. The Palestinians are retaliating because so many young men have been taken away by the police. Stop! Stop! Stop! Hold him! People just came here to worship, and you're giving them shit! Fuck you all! Do what you want. Come and arrest me! How old are you? How old are you? -15 years old. -15 years old? Why are they taking you? God is great! Why do you think they took him? Why? They want to keep the young people away. They want to remove all young people, one by one. <i>As Ramadan continued,</i> <i>Palestinians in East Jerusalem faced stun grenades, arrests, and water cannons,</i> <i>some of the worst violence seen in years.</i> Go away! Go away! They sprayed us with water. We were walking and not doing anything. They're dogs and animals. Come on, move. Don't scream. Don't ever forget this. Don't you ever forget what they did. <i>East Jerusalem is important to Jews, Muslims, and Christians.</i> <i>It's also the site of the sacred Jewish Temple Mount.</i> <i>But most of the people who live in this part of the city are Palestinians.</i> <i>That's been slowly changing</i> <i>since Israel captured the area in 1967</i> <i>and started moving in settlers.</i> Jewish people now make up around 40 percent of the population. <i>And in 2018,</i> <i>Israel was emboldened by President Trump.</i> <i>He moved the US Embassy into East Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.</i> <i>It outraged Palestinians</i> <i>but was celebrated by right-wing Israelis.</i> It is time… to officially recognize Jerusalem… as the capital of Israel. <i>At the heart of the fight over East Jerusalem</i> <i>is the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah,</i> <i>home mostly to Palestinian families,</i> <i>some who came here in 1956</i> <i>after being displaced by Israel when the state was created eight years earlier.</i> <i>Israel claims Jews historically owned this land.</i> <i>Now, there's a lawsuit to forcibly evict some Palestinian residents</i> <i>making its way through the courts.</i> <i>Even if you capture, kill, and destroy our homes,</i> <i>you won't defeat our resolve!</i> <i>Protesters have been turning up</i> <i>since the issue reached the Supreme Court this year.</i> <i>We will take our freedom!</i> <i>We will take our freedom!</i> The Zionist organizations seized the first house five months after the war. The first house they seized back in November 1967 belonged to the Shanti family. <i>Muna Al Kurd and her relatives</i> <i>are one of 28 families fighting in court to keep their homes.</i> Believe me, no person from the neighborhood will leave until they drag us out at the last moment. We want to live! This is our house! This is our land! <i>Other Palestinians are already being replaced by right-wing Israeli settlers.</i> What's happening? Go away! Hey! Hey! Don't touch me. Don't touch me. We don't want any trouble. What happened exactly? Some young Palestinian boys and girls were standing there, then that guy attacked them with a stick. Look at it in his hand. They are thieves. They are thieves. They are not just here. They live in my house! -They are in your house? -Yes, they are. Come, let me show you. This house was given to my grandmother because she was a refugee from Haifa in 1948. -This house. -This one? It was built by my father in 2000 because he got married and had children, so he needed more space. After my father finished building the house, we were never allowed to live there. The judge came and sealed it permanently. He kept it sealed on the pretense that it was built without a permit. -Who lives in it now? -Settlers. Young men, not families. You live in that house? -They live here. -And they live in this one? Exactly. Both my father and my mother worked and saved to build this house. It was built with blood, sweat, and tears. And then the Israeli court issued a decree allowing settlers to live in it. It's true that this house was built without a permit and received two demolition orders. So, why would they allow Israeli settlers to live in it and not me, the Palestinian? What sort of a democracy is this? How do you feel when you see him? Oppressed. Disturbed. It's annoying and exhausting. I don't cry because I'm weak. Never. Believe me. I swear. But I cry because we are not dealing with a just state. This is an occupation. This is our land. I was born, raised, and have lived here. How can someone come and take it? How does that make any sense? What's happening is a violation of international law. This is a war crime. Forced eviction is a war crime. Hello. -Hello. Hi. -Hi, how are you? -Thank God. Still alive. -Yeah. You're a difficult man to get hold of. Yeah, I generally don't interview, but given the circumstances and the bad press that's out there… decided that we need to do some damage control. <i>Jacob Fauci is an American Israeli.</i> <i>He became infamous after Muna confronted him and the video went viral.