For young Palestinians, Nakba Day is dedicated to remembering the catastrophes that our grandparents went through. But with every passing year, we realize how much the day belongs to our catastrophes too. My grandfather, Mohammed Samara, shaking hands with an official at a football tournament in Jerusalem during the British mandate of Palestine, 1946. Photo … Continued
A group of students hold a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel’s policies at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 8, 2017 [Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency] Source: The Middle East Monitor More than 40 South African ministers, government officials, activists and personalities are to launch a 24 hour hunger strike in support of … Continued
The Nakba Day is commemorated on the 15th May which is the date that precedes following the Israeli invasion and the displacement of the Palestinians of their land Source: World Bulletin / News Desk The term “Nakba” (“catastrophe” in Arabic) conjures up memories of two pivotal events in Palestinian history: the establishment of the state … Continued
Factsheet by The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) General Facts & Figures The Palestinian “Nakba” (“catastrophe” in Arabic) refers to the mass expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from British Mandate Palestine during Israel’s creation (1947–49). The Nakba was not an unintended result of war. It was a deliberate and systematic act necessary for the creation of … Continued
By Al Bawaba Police have reportedly refused to grant a permit for the upcoming “March of Return,” one of the annual events held by Arab Israelis to mark the Nakba — the “catastrophe” of the creation of the Jewish state. The march scheduled to take place on Israel’s 69th Independence Day in early May was … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a new Jewish settlement construction site, in the Occupied West Bank [Reuters] By Stanley L Cohen Al Jazeera Last week, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be … Continued
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