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.
Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing exemplifies the inextricable tangling of witness and attempted erasure—of martyrdom in the wholest sense—in occupied Palestine.
The truth is, after 74 years Palestinians have never been more united. We will restore our country, we will restore our homes. We will rebuild them, even more beautifully than ever.
The “voice of Palestine” can be gunned down, but never silenced. 74 years on, it’s well past time for the world to really listen.
Zionism has always used sexual violence as a primary tool to eliminate indigenous Palestinians, and maintain the Israeli settler-colonial regime.
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.
On the the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Rami Younis shares the city of Lyd’s past, present, and a possible alternative future.
Many older Jews still carry scars of the Nazi Holocaust that live on in the form of guilt, victimhood and fear of another genocide. They must protect Israel for they hear, “without Israel there would be no safe Jews.” These fears are exported within the context of Zionist racist ideology.
There is a simple principle that Israel ignores: peace and security cannot be built without justice. A society based on the oppression of another people cannot dream of enjoying a normal life.
On March 30, thousands of Palestinians attended the yearly commemoration of Land Day in Gaza. Tareq Hajjaj walked through the crowd and asked attendees – “What does Land Day mean to you?” Answers varied, but most included the statement: “the land means our existence.”