Mona Alkurd , one of the Palestinians Israel is trying to kick along with 28 families out of their decades long homes in Sheikh Al Jarrah , the last Palestinian block in Al Quds ( Jerusalem ), to complete the restriction of the area to Israeli Jews .. simply an Apartheid by settlers.
“ Your posts and tweets are treasures to us “
Here a rough translation of what she said:
“ It falls on us and Palestinians and the honorable people supporting us with posts and tweets. You have no idea how much that means to us. Everyone who shares even one short post or tweet. Don’t feel like you’re doing nothing. Those posts and tweets are treasures to us. Help us get our cause heard. We are 28 families. 500 individuals. If we are removed, then there will be no Palestinians in Al Quds. And in the end, Allah is our hope. And it falls on us. And we will remain here to our last breath defending our lands and homes”
Palestine's case is one of the rare ones where retweets, hashtags, reblogs, etc... are one of the most effective forms of support (besides boycotting and protesting) because donated money goes nowhere and petitions do not work in an apartheid state that seeks to eliminate its victims openly. We need the rest of the world watching and protesting and speaking out.
Here’s a more thorough translation (with the help of my mother who is a translator):
“We are going to hold on to our homes until the last moment. We depend on the youth and people of Al Quds (Jerusalem), those who are in Palestine, and anyone who can reach Al Quds. And we depend on the honorable people who stand with us, and who tweet using انقذواحيالشيخ_جراح# and #SaveSheikJarrah daily on all social media platforms. We count on those people. For us, the support of these people, even if [just] with a hashtag or post, even a short post or a short tweet, on any platform. For us, it’s like a treasure. So, we don’t want anyone, anyone to feel like they’re not doing enough. Anyone who posts or interacts with the hashtags, and posts about the cause and spreads awareness, and gets the word out that: if four families are removed, or seven or eight, then twenty-eight families will be removed, five hundred people. Those 500 people, if [we] are removed, then [all Palestinians] will be removed from Al Quds. This is why it’s important to spread awareness among people on this matter. Continue the campaigns on social media. This supports us. Those who can’t reach Al Quds and Sheikh Al Jarrah, keep going [with the social media campaigns]. This is the best kind of support for us. In the end, our hope lies in God and ourselves. This is our right (we are in the right). We’ll stay to the last moment and our last breath, in our lands and in our homes.”
