Posts Tagged ‘nakba’

Local Berlin schools distribute leaflets denying 1948 Nakba as ‘myth’

24 Feb 2024 Source: German local council By Al Mayadeen English A brochure titled ‘Mythos Israel 1948’ has been distributed at schools in Germany, aiming at downplaying the forced displacement during the Nakba and deeming criticism of settlements as “antisemitic”. As the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza persists and amid escalating fears of a new Nakba, […]

The new Nakba generation enters a new year in Gaza

Israel’s genocidal war of expulsion is nothing like the people of Gaza have ever seen — not this generation, not their parents’ generation, and not the generation that survived the Nakba. Source

Israel KILLED more Palestinians in 2023 than in any year since the Nakba in 1948

(NaturalNews) In 2023, Israel killed the highest number of Palestinians since the Nakba in 1948, as reported by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on… Source

Genocide in service of Nakba 2023

The ongoing genocidal war on Gaza is not about Hamas or Israeli captives, but the depopulation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people which is being implemented in brutal but deliberate stages.  Source

Israeli Minister Admits Military Is Carrying Out ‘Nakba’ Against Gaza’s Palestinians

An Israeli cabinet official has publicly admitted to the government’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, saying on television over the weekend that the country is “rolling out the Gaza Nakba.” On Saturday, security cabinet member and Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter sat for a television interview with an Israeli news network. Dichter is part of the right-wing […]

Archbishop Hanna: Gaza witnessing new Nakba, ethnic cleansing

October 21, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen+ Al Mayadeen Net By Al Mayadeen English During an interview for Al Mayadeen Net, Palestinian Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna says holding candlelight vigils for Palestine is not enough. Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in occupied al-Quds Atallah Hanna told Al Mayadeen that “bombing the church is a new massacre committed […]

I have written many stories about the Nakba. Today, I lived it.

Tareq Hajjaj woke Friday to a call from the Israeli military telling him he had to flee his home to save his life. The horrors of his journey to safety reminded him of the stories he has heard of the 1948 Nakba. But this time, he was living it. Source

Israel MK calls for a second Nakba in Gaza

Israeli Member of the Knesset Ariel Kallner on Saturday called for a second Nakba to take place in Gaza as Israel intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territories following an ongoing Hamas operation in Israeli settlements. “Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. Nakba in Gaza and Nakba […]

Exclusive: Prisoner Mahmoud Aridah warns of another Nakba

Today September 6, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen By Al Mayadeen English Palestinian Operation Freedom Tunnel prisoner Mahmoud Al-Aridah sends a letter through Al Mayadeen to mark the second anniversary of the heroic operation. The parties to the disputes in occupied Palestine must stay on heightened alert and be wary of the Israeli enemy’s schemes, Operation Freedom […]

Nakba denial is at the heart of pro-Israel lobbying

For most of the past 75 years in the United States, the days around May 15 have seen celebrations of the anniversary of Israel’s creation. Pro-Israel marches, gushing articles breathlessly perpetuating myths about Israel’s “miraculous” creation and development, and, perhaps, an occasional mention of those Palestinians casting a shadow on it all, with their unreasonable […]

We will not commemorate the 75th Nakba with tears, but with the strength of resistance

The 75th anniversary of the Nakba of all Arabs and Muslims, not just Palestine, is upon us. It is the catastrophe of the entire Islamic nation that began in 1948 and its consequences continue to this day. We remember that day, on 14 May 1948, on which the hearts of the Arab nation was torn […]

From Tragedy to Triumph, Nakba Marked with Unyielding Resolve: Let’s Unite across Battlefields!

May 15, 2023 Batoul Wehbe Annually, on the sacred date of May 15, Palestinians solemnly commemorate the Nakba, a term that encapsulates the immense tragedy that befell them in 1948. This sorrowful event saw the forceful expulsion of approximately one million Palestinians from their ancestral lands, accompanied by the destruction or depopulation of over 500 […]

Israeli and US officials push to have Nakba events stopped

The Israeli government is pushing member countries to boycott the United Nations’ first official commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba. Source

Unite to end the Nakba

On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the violent eviction of Palestinians from their homes and their land, we must reaffirm that freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians. Source

