Getting some pieces ready to bring to my table at #motorcitycomiccon
A few new color and black and white paintings and drawings. Superheroes and monsters. First up, taking a dip in zombie lake. Gouache on mixed media board, 6" x8", with bikini painted on acetate overlay.
Sheikh Jarrah Updates (August 2, 2021). Israels illegitimate courts are deciding whether or not to expel multiple families from their homes
From Mohammed el Kurd’s instagram
Americans really need to remember that American dollars fund the organizations directly involved in the ethnic cleansing of palestinians in jerusalem bc many of these settler colonial organizations are based in america. It wouldnt hurt to remember and boycott these two names Nahalat Shimon (which Mohammed el Kurd mentioned above) and Ateret Cohanim. If you could boycott these groups (call your senators etc) you could slow down the ethnic cleansing
In the past few years, Nahalat Shimon has filed several lawsuits against the families of Sheikh Jarrah who have lived there since 1956, all of which have been upheld by Israeli courts. The current deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Arieh King, is the founder of the Israel Land Fund, which has the expressed goal of settling East Jerusalem with a Jewish population. The Israel Land Fund lists Sheikh Jarrah as an “investing opportunity” on its website under the name “Nachalat Shimon Residential Plots,” which it explicitly claims is “being squatted on by Arabs who have built on them illegally or are renting.”
The Israel Land Fund website states that one of its chief goals is to realize “the desire of Diaspora Jews to take a more active role in redeeming the land of Israel, especially in Jerusalem.” That much can be seen from a viral encounter between Sheikh Jarrah native Muna El Kurd and the settler known as Yacob, who speaks to her in a perfect American accent and tells her that if he doesn’t steal her home, someone else will.
Update
They can stay but they have to pay Nahalat Shimon in order to stay, the same organization thats been trying to evict them for years. Israeli courts are 🤡🤡🤡
Imagine suing someone that has been sending people to harass and invade your home and the courts rule that you have to pay that person thats been trying to force you to leave your home
Reminder there is no justice within these courts and never will be. They facilitate the ethnic cleansing of palestinians. The only reason they didnt rule to expel the sheikh jarrah families in question is to save face in the media storm that will follow after.
[Id: original post shows four Instagram stories my Mohammed El Kurd.
1: a picture of the entry to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, with IOF police cars barricading. Over it, text reads “Morning. Today, a Court established by colonizers will decide whether my father who was forcibly made a refugee in 1948 deserves to continue living in the home he’s lived in since 1956. And this is the reality for thousands of others. Zero faith, but some hope #SaveSheikhJarrah”
2: a picture of four settlers sitting on a lobby, captioned “this is Nahalat Shimon International and their attorneys. This is the 5o310 organization that is backed by billionaires and thieving Palestinian land, one home after the other.”
3: a picture from inside the court, showing the press taking pictures, captioned “We’re finally inside the court after hours of waiting. Of course, everything is in Hebrew and we don’t understand a thing. The press has been kicked out, except for a few. #ColonialCourts”
4: a picture of the settlers sitting at court, captioned “the settlers behind the settler organization”
The reblog is a tweet by Al-Shabaka @/AlShabaka reading “BREAKING: Israeli top court offered Palestinian residents of #SheikhJarrah a compromise that would involve issuing them with "protected status” & prevent their expulsion in “coming years.”
The catch: They would have to pay a “small rent fee” to the settler org Nahalat Shimon" / end id]
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