17. '48 Palestine after the Unity Uprising

In this episode we have a conversation with Wesam Sharaf, an advocate with the Civil and Political Rights Unit at Adalah — The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

In May Palestinian citizens of Israel participated in massive protests and boycotts as part of the “Unity Uprisings”. Many Palestinians described these protests as the largest display of unity between the West Bank, Gaza, and '48 Palestine in years. Mondoweiss Palestine Correspondent Yumna Patel talks with Wesam about life after the Unity Uprising for Palestinian citizens of Israel.

In the wake of the protests, Palestinian citizens of Israel have continued to be arrested en masse and jailed by Israeli police forces. Despite this, Wesam and other advocates say that air of resistance in Palestinian communities in Israel remains strong.

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Israeli police are rounding up hundreds of Palestinians to ‘settle scores’ in mass arrest campaign – https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/israeli-police-are-rounding-up-hundreds-of-palestinians-to-settle-scores-in-mass-arrest-campaign/

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