They refer to it as al-Nakba, or the Catastrophe. Here it is briefly explained, in both 100 words and 300 words. On 14 May 1948, Israel declared independence, and in a war which began the next day ...
With the "Nakba Law" passed late Tuesday, the state would be able to fine local communities and other state-funded groups for holding events that mark what the Arab community calls the Nakba ...
While some Arabs answered calls from al-Husseini and the Arab Higher Committee ... the state of Israel has continued to push a different narrative of the nakba, focused on Arab aggression ...
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On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the Palestinian Catastrophe – Al-Ahram Weekly republishes the 1998 special pages commemorating 50 years of Palestinian dispossession and the creation of ...
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Every year, the nakba is marked. On Wednesday ... She was speaking at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. I recounted what Livni said in this post.