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*'''Afro Palestinians'''
Some Palestinians still refer to those with dark skin as ‘abeed,’ literally translated as ‘slaves.'<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120121042718/http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/ViewArticle.aspx?id=167 Pilgrimage to a New Self: The African Quarter and its people], Jerusalem Quarterly, Nov 16, 2002.
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In Focus...
Racial slurs against blacks are oddly frequent in a society that has experienced its own share of prejudice and discrimination at home and abroad.
On the Edge of Acceptance
It was not the first nor the last time that these black Palestinians would feel the prejudice of a Middle East that continues to carry a pronounced color consciousness. "Fair and Lovely," a "skin lightening" product once popular (and now considered decidedly passé) in the United States is advertised regularly on Arabic satellite television. Some Palestinians still refer to those with dark skin as "abeed," literally translated as "slaves." Racial slurs against blacks are oddly frequent in a society that has experienced its own share of prejudice and discrimination at home and abroad.</blockquote></ref> Report:<blockquote>Some Palestinians still refer to those with dark skin as "abeed," literally translated as "slaves." Racial slurs against blacks are oddly frequent in a society that has experienced its own share of prejudice and discrimination at home and abroad.</blockquote>
Though many of these Afro-Palestinians have lived in the area for centuries, they are often discriminated against because they are black.
They are only respected by their fellow Palestinians because of their role in Arab Palestinians' fight.<ref>M. E. Taylor, "The revealing story of Afro-Palestinians and how they made Jerusalem their home," Face2FaceAfrica, August 24, 2018.<blockquote>Meanwhile, there are other large communities of Afro-Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank town of Jericho, with many of them being descendants of slaves or soldiers brought in during Ottoman times.
Though many of these Afro-Palestinians have lived in Palestine for centuries, they are often discriminated against because they are black.
They are only respected by their fellow Palestinians because of their role in the country’s struggle for independence.</blockquote></ref>
Some have been involved in terror activities one (such terrorist who planted hand grenades in 1968 injuring 9) interviewed explained hr stopped aiding African immigrants as soon as they saw they have a positive view on Israel (naturally he tried to propagate in interviewed against Israel too).<ref name=toi6apr2014>Ilan Ben Zion, "[https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-old-citys-african-secret/ The Old City’s African secret]" TOI, 6 Apr 2014.
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A community of African Muslims has lived for generations in two former prison buildings right next to the Temple Mount. Today, it numbers 350 staunchly Palestinian members.
When asked about the African migrants who have flocked to Israel from Eritrea and Sudan in recent years, Qous said that initially they tried to help them, “but most of the time we’ve been faced [with the fact] that they have good recognition of the State of Israel, and… we have a bad perspective about the [Israeli] occupation.”
The Afro-Palestinians are fervently committed to the Palestinian nationalist cause. According to Qous, most of the Afro-Palestinians of Jerusalem have served time in Israeli prison and the police know they are “a bad group.” ...
Ali Jiddah planted four hand grenades on Strauss Street in downtown Jerusalem in 1968. The blasts injured nine Israelis and Jiddah spent 17 years in Israeli prison....
In spite of their strong identification as Palestinians, there is nonetheless a degree of racial discrimination against them by the broader Arab population.
“Some Palestinians still refer to those with dark skin as ‘abeed,’ literally translated as ‘slaves,'” Charmaine Seitz wrote in a Jerusalem Quarterly article on the African community in 2002. “Racial slurs against blacks are oddly frequent in a society that has experienced its own share of prejudice and discrimination at home and abroad.”
But Jiddah ...
When the Africans first came to British Mandate Palestine, said Qous, they faced “a lot of difficulties in order to be accepted in [Palestinian] society.” After the first generation of immigrants married local Arab women, they became better integrated.
“Now we don’t have this kind of problem here, because we are not a Scandinavian country, you know?” he said. “Jerusalem is a mosaic society. It’s a multicultural society.”
Elsewhere, like Ramallah, he said, it might have been more difficult.
“Black, white,” said Mohammed, the elderly merchant, “we’re all one.”</blockquote></ref> One interviewed said "we are not a Scandinavian country, you know?” he said. “Jerusalem is a mosaic society. It’s a multicultural society.” Elsewhere, like Ramallah, he said, it might have been more difficult.<ref name=toi6apr2014/>
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*[[Nazism at Arab Palestinians]]
*[[Nazism at Arab Palestinians]]
==See also==
==See also==
*[[State of Palestine]]
*[[State of Palestine]]