FMEP’s Sarah Anne Minkin speaks with Ali Awad about Masafer Yatta and particularly Firing Zone 918 and what has changed there since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in May authorizing the Israeli military to expel the Palestinian residents of the firing zone. Ali’s most recent article on +972,”‘They’re not arriving with trucks to deport us, but the goal is the same’,” was published on June 29, 2022. Ali Awad is journalist and activist from the village of Tuba in Masafer Yatta. He is co-founder of the new media project Humans of Masafer Yatta. Sarah Anne Minkin is Director of Programs & Partnerships at FMEP.
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Recorded July 3, 2022
Resources mentioned in this podcast:
- Humans of Masafer Yatta on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/
- Humans of Masafer Yatta on Substack: https://humansofmasaferyatta.substack.com/
- #SaveMasaferYatta campaign: https://savemasaferyatta.com/en/
- Youth of Sumud on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youthofsumud/?hl=en
- Youth of Sumud on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youthofsumud/
- Ali Awad on Twitter: @Ali_awad1998
- Ali Awad’s archives on +972 Magazine: https://www.972mag.com/writer/ali-awad/
- Ali’s newest article on +972, “‘They’re not arriving with trucks to deport us, but the goal is the same’“
- FMEP’s recent podcast with Sameeha Hureini, activist with Youth of Sumud and resident of A’Twani village, “‘It’s our responsibility to turn on the light’: Masafer Yatta, Apartheid, and Youth Activism”: https://fmep.org/resource/its-our-responsibility-to-turn-on-the-light-masafer-yatta-apartheid-and-youth-activism/