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The Latest Breaking News from Nakba

Why the Nakba still matters

In 1948, 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from what's now Israel. Why did it happen, and what does it mean now?

Salon

New York police violently arrest pro-Palestine protesters marking Nakba

Several arrested as they tried to march in Brooklyn to protest Gaza war and 1948 ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Rally In Washington Against Israeli Actions

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in Washington, D.C., marking Nakba anniversary, calling for Palestinian rights and criticizing Israeli military operation...

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‘A visual testament to Palestinian society’: inside a powerful new photography book

Timely new book Against Erasure shows the ‘breadth and richness’ of Palestine before the Nakba in 1948 when 750,000 people were forced from their homes

The Guardian - US

Israel’s assault on Gaza, through Mona’s eyes

Displaced to Rafah, Mona Abdel Raheem lives through another cycle of war and Palestinian dispossession.

Al Jazeera

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My elderly relatives first fled for their lives in 1948. In Gaza right now they are walking the Nakba again

Their story is that of thousands of other Palestinians: forced to move time and time again, their homes lost or destroyed, says Ghada Ageel of the University of Alberta

The Guardian - UK

‘We will never forget’: Reliving the pain of the Nakba amid Israel’s war

A Palestinian family displaced in 1948 and then again to Jordan in 1967 say war on Gaza makes them feel it over again.

Al Jazeera

Nakba generation relive trauma of displacement in Gaza

Images of distressed families walking south have been powerfully evocative of the catastrophe of 1948

The Guardian - UK

For displaced Palestinians in Syria, Israel war evokes Nakba and solidarity

The war on Gaza echoes the 1948 catastrophe while fortifying the resolve of displaced Palestinians to return home.

Al Jazeera

Thousands of Palestinians forced to flee northern Gaza in what critics call ‘new Nakba’

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said ceasefire is unlikely

The Independent UK

OPINION - Hamas adopted a suicide-bomber strategy towards Israel and it is failing

The war has lasted a month. Far longer than the Six Day or the Yom Kippur wars that made modern Middle Eastern history. And, at least for the Palestinians, far more destructive in terms of death and displacement than even the failed Arab invasion at the birth of Israel in…

Evening Standard

The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal

I covered the Rwandan genocide as a reporter. The language spilling out of Israel after the butchery of the Hamas attacks is eerily familiar, says Guardian US writer Chris McGreal

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Al Jazeera

‘A second Nakba’: Echoes of 1948, as Israel orders Palestinians to leave

Thousands of people are moving to south Gaza, but as Israel targets evacuees, others say they would rather die at home.

The Independent UK

In Israel's call for mass evacuation, Palestinians hear echoes of their original catastrophic exodus

In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza many Palestinians fear a repeat of their mass exodus from what is now Israel

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m just praying to God’: people in Gaza caught between evacuation order, Hamas and bombs

Israel warns people to leave before expected ground assault but Hamas says to stay put, warning of second Nakba

Al Jazeera

‘We reject the forced displacement’ in Gaza: Abbas tells Blinken in Jordan

Palestinian leader tells top US diplomat following Israeli order to evacuate Gaza civilians will lead to ‘second Nakba’.

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Jenin attack created 4,000 new refugees, part of the endless cycle of Palestinian displacement since 1948

The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including four children, and one Israeli soldier killed by suspected friendly fire). An additional 143 Palestinians were injured, with 20 in critical condition, and up to 4,000 displaced.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians in Jenin camp: From Nakba to Israel’s latest assault

The target of Israel’s military has been home to three generations of refugees, many of whom are now fleeing again

Al Jazeera

Gaza’s blockade: Palestine’s Nakba lives on in new generations

Israel’s 16-year blockade of Gaza isn’t just a political issue, but a daily reality that affects all aspects of life

Al Jazeera

Determined Palestinian youth pledge to fight for liberation

On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Al Jazeera spoke to Palestinian youth about their hopes for the future.

Al Jazeera

In Haifa, Israel sells Palestinian homes as luxury real estate

Only a few signs of Palestinian life remain in Haifa 75 years on from the Nakba, and they are disappearing.

Zenger

Palestinians Get Their Way To Celebrate Nakba Day As Others Boycott

Israel urged its colleagues in the United Nations not to part take in Nakba Day concerns in promoting a conflict.

Al Jazeera

Palestine’s Abbas calls on UN to ‘suspend’ Israel as Nakba marked

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that Israel must respect UN resolutions on Palestine or cease as UN member.

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