‘End the Nakba’: The World Stands in Solidarity with Palestine

May 14, 2023 By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across the world on Saturday, May 13, in spontaneous expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and to protest against Israeli violence. London, Downing Street Hundreds of people marched in Downing Street, London, demanding that the British government pressure Israel to stop bombing […]

Nakba: 75 years on

TEHRAN- Every year on May 15 Palestinians around the world mark the Nakba, or catastrophe, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948. Source

Palestinian refugees answer questions about the Nakba

Despite the continued denial of the Nakba by Zionists, Palestinian refugees have not forgotten what was done to them. And more than four generations later, they have not given up on the hope that they will return. Source

Palestinian history doesn’t start with the Nakba

Palestinians and Arabs have been active agents of resistance against colonialism and imperialism since before the Nakba, and the legacy of this anti-colonial resistance lives on today.  Source

Nakba: a past-present

Nakba is 75 years of what is happening to us, not what happened. Nothing remains. But in the traces– Everything remains. Source

‘Nakba’ commemoration elicits racism from right-wing Zionists, silence from the liberals

When Rashida Tlaib tweeted about the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, AIPAC described her history as “dangerous lies.” Meanwhile, liberal Zionist statements on Israel’s founding contain Nakba denial as well. Source

Kevin McCarthy moves to block Nakba event from happening in capitol, says he will honor Israel instead

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has blocked an educational event about the Nakba featuring Rashida Tlaib at the Capitol, saying he will honor Israel instead. Source

Sheikh Jarrah: Jewish Settlers, Led by City Councilman, Chant ‘We Want Nakba Now’ (VIDEO)

January 15, 2023 Israeli police assaulted Palestinians in Jerusalem during a solidarity demonstration late on Friday, while standing by as groups of extremist Israelis chanted “We Want Nakba now”, led by a city councilman, The New Arab reported. Scores of Sheikh Jarrah residents and activists took part in a protest against the new Israeli far-right […]

The Nakba Day triumph: How the UN is correcting a historical wrong

The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 May, 2023. The decision by the world's largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer. For nearly 75 years, the Palestinian Nakba, the 'Catastrophe' wrought by the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist militias in 1947-48, has […]

Netflix’s “Farha” is a mild depiction of the Nakba

FARHAdirected by Darin J. Sallam92 min. TaleBox 2021 A new film is screening on Netflix and elsewhere around the world – it is called Farha, and it tells the personal story of a 14-year-old Palestinian girl in Palestine, witnessing the events of the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe) at close hand.  Based on a personal testimony of […]

Farha brings back the horrifying memories of Nakba

December 8, 2022  Source: Al Mayadeen By Aya Youssef  By watching Farha, every Palestinian will get to see their own families losing their homes, families, and land as the Jordanian movie recounts the horrors of the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. Farha brings back the horrifying memories of Nakba Imagine that you prepared yourself to watch the movie […]

Netflix faces Israeli backlash over Nakba film

In recent weeks Israeli officials and supporters of Israel have launched a smear campaign against Farha, the debut film from Jordanian director Darin Sallam. Farha, which premiered on Netflix this week, tells the story of a young Palestinian girl who witnesses Zionist military forces kill her family during the Nakba. The Nakba refers to the […]

Why the Nakba is an ongoing process

Last month marked 74 years since the foundation of the state of Israel on the rubble of Palestine. This is known to the Palestinians as Al Nakba, The Catastrophe. Some 800,000 Palestinians were driven out of Palestine by Zionist militias at the barrel of a gun. Yet Palestine lives on — in the everyday reality […]

Right of Return, Nakba are back on the Palestinian agenda 

For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told, even by their leaders, that the Nakba is a thing of the past. However, with Palestinian reality worsening under the deepening system of Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid, Palestinians now understand that they have no possible alternative but their unity, their resistance and the return to the fundamentals […]

Israeli lawmaker warns Palestinians of another ‘Nakba’ if they fly Palestinian flag

In yet another threat by an Israeli official to revisit the “Nakba” on Palestinians, lawmaker Israel Katz, a former minister of finance, warns Palestinian youth who fly the Palestinian flag to ask their parents about “your Nakba” — and warns, “If you don’t calm down, we’ll teach you a lesson that won’t be forgotten”.

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