If the Nakba was the catastrophe that laid the foundation for Israel’s settler colonial state, the Naksa was the defeat that finished the job, setting off a chain of events that has come to define the reality on the ground in occupied Palestine over the past 56 years.
Over 75 years, the number of Palestinian refugees has surpassed 6 million worldwide and many still live in refugee camps. This is a look at the people who make up the camp, and the names and faces behind the term “refugee.”
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.
Next week will mark 75 years since the Nakba, the “catastrophe”, that expelled 750,000 Palestinian and launched the Israeli occupation of Palestine. But the Nakba is not simply an historical event. It continues to unfold today.
Rights groups, experts, and Khader Adnan’s legal team say that Israel caused his death through deliberate medical negligence and cruel and inhumane treatment. In other words, Israel wanted him dead.
Armed with assault rifles and other weapons, thousands of Israeli settlers took over the streets of the northern occupied West Bank this week to declare: this land belongs to us and we want all of it.
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Itamar Ben-Gvir is one step closer to having power over his own “private militia,” rights groups warned this week after the Israeli government advanced the creation of a National Guard.
Benjamin Netanyahu temporarily halted reforms he sought to make to Israel’s judicial system, but critics say Palestinians will pay the ultimate price as the far-right continues to consolidate power.
Over the years, I have found that for myself and for many other journalists in Palestine, leaving Palestine, even for short periods of time, can bring on feelings of anxiety, guilt, and shame.