East Jerusalem - Fletcher visit - 5 February 2025

Description
STORY: OCHA / FLETCHER EAST JERUSALEM
TRT: 06:01
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04, 05 FEBRUARY 2025, EAST JERUSALEM, SILWAN AREA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Shotlist
04 FEBRUARY, EAST JERUSALEM, SILWAN AREA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

1. Pan right, city view 
2. Various shots, Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi outside her home in the Silwan area of East Jerusalem
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“I’ve been married for 50 years in this house. I have 40 grandchildren in this house. I’ve only heard of evictions only recently.”
4. Tilt up, Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi cooking
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“When you open the door, you see the soldiers at the door, day in, day out. They harass everyone getting in and out. Our life is so difficult.”
6. Pan right, Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi cooking
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“Evictions orders were sent to me and my two sons.”
8. Various shots, city views
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“There’s neither security nor safety here. Security and safety is for them.”
10. Wide shot, city view
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fakhri Abu Thiyab, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“This is my home. This is the home I was born in. Before 1967, it was small. I've lived, got married and had my children in it. Memories of my mother are in it. But the municipality demolished my home on 14 February 2024. After I repaired it, as I couldn't live on the street, buy or build a house outside the area, it was demolished on 5 November 2024.”
12. Various shots, Fakhri Abu Thiyab’s demolished house
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fakhri Abu Thiyab, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“We were 10 people living in this home: myself, my children and grandchildren. After the demolition, my children were displaced. My wife and I stayed in the caravan. Even the caravan we're living in is under threat. I think the municipality intends to demolish all of this neighbourhood. It has a plan to change it, build settlements, displace and expel us.”
14. Wide shot, Fakhri Abu Thiyab crossing courtyard
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fakhri Abu Thiyab, Resident, East Jerusalem:
“I was born here and lived here as a child. So, we've become without a past, without memories and even without a future due to Israel's illegal policy.”

05 FEBRUARY, EAST JERUSALEM

16. Pan left, destruction of Fakhri Abu Thiyab, joined by UN delegation headed by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher
17. Med shot, USG Tom Fletcher listening to Fakhri Abu Thiyab
18. Med shot, Fletcher in conversation with Um Nasser Ar-Rajabi and East Jerusalem residents
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“So, this is the reality for so many families in East Jerusalem. I’ve been hearing the story from the owners of this house – a house where they grew up, where they raised their children and grandchildren, where they hosted their friends – and then it’s gone, in just half an hour. And those memories buried under this rubble, but they tell me that they will stay, and that they may have lost their property, but they will not give up on their dignity and on their hope.”
20. Various shots, UN delegation headed by USG Tom Fletcher visiting East Jerusalem

Storyline
During a visit to East Jerusalem’s Silwan neighbourhood, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher met residents facing home demolitions and the threat of forcible eviction.