Thread by @JustWorldEd

Just to be clear what this math means: Residents of Jewish neighborhoods in #Jerusalem70 have public services funded at levels more than FIVE TIMES HIGHER per capita than residents of "Arab" neighborhoods in the city. #ApartheidOrWhat?

Starting in just a few minutes! #Jerusalem70 Rashid Khalidi & @helenacobban in conversation on Jerusalem: Microcosm of #Palestine

Happening now! Rashid Khalidi, whose family has long roots in Jerusalem, in conversation with @helenacobban #Jerusalem70

Khalidi: “There has been no peace process for a long time. There has been a deception called a peace process.”

Khalidi: “The U.S. has made a very radical and revolutionary step by going back on longstanding policy by accepting Jerusalem as wholly in Israel.” #Jerusalem70

Khalidi: “We (in the U.S.) are paying for them to bomb Gaza, we are paying for them to shoot demonstrators.” #Jerusalem70

Khalidi: “The #GreatReturnMarch may become the third major grassroots Palestinian upheaval of last 100 years (along with 1936 strike and First Intifada).” #Jerusalem70

Khalidi: “The grassroots mass prayer protests in Jerusalem last year against new security/surveillance equipment at Haram al-Sharif were more successful than protestations of all the Arab governments.” #Jerusalem70

Rashid Khalidi: “The Arab governments and the PLO have done absolutely nothing to spread the Palestinian narrative. It’s being done by Palestinian civil society and international solidarity activists.” #Jerusalem70

Khalidi: “I’ve seen conversions on the road to Jerusalem, people who toured Hebron with Breaking the Silence, who came away completely converted (to Palestinian rights).” #Jerusalem70

Rashid Khalidi: “One of the most regrettable aspects of the PA has been its adoption of a neoliberal model for the Palestinian economy.” #Jerusalem70

Rashid Khalidi: “Moving embassy to Jerusalem violates international law and reverses 70 years of U.S. policy.” #Jerusalem70