Black Palestinians Face Diabolical Racism and Discrimination Within The Arab Community

😔 If I Were in Gaza Today, I’d Probably be Living in The Land of Slaves.

Who are the Afro-Palestinians?

Afro-Palestinians in Gaza make up around 1% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million. While accurate population numbers are hard to come by, it is known that there are communities spread across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories with up to 350 to 450 documented people distributed across 50 different families.

In the Al Jalla’a district of Gaza roughly 11,000 Afro-Palestinian people resided before the Israeli invasion began in October 2023.Afro-Palestinians have diverse origins that can be traced across Africa.

Many Afro-Palestinians have roots that could be traced to Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Senegal and Chad. Some Afro-Palestinians have ancestors who were brutally trafficked to Palestine as enslaved Africans during the Arab slave trade from the mid 7th Century. Many came as enslaved labourers as well as merchants and soldiers during the period of Ottoman rule from the 14th century.

❖[Acts 8:26-28]❖
“Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.”