Posts Tagged: Nakba
What Nakba Day Celebrations Really Say About the Palestinians
On May 15, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over recent years, marked the nakba (Arabic for "catastrophe") –– the day 68 years ago...
On November 30, Remember the Jewish Refugees Expelled from Arab Lands
Linda Hakim left Iraq for London in 1970. But she has never been able to shake off the fear that she felt growing up as a...
Protest Breaks Out During Mohammed Bakri Film Screening in Israel
A fracas erupted during the screening of Israeli-Arab filmmaker Mohammad Bakri's 2009 documentary Zahra at the Carmiel municipality auditorium in Israel on Thursday night, Israel's...
‘Nakba Day’ Footage Shows Riots in Jerusalem, Arabs Chanting ‘We Don’t Want Jews’ (VIDEO)
Arab residents of Jerusalem marched through the Israeli capital's streets on Friday to mark "Nakba Day" -- the Arabic name for the perceived catastrophe (nakba)...
Telling the Truth About Israel on College Campuses
On Wednesday night, my son Mendy held a demonstration inside an event held by the Students for Justice in Palestine. They were screening a documentary...
Author of ‘Best Speech by an Israeli Diplomat Ever’ Calls Time on Palestinian ‘Narrative of Victimhood’ (INTERVIEW)
I first encountered the name of George Deek at the end of September, when a reader sent me a link to an entry on a...
Report: Palestinian Arabs killed, Israeli Troops Wounded in ‘Nakba Day’ Rioting
Two Palestinian Arabs were allegedly killed by rubber bullets fired by Israeli soldiers during a riot held near a jail north of Jerusalem on Thursday,...
Abbas: Arabs of Safed Left Israel by Their Own Choice
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, during his address at the UN (on September 26, 2013) claimed: "I am personally one of the victims of the Nakba, among...
Mass Graves in Jaffa – but Who Killed Them?
Over the past couple of days the Arab media have been reporting on the discovery of mass graves of Arabs in Jaffa. The Al Aqsa Foundation...
Naqba — Commemorating a Self-Inflicted Tragedy
Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the naqba (Arabic for catastrophe). It was on...
The Importance of Israeli Arabs
An incident during the recent retirement ceremony for Israel's outgoing chief justice, Dorit Beinisch, highlighted the complexities Israeli Arabs face in relation to...
