In pictures: The occupation attempts to remove paintings drawn on the walls of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan
The locals of the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh confronted the occupation municipality's crews that raided the neighborhood to remove paintings drawn on its walls.
The center explained that the municipality's contractor along with a group of workers raided the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh and had painting tools with them and attempted to remove the paintings drawn on some walls in the neighborhood and claimed that the paintings disturbed the settlers.
International artists recently drew paintings in the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan with the support and partnership of Madaa Silwan Creative Center.
The paintings touched on national issues and some of the hopes and dreams of the Palestinian youth notably the “Panel fig tree” which is famous in Silwan. Four Martyrs were drawn on the leaves of the tree, they are: Ali Dawabsheh from the village of Duma south of Nablus and Mohammad Abu Khdeir from Shu’fat who were both burned by settlers in July 2014 and 2015, respectively. The third Martyr was Samer Sarhan and the fourth was Milad Ayyash; some leaves were left empty to reflect the Palestinian reality where Martyrs fall in support of their just cause.
Another painting was for “Ein Silwan and Ein Silwan Mosque” which are targeted by Elad settlement organization to be Judaized.
Palestinian flags and “I love you Silwan” slogans covered several walls in addition to the “Right to return” and Handala. Another picture was drawn for the late Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish and some of his slogans insisting to hold-on to the land and preserve the Arab identity of the city were also written on the walls.
