Bringing an end to forced displacement and discrimination is the only route to a sustainable solution for both Palestinians and Jewish Israelis Ben White On 15 May, Palestinians mark Nakba […]
His Majesty orders scaling up Gaza field services as Israel crimes condemned By JT – May 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during confrontations with Israeli forces […]
Fadi Esber May 13, 2018 In Arab memory, the Nakba is synonymous with occupation, massacres and the displacement of millions of Palestinians from their homes. It is also closely associated with military defeat. Arabs, however, should also remember the political aspect of Nakba. Before May 15, 1948, Zionist diplomacy was […]
Reuters International This content was published on May 12, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Road sign pointing to the directions of border crossings, positioned next to the entrance of the Kerem […]
By AFP – May 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Mourners carry the body of a Palestinian, who was killed at the Israel-Gaza border by Israeli occupation forces, during his funeral […]
May 17,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen While the 69th anniversary of Israel’s conquest of 78 per cent of Palestine was marked on May 15 by sporadic clashes in the West […]
Barghouthi calls on commemorating Nakba through unity, civil disobedience 3 hours ago PNN/ Ramallah/ The Media Committee of the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ society, present the summary of the twenty-eighth day of the collective hunger strike, which was embarked by the prisoners’ movement in […]
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming […]
May 19,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI On this 68th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel and the exile and refugeehood of half of the Palestinian Arab population of 1948, Israelis, Zionists and their friends should be concerned because something significant is taking place in […]
May 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Today marks the 68th year of Nakbeh, or Palestinian catastrophe. In 1948, Israel was created on Palestinian land, starting decades of Palestinian suffering, sacrifice, dispossession and displacement. Palestinians, both Muslim and Christian, who were a majority in their homeland before the start of the […]
May 14,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Mahmoud N. Zidan On May 11 and 12, many Israelis marked the 68th anniversary of their so-called Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut, according to the Hebrew calendar. That day laid the groundwork for implementing the myth of a greater — only in size — Israel, a […]
by Laila Azzeh | May 14, 2015 | 23:36 Palestinian refugees are seen moving their belongings in an unidentified Palestinian town during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war (Photo courtesy of UNRWA) AMMAN — Almost three generations have been living in “anguish” since the Nakbeh — the day when the lives of […]
Nakba Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nakba Day Date 15 May Next time 15 May 2015 Frequency annual Related to Yom Ha’atzmaut 1948 Palestinian exodus Main articles 1948 Palestinian exodus 1947–48 civil war 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1948 Palestine war Causes of the exodus Nakba Day Palestine refugee camps Palestinian refugee Palestinian […]
by Renat Kuenzi, swissinfo.ch An exhibition in Bern presenting the history of the Palestinian exodus has raised questions about the validity of featuring one side of the conflict. More than […]
Auburn: By Observer5 Today, May 15, is the day that Palestinians commemorate as “Nakba Day,” “Catastrophe Day,” a day to mark the expulsion from homes in Israel during the 1948 war. Arab people throughout the Middle East, are showing their solidarity with the Palestinians in Occupied Israel in peaceful ways […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Yesterday marked the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba of May 1948, when Israel was established and Palestinians experienced the combination of exile and occupation that still defines them today. The day was marked as usual by a variety of events around […]