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Al Jazeera
National
Mat Nashed

‘We resist silently’: Many Palestinians to boycott Israel’s municipal vote

An Israeli border policeman stands by as a bulldozer demolishes the house of a Palestinian family in Silwan in East Jerusalem, February 14, 2024 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Occupied East Jerusalem –  Munir Nuseibeh has the right to vote in Jerusalem’s upcoming municipal elections, but he refuses to do so. The 42-year-old Palestinian doesn’t want to legitimise Israel’s occupation and annexation of the city’s east.

“This election will not liberate us. It will – at best – give Palestinians [in East Jerusalem] a few more services,” Nuseibeh, a legal expert, told Al Jazeera.

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