Nakba Day

Palestinians in the West Bank still have time to prevent a second Nakba - opinion

There is still time to change course and prevent a second Nakba.

MAY 20, 2025|ByYISRAEL MEDAD

A WOMAN holds a placard that reads: ‘Palestine belongs to Palestinians; we will never leave,’ at a protest marking the 77th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ in Hebron last week.

Demonstrators protest calling to end the war in Gaza while others demonstrate in favor of continuing the fighting, at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025.

'Trying to intimidate us': Hebrew U, TAU hit back at Kisch's call for funding cuts over Nakba event

Both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University condemned Kisch's call to cut funding to their institutions.

MAY 13, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at the United Nations headquarters in New York, last week.

Mahmoud Abbas scores symbolic victories at UN, Arab League

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: To some, the events at the UN and the Arab summit in Jeddah may seem of little consequence. But to Abbas and other Palestinians, symbolic victories are vital.

MAY 26, 2023|ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

A Samidoun stand with Palestinian flags is seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands on March 28, 2023

New Mexico congregation agreed to screen Palestinian terror-funded film

It is unclear if the event actually took place since Nahalat Shalom Congregation wouldn't answer requests by The Jerusalem Post during the past week.

MAY 17, 2023|ByZVIKA KLEIN

‘Nakba’ film ‘Tantura’ premieres locally this week

Tantura is the story of one Israeli graduate student who documented personal testimony of atrocities committed in one Arab village whose residents experienced the Nakba.

MAY 24, 2022ByKEN TOLTZ

The 'Nakba' - catastrophe or success? - comment

Today, Palestinians and their apologists worldwide should stop to consider these realities and face up to the fact that the Nakba describes their failure, not Israel’s success.

MAY 24, 2022BySAMMY STEIN

A PALESTINIAN girl takes part in a rally marking the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, in Ramallah, May 15.

'Nakba recognition' resolution submitted by Rashida Tlaib, 'squad'

The bill calls to establish an official means for the US to recognize and remember the Nakba —The establishment of Israel and the exodus of Palestinians caused by the 1948 War of Independence.

MAY 18, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR

‘THE SQUAD’ – US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (from left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019

Israeli Arabs duel over integration or radicalization on Nakba Day - analysis

While some Israeli Arabs join the Palestinian battle to end Israel on Nakba Day, others prefer to peacefully integrate into the nation.

MAY 15, 2022ByHERB KEINON

Demonstrators gather for Nakba Day protests in the town of Sakhnin

Clashes between Arabs, right-wing activists at TAU Nakba Day rally

Three people were arrested at the rally after they attacked protesters and police.

MAY 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Police arrest Arab protesters at Nakba Day rally at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2022

Israel, Hamas: A powder keg waiting for a spark to set it off

MILITARY AFFAIRS: One year since Operation Guardian of the Walls, not much has changed in the tense standoff between