Nidal al-Rajabi is a native of Silwan. The crown jewel of his home is his front garden which has been host to numerous family celebrations and gatherings. He has been given 21 days by the Israeli court to destroy his own home that he so carefully designed.
Source: @MiddleEastEye
Source: @MiddleEastEye
He has remained defiant, refusing to evict himself from his home despite threats from the government. Self demolition as a practice is akin to psychological torture. As al-Rajabi says, "I refuse to kill my dream and my future with my own hands, let them do that themselves."
In the wake of the court decision in Sheikh Jarrah today, which relegates Palestinians to protected tenant status in houses they've been in for 50+ years, we must remember that there is no "compromise" in these displacement cases. It is ethnic cleansing.
An additional note, the organization that is pushing al-Rajabi out of his home is Ateret Cohanim, which has a steady stream of funding coming from....New York State taxes. Check out the campaign to get theme stripped of their 501(c)(3) status here: defundracism.org
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