Palestinian MSNBC Guest: ‘What’s Happening to Us Is Ethnic Cleansing’

MOHYELDIN And joining me ░░░░░░░░ from Sheikh Jarrah is ░░░░░░░░ El Kurd who was ░░░░░░░░ evicted from half of ░░░░░░░░ home in East Jerusalem ░░░░░░░░ Israeli settlers Mohammed it ░░░░░░░░ great to see you ░░░░░░░░ We spoke earlier not ░░░░░░░░ long ago about the ░░░░░░░░ you and your family ░░░░░░░░ others have been facing ░░░░░░░░ us through the situation ░░░░░░░░ it has been like ░░░░░░░░ you and your family ░░░░░░░░ the last few days ░░░░░░░░ this latest escalation that ░░░░░░░░ ve seen play out ░░░░░░░░ KURD Thank you so ░░░░░░░░ Ayman for having me ░░░░░░░░ s great to be ░░░░░░░░ And before I begin ░░░░░░░░ just want to offer ░░░░░░░░ condolences to the people ░░░░░░░░ innocent people who were ░░░░░░░░ by Israeli war planes ░░░░░░░░ the Gaza Strip in ░░░░░░░░ besieged Gaza Strip Similarly ░░░░░░░░ in Sheikh Jarrah we ░░░░░░░░ been dealing with a ░░░░░░░░ of state sanctioned violence ░░░░░░░░ Jarrah in the past ░░░░░░░░ weeks has been a ░░░░░░░░ of terror Every single ░░░░░░░░ we are met with ░░░░░░░░ gas military horses stun ░░░░░░░░ rubber coated bullets The ░░░░░░░░ occupation forces are not ░░░░░░░░ in the level of ░░░░░░░░ they use against unarmed ░░░░░░░░ and brute force they ░░░░░░░░ on our women and ░░░░░░░░ our children Today just ░░░░░░░░ somebody got wounded in ░░░░░░░░ eye Over the past ░░░░░░░░ our neighbor got his ░░░░░░░░ illegally invaded into and ░░░░░░░░ leg broken by the ░░░░░░░░ occupation forces Our other ░░░░░░░░ had their house illegally ░░░░░░░░ into their gate broken ░░░░░░░░ and then had their ░░░░░░░░ s yard intentionally destroyed ░░░░░░░░ level of violence that ░░░░░░░░ re seeing is incredibly ░░░░░░░░ and it s fascist ░░░░░░░░ have been trying to ░░░░░░░░ for the past three ░░░░░░░░ and I still cannot ░░░░░░░░ the skunk water off ░░░░░░░░ my clothes off of ░░░░░░░░ skin the chemically manipulated ░░░░░░░░ water they use on ░░░░░░░░ just for standing in ░░░░░░░░ of our houses and ░░░░░░░░ no to state sanctioned ░░░░░░░░ cleansing MOHYELDIN Mohammed the ░░░░░░░░ government as you ve ░░░░░░░░ seen has called this ░░░░░░░░ private land dispute I ░░░░░░░░ you to tell us ░░░░░░░░ our viewers what this ░░░░░░░░ for you and your ░░░░░░░░ and other Palestinians experiencing ░░░░░░░░ and to those who ░░░░░░░░ this is working its ░░░░░░░░ through the legal process ░░░░░░░░ through Israeli courts what ░░░░░░░░ you say to them ░░░░░░░░ KURD Well I ll ░░░░░░░░ to them what the ░░░░░░░░ Nations what over 190 ░░░░░░░░ rights organizations international and ░░░░░░░░ have said This is ░░░░░░░░ war crime This is ░░░░░░░░ cleansing You know they ░░░░░░░░ do all their propaganda ░░░░░░░░ say that this is ░░░░░░░░ private land dispute but ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t take ░░░░░░░░ looking at the history ░░░░░░░░ this country and seeing ░░░░░░░░ this country came about ░░░░░░░░ came about by stealing ░░░░░░░░ s homes and stealing ░░░░░░░░ s lands and destroying ░░░░░░░░ s villages Today the ░░░░░░░░ we have is that ░░░░░░░░ no longer use their ░░░░░░░░ to steal our homes ░░░░░░░░ when they do come ░░░░░░░░ steal our homes Now ░░░░░░░░ use a supremacist judicial ░░░░░░░░ a colonial judicial system ░░░░░░░░ colludes with these settler ░░░░░░░░ that are actually registered ░░░░░░░░ the United States to ░░░░░░░░ over our homes Just ░░░░░░░░ something is legalized does ░░░░░░░░ mean it s moral ░░░░░░░░ not mean it s ░░░░░░░░ does not mean it ░░░░░░░░ historically just What s ░░░░░░░░ to us in Sheikh ░░░░░░░░ is ethnic cleansing.”