May 5, 2021 at 5:45 pm
Jerusalemites really are the salt of the earth. Their resilience resembles the robust trees standing at the Damascus Gate to the Old City, as they shout fiercely in front of the houses of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in protest against the most pernicious occupation on the planet, bare-chested and holding their heads high with hearts full of certainty about their legitimate rights.
The month of Ramadan has always been associated with heroic events in the minds of the indigenous Palestinians in Jerusalem. That prompted a group of young people in the occupied city to reorient the popular resistance compass and rekindle the flame of the Palestinian cause in a series of confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces. The video footage, which has gone viral, has become the Palestinians favourite Ramadan show.