They surrounded us with walls so that we thought the Nakba was forever. Instead, we forgot that the walls existed, so we could see the Palestine we’ve always dreamed of.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has blocked an educational event about the Nakba featuring Rashida Tlaib at the Capitol, saying he will honor Israel instead.
On the 74th annual Nakba Day, Palestine Action targeted and shut down Elbit Systems’s flagship premises in Bristol, commemorating Nakba Day. If the fact of life for Palestinians under Israeli apartheid is that of ongoing dispossession and death, then our resistance too must be ongoing. We won’t stop till the Nakba does.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a historic resolution acknowledging the Nakba, which calls on the U.S. government to officially recognize the event and honor the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Although 74 years have passed since the Nakba, many Palestinian refugees hold onto possessions from their original homes and villages where their families were expelled from in 1948. Old keys, handwoven dresses, musical instruments, antique pottery, and old farming equipment all serve as a reminder of life before Israel was established.
The killing and destruction will end only when the root of the problem is addressed: a colonialist regime that continually dispossesses the Palestinians.
Gaza death toll reaches 139, including 39 children, as the Israeli attack on Gaza continues, which has included targeting international media offices. Protests in the West Bank are expected to continue, as Palestinians mark 73rd anniversary of the Nakba.
The Jewish fascist group Im Tirtzu has a history of disrupting Nakba commemoration ceremonies at the Tel Aviv campus. This year they blasted the Eurovision-winning song ‘Toy’ over loudspeakers during a minute of silence for Nakba victims.