This is Fatma

this is Fatma, otherwise known as Um Salem, who lives with her children and grandchildren in the house she was born in in Sheikh Jarrah over 60 years ago. she and her 10 other family members in the home were set to be evicted on 29 December 2021, which has been delayed and is likely to be reissued in January 2022. the reality of preventing this expulsion has a low chance, as the Jerusalem courts have rejected the residents' appeals. the Salem family is one of 17 families that are facing eviction orders in Sheikh Jarrah out of the 45 Palestinian families that live there.

the eviction notice was handed to Um Salem by right-wing member of the Jerusalem Municipality Yonatan Yosef, who claims he bought the rights to the land from a Jewish family that lived in the home before 1948. in 1951, the Salem family was displaced from their original homes during the ongoing Nakba when they moved into their current home in Sheikh Jarrah. the eviction order handed to the family is signed by the Justice Ministry, which serves as a final say in this Israeli legal process.

but I ask, where is the 'justice' in evicting this family from their home of decades? and those of countless other Palestinians across this land? we unfortunately often know of the 'legal system' that fails to offer justice to all people. here, it is clearly that based on Jewish privilege, at the expense of Palestinian livelihoods. Jewish liberation does not come through the oppression of Palestinians.

images in this post depict a solidarity action mural painting project with the Salem family, @free_jlm , @iwitness_silwan & @atlcol that took place on 27 December 2021. photos taken by @edithgeuppert

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