Palestinians mark Nakba amid mass displacement in Gaza and West Bank

Activists gather in Sudbury to support Palestine

It’s been 77 years since an estimated 750,000 Arabs were forcibly displaced and killed in what Palestinians call the Nakba — or “catastrophe” — to make way for a Jewish state.

Protesters Rally Outside Israeli Embassy Party at British Museum

A slew of politicians, government officials, and public figures rubbed shoulders at the British Museum in London earlier this week for a private ceremony to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. On Tuesday evening, May 13, the inside walls of the museum’s Great Court were drenched in a cascade of blue and white for the celebration organized by the Israeli Embassy. Labour Party politician and Minister for Defens…

A hundred years ago, Malcolm X was born. His attachment to Gaza has hardly been appreciated so far.

Venezuela Expresses Solidarity With Palestine on 77th Anniversary of the Nakba

Venezuela expressed solidarity with Palestine on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the forced exile of Palestinians from their ancestral land by Zionist colonialism and the continued suffering of millions of Palestinians. “Seventy-seven years ago, the colonial ambition of Israeli Zionism gave way to a massive, planned and violent expulsion of the Palestinian population,” the Venezuelan government stated in a communiqué issued on Thursday, May 1…

I'm going to talk a little about myself, as one of the two million people living in Gaza. My name is Mohamed and my wife's name is Toleen. We have two sons, Ahmed and Adam. We had a beautiful family life. I worked as a teacher and my wife worked as an X-ray technician. We had a home and were preparing to welcome a new...

‘Nakba never ended’: Tlaib introduces resolution on 77th anniversary of Palestinian expulsion

WASHINGTON—On the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., introduced a resolution urging the U.S. government to officially recognize the decades-long displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people and the rights of Palestinian refugees. “The Nakba never ended,” Tlaib said when announcing her resolution. “Today, we are witnessing the Israeli apartheid regime carry out genocide in Gaza. “It is a campaign…