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Palestinian writer and activistMohammed El-Kurd delivered a speech at the UN on Monday, blasting the “Israeli settler-colonial regime” for its occupation of Jerusalem. “Thank you for these groundbreaking speeches,” came the acerbic start to El-Kurd’s address. “I’m sure the occupation authorities are really concerned right now.” Speaking on the United Nations on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, El-Kurd described the day Israeli settlers took half of his home in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem. He was 11 years old at the time. He said that the Israeli settlement expansio…