The Columbia Law Review journal removed its entire website after publishing an article on the Nakba by Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah, who is also a Harvard Law student. The Nakba, meaning “Catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s war on the region in 1947 and 48, whic...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP As Israel’s unprecedented Gaza war continues, Palestinians remember the Nakba (catastrophe), their mass displacement during the creation of the state of Israel 76 years ago. “Our ‘Nakba’ in 2023 is the worst ever,” said Mohammed al-Farra, whose family fled their home in K...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday there was no “humanitarian catastrophe” in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. It came as Palestinians commemorated the 76th anniversary of the ...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians, under attack by Israel for more than seven months, on Wednesday marked 76 years since their mass displacement which they call the Nakba or “catastrophe”. The sight of desperate families carrying their scant belongings through the ruins of war-scarred cities has evoked for man...
ATHENS (AA) – The Palestinian struggle at its very core is an “anti-imperialist character,” according to a Palestinian community leader in Greece. While the world’s attention is again on the Palestine-Israel issue due to the ongoing Gaza crisis, Mohammed al-Sayyed, president of the Palestinian Community in Greece, emphasized the need to view t...
LONDON (AA) – Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, has reiterated his warning about Israel’s plan for another “Nakba” in Gaza, and shared video footage showing mass displacement of people in Gaza from north to south. “Invading Israeli tanks are in #Gaza to force the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes,” Zomlo...
