Palestinian resistance to occupation felt different in 2021, starting from an uprising to stop land theft by Israeli settlers in Sheikh Jarrah to activists and celebrities speaking out in unprecedented ways.
Here are 5 extraordinary acts of resistance by Palestinians in 2021.
Here are 5 extraordinary acts of resistance by Palestinians in 2021.
Siblings @m7mdkurd and Muna el-Kurd rallied people around the world to speak up against Israel's forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah.
Palestinian residents formed a wave of resistance that spread globally.
Palestinian residents formed a wave of resistance that spread globally.
Thousands bravely gathered at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to protest Israel's actions against the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
Palestinian actors in the film "Let It Be Morning" boycotted its premiere and nomination in the Cannes Film Festival after the movie was labeled "Israeli."
Despite facing violent arrest by Israeli soldiers, several Palestinian youth activists chose to smile as an act of resistance.
"I'd do anything for my people, but I don't know what to do. I'm just 10," a Palestinian girl said to reporters after her neighborhood was blasted in an Israeli airstrike that killed Palestinian children.
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