Once again in Dheisheh camp (such a site of brilliant Palestinian graffiti), we see here the torch of a Palestinian Indigenous sovereignty over the land being passed on to the next generation, alongside the martyrdom of the character Handala 1/

At the bottom of the image, reading from right to left, Handala’s father first writes “Palestine is our homeland”. Then, his hands are tied behind his back, so he instead calls out the same phrase. Then, his mouth is sewn shut, but he guards the phrase in his thoughts 2/

Finally, he is shot dead, but his children—the Palestinian refugee boy (Handala) & girl—take up the mantle to write the phrase themselves. So, despite the attempts to violently suppress a Palestinian Indigenous sovereignty over Palestine, it is passed on to the next generation 3/

On the left, we see the map of Palestine, coloured in with both the Palestinian flag and the kuffiyeh, affirming the message of the phrase. At the top of the image, we see Handala lying dead, having been hit by an arrow in his bare foot 4/

Next to the martyred Handala reads, “From our blood to our blood is the border of the land”. Another firm claim to Indigenous sovereignty on the land, here Palestine is reclaimed in its entirety, against the attempt to fragment it into distinct territories 5/

For Palestine to extend from our blood to our blood means that Palestine extends from where the Palestinian family have lived and continue to live. Moreover, it means that the borders of Palestine are those that Palestinians have sacrificed and died for, including Handala here 6/