</i> Jacob, you know this is not your house! Yes, but if I go, you don't go back. So, what's the problem? Why are you yelling at me? I didn't do this. You are stealing my house. And if I don't steal it, someone else is going to steal it. No! No one-- No one is allowed to steal it, Jacob! <i>He's been living in an additional part of Muna's house for over ten years</i> <i>after being recruited by a US-based company</i> <i>called Nahalat Shimon International</i> <i>which owns the property under Israeli law.</i> How did you end up here? It's a long story. Basically, I needed to move from where I was. And my friend was very very active in this neighborhood. And he said you can stay here for the time being. Do you pay rent? I have an arrangement with the owners of the house. I don't wanna get into personal arrangements and rents and things. But yes, I'm a tenant here. I'm not-- I have no ownership over this property. -You're from Brooklyn? -No, I'm from New York. -From Long Island. -From New York. What right do you have to live here? The right I have is that the owner of the house wants me to live here. And he wants there to be Jews living in his house. And he wants-- And I got chosen-- For whatever reason, it ended up being me. -We as a-- -So, why do you live here? Because I live here. Because it's important. And because not too many people want to live here. And it's important to strengthen this neighborhood to make sure that this neighborhood is not lost in any future peace deal. <i>No, no to occupation. Occupation will disappear!</i> <i>No, no to occupation. Occupation will disappear!</i> This is not their ancestral land. They've not been here for generations. They came here in 1956 because they had nowhere else to be. And somebody illegally put them here. Whatever they're accusing me of is… is no different from what they're doing and what they did. So, your position here is a political position to keep Palestinians out of it? Not to keep Palestinians out of it, to keep Jews in it. And therefore keep the Palestinians who were here out of it. No-- That's not-- No. That's a-- That's a necessary evil. Whatever the situation is, and that's what I was trying to explain in that viral video, they're not coming back here. This part of the house, for sure, is lost. The second part of the house, unless there is some major miracle, is going to be lost. And they're not coming back in here. So, whether I'm here, whether I'm not here, whether it's me, whether it's someone else, whether it's a monkey, whether it's a giraffe, they're not coming back into this house ever. I understand why they're angry at me. I understand why they dislike me. But I did not do this to them. I'm not doing this to them. And, as I said, if I leave, I'll be replaced immediately. And I venture to think that whoever comes here is not going to be as… easy-going as I am. I've been instructed to disperse the crowd. <i>Jacob's Nahalat Shimon International's unyielding stance</i> <i>is being challenged both inside the neighborhood and in court.</i> <i>Where lawyers representing the families argue</i> <i>it's illegal under international law</i> <i>to displace anyone from occupied land.</i> <i>They're also arguing that there's a double standard.</i> <i>Israel allows Jews to return to their homeland,</i> <i>but not Palestinians.</i> -Go over there! -It's okay. -I don't want to cause a problem. -You're in my way. -I just want to ask you, "Why?" -Talk to me in Hebrew. -Over there. Go. -I just-- I wanna ask you why you have taken the man. <i>Nahalat Shimon International did not respond to our request for comment.</i> <i>Across the street from Muna's home is a house that belonged to a family</i> <i>pushed out in the last round of evictions.</i> <i>We found Abu Ayman Al Ghawi alone</i> <i>sitting outside his old house.</i> So, you used to live in this house across the road. What happened? They kicked us out on the street in an hour. They destroyed the doors and beat us, our children, and women. They forcefully threw us out. Were you given any help, any money, a place to stay? What sort of support did you get? They didn't give us any assistance. They didn't give us a flat or rent. Imagine, we have lived here under this tree outside our flat for seven months. So, what happened to all your belongings that were in the house? They took all the furniture and dumped it. We don't know where they took the furniture. We left with only the clothes we were wearing. I was in my pajamas, and my wife left without slippers. How long exactly have you lived in this house? I was born here in 1962. STOP OUR HOMES Jerusalem is our right, not the settlers'. The settlers came from America, Russia, and Germany. They don't have more of a right to live here than me. I was born here, and my blood and tears are in this house. SHEIKH JARRAH <i>Arieh King, a right-wing activist,</i> <i>who was appointed East Jerusalem's Deputy Mayors last year,</i> <i>says the right belongs to the Jewish people.