Pro-Palestine activists call to free al-Kurds arrested by Israeli forces in Sheikh Jarrah
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Pro-Palestine activists are calling to free the Palestinian activists Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd after being arrested by Israeli forces from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
The Israeli occupation forces today arrested the siblings, Muna and Mohammed, from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood for being a voice and eye for what is happening in the neighbourhood.
Footage documenting the moment when Israeli occupation forces detained the leader of the #SaveSheikhJarrah campaign, Muna al-Kurd, after raiding and searching her family's home in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/5GblkLVUjW
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 6, 2021
Muna and Mohammed are the Palestinian activists behind the social media campaign, #SaveSheikhJarrah, which supports Palestinian families facing imminent Israeli threat of eviction in the neighborhood, including al-Kurd’s.
The siblings’s father, Nabil al-Kurd, told reporters that his 23-year-old daughter was arrested after the occupation forces raided their home in Sheikh Jarrah in a “provocative manner,” adding that the forces handed a notice ordering her twin brother Mohammed, who was not at home at the time of arrest, to turn himself in.
Israel fears nothing more than the truth. A camera. A tweet. A protest chant. A pen stroke detailing its crimes.
Raise your voice. Don't fall back asleep. Don't let apartheid Israel slide. Demand freedom for @kurd_muna and @m7mdkurd NOW.
— Remi Kanazi (@Remroum) June 6, 2021
Because @m7mdkurd wasn’t home when Israeli police raided and arrested his sister @kurd_muna, the policeman threatened their parents with coming to the house “every hour, every minute” until they have both of them in detention. Israel is horrifying. #SaveSheikhJarrah
— مريم البرغوثي (@MariamBarghouti) June 6, 2021
Mona and Mohamad El-Kurd exposing Israel’s crimes with their cameras since day one.#SaveSheikhJarrah #freemunaalkurd #SaveSilwan pic.twitter.com/yK1AjOTEHS
— Marwa Fatafta // مروة فطافطة #SaveSheikhJarrah (@marwasf) June 6, 2021
Mohammad and Muna El-Kurd single handedly brought the entire world’s attention to the plight of Sheikh Jarrah. They have been documenting all of Israel’s abuses on social media. Israel wants to punish them. All eyes on Sheikh Jarrah. #FreeMunaElKurd #FreeMohammadElKurd
— Nooran A. (@nooranhamdan) June 6, 2021
Muna and Mohammed el-Kurd have been documenting Israel's apartheid and the ethnic cleansing of their neighborhood since they were children. Israel is attempting to silence 2 powerful voices that have shown a spotlight on its crimes. #freemunaalkurd #freemohammedkurd
— IMEU (@theIMEU) June 6, 2021
The siblings were documenting and recording the Israeli occupation forces violence in the neighborhood against the residents.
On Friday, the Red Crescent said 23 runners were injured when Israeli forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at a Marathon in solidarity with the Palestinian families facing forced expulsion in the neighborhood.
Hundreds of runners participated in the event on Friday which began in Sheikh Jarrah and ended 3.5km (2 miles) away in Silwan, as dozens of Palestinians living in the two neighbourhoods face the threat of losing their homes to Israeli settlers.
Mohammed was posting and documenting what the occupation forces did for the runners.
To say that they target civilians is an understatement. This is an army of cowards. pic.twitter.com/9n7BT00c4a
— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) June 4, 2021
