Hashtags SheikhJarrah and SaveSheikhJarrah still making a difference on social media as Palestinians there continue the fight to keep their homes and land from being stolen by illegal Israeli settlers
Kurd called the situation in Sheikh Jarrah "a tiny sample of Zionist settler colonialism in Jerusalem and Palestine in general" that reflected "the balance of power".
Under Israeli law, Jewish settlers can claim land that belonged to Jews before the foundation of Israel 1948, even if Palestinian families have been living there for decades, a move as in contravention of the Geneva Convention and international law. Outside his house, half of which was taken over in 2009 by a Jewish settler, Kurd said he was online from morning until night.
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