</i> When we are Jews in the States, in Australia, in England, in Jerusalem, we're facing towards one place. Haram al-Sharif. Mount-- Temple Mount. -I mean, that's religion. -Of course. Talking about a religion when you're talking about people and the land and where they live, is it relevant? Absolutely! So, you can't really justify ownership over religion when there are so many different types of Arabs. Of course not. But I'm just explaining what we are-- The way that we see Jerusalem, it's a different way than any other… religion. As a Jew, you can live everywhere in the world, you can be the most orthodox Jew, if you don't live in Jerusalem, you cannot… keep the entire commitment of God. Do you want to see a Sheikh Jarrah… that is… Jewish? Of course. Without Arabs? I want to see Jews, yes. <i>As the neighborhood waits on the eviction appeal,</i> <i>support for the families is growing.</i> This is our land! <i>Police are getting more aggressive.</i> As it's getting closer, the smell is getting really really strong. We can see everybody just ran inside. Because they don't want to be sprayed with that. It smells like sewage. Close it. Close it. <i>One night, police even raided a Palestinian resident's house…</i> <i>for playing loud music.</i> Tell him to turn off the music! It's my house. -What are you doing? -Come here. Come on! -Let me take him. -Take him. Why? Tell him to turn the music off. -I want to go inside. -Come on, move! Move away! Close the door completely. Don't open the door. Stay away from her! It's our house. There is music here. Move! Move! Son of a bitch, go outside! Get out! <i>On another night, police detained Muna's younger brother</i> <i>and held him for hours when he was trying to go home.</i> He lives here! Why are you pushing me? Calm down. Now do you know where he is? We don't know, but we're going to check to see if he's at the police headquarters. You're the one who arrested my brother! May God not bless you! May God break your arms, you animal! Son of a bitch! <i>As Ramadan neared its end,</i> <i>Palestinians flocked to Al Aqsa Mosque.</i> <i>And the Israeli police once again stormed in.</i> ISRAEL POLICE VIA STORYFUL <i>Hundreds of people were injured.</i> <i>But many medics were prevented from entering.</i> We've been outside for a while. They wouldn't let us in. We've now made it into the grounds. There are the remnants of stun grenades everywhere. East Jerusalem is at the heart of the Palestine-Israel conflict. And right now… it's exploded. Come inside! Come inside! The Palestinians are taking refuge inside the Aqsa Mosque. God is great! <i>While Palestinians barricaded themselves in the mosque,</i> <i>close by, right-wing Israelis, including Arieh King,</i> <i>celebrated the date Israel captured Jerusalem in 1967.</i> A lot is happening right now. Al Aqsa, what you call Jerusalem Day, Sheikh Jarrah. Do you think that this is a very delicate moment? It's a delicate moment like many other moments that we have here. And we've passed many moments like that… and we'll pass this also. What do you want to see in the end? What would make you happy? To see the temple built… at the temple mark where there is the Dome of the Rock. In the holy of holiness… we believe, and we trust God, and we believe God, So, we trust that it will happen. And we need to do everything to ensure it happens in our days. 2021-05-13 THURSDAY 14:27:16 <i>In retaliation, for the storming of the Al Aqsa,</i> <i>Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza,</i> <i>fired on Israel.</i> <i>At least 13 civilians had been killed, including two children.</i> <i>GAZA CITY</i> <i>Israel responded with a disproportionate show of force</i> <i>leveling apartment buildings and newsrooms.</i> <i>In one of the most densely populated places on earth,</i> <i>to escape is impossible.</i> <i>Israel has closed off the crossing into the blockaded strip.</i> <i>So far, over 200 Palestinians have been killed, including 61 children.</i> <i>When the bombing stops</i> <i>and the international community is no longer watching,</i> <i>Muna will still be fighting,</i> <i>including Israel's Supreme Court.</i> The residents of Sheikh Jarrah say court cases like this happen on a monthly basis. But they still say despite the amount of times they've been here, they have no faith in the justice system. They say it's their land, and we say that it's not their land. <i>In the coming weeks,</i> <i>the courts will make a decision on the cases of 28 families appealing eviction.</i> <i>If they lose, they'll be left homeless.</i> When you sat inside there, as a Palestinian in an Israeli court, do you feel the same as them? Do you feel equal to them? I feel that even my most basic right, having an Arabic translator, was not given to me. In the end, we're dealing with a system of settlers. They don't want us Palestinians to stay in our land. They want to make Jerusalem the unified capital of Israel and they want to do an ethnic cleansing of all the Palestinians in Jerusalem. We will not give our homes to them. No way! I always say that I would chain myself to the house. I won't leave. They'd better come and drag me out of it.
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Channel: VICE News
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Length: 20min 30sec (1230 seconds)
Published: Wed May 19 2021
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