Sheikh Jarrah Still Fights Back

In occupied East Jerusalem, the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood has been a hot spot of colonisation attempts through eviction claims that Palestinians have fought. In May 2021, Sheikh Jarrah was one of the critical escalation points in one of Israel’s previous major attacks on the Gaza Strip, located miles away from the neighbourhood. But, in 2023, Sheikh Jarrah still holds on to its indigenous Palestinian roots.

In this video, a Palestinian tour guide gave a tour to Norwegian tourists on 19 June when an Israeli coloniser verbally attacked him.

It’s a reminder that while Israeli bombs dropping on children in Gaza get the most attention, the process of Palestinian ethnic cleansing has been a wide-ranging and painful process for the past 75 years.

It’s also worth remembering that Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionism movement, initially suggested Uganda become a Jewish state.

So, had history taken a different turn, the European settler on this video would be saying, “All this belongs to Israel” while standing on African land, much like European settlers have spoken in northern and southern Rhodesia, Namibia, and South Africa!