Nakba Archives

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Palestinian olive oil: generational wealth defying 75 years of occupation

Israel uprooted at least 800,000 olive trees since 1967 in the West Bank. For decades, the olive tree has been the main subject among Palestinian poets, who write of their…

3 min

Palestinian FM calls on UN Security Council to end ‘ongoing Nakba’

Granting Palestine a full membership would require the greenlight from the Security Council where the US, Israel’s closest ally, holds veto power. The ongoing Nakba and expulsion of the Palestinian…

2 min

UN to commemorate Nakba anniversary for first time in 75-year history

While the Nakba is associated with a specific date, it has only persisted under the Israeli occupation, which continues to forcibly displace, kill, and detain Palestinians. The United Nations is…

3 min

News

Arab League renews condemnation of Israel’s crimes against Palestinians on Deir Yassin massacre anniversary

To date, Israel has not been held accountable for the massacre despite numerous evidence, survivor testimonies and historic publications at hand. The Arab League renewed its condemnation of Israel’s “racist…

5 min

Inheriting trauma: how the pain of your ancestors can alter you

Many parents ignore their trauma because of the stigma associated with mental health, which in turn has an impact on how they parent their children. From freckles to hair and…

8 min

Exile and displacement: what makes home ‘home’ for Palestinians in Qatar?

The 74th Nakba anniversary this year coincides with global outrage at Israel’s assassination of renowned Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Israel was founded as an ethnocentric Jewish-majority apartheid state on…

2 min

World Refugee Day: Arab League stresses right of return for Palestinians

Globally, Lebanon, a country facing a worsening socio-economic crisis, hosts the largest number of refugees per capita and per square kilometre. The Arab League has shone a light on the…

3 min

Broadcasting Defeat: Radio, lies and the 1967 Naksa

Instead of preparing to return home, the six day war prompted a second exodus, displacing at least 300,000 Palestinians and 100,000 Syrians from their homes. A year before his death,…

6 min

‘They had no mercy’: Palestinian remembers moment he was made a refugee in 1948

For the last seven decades, Palestinians have been witnessing their own ethnic with Israel continuing to make way for Jewish settlers from abroad. It was way before 15 May 1948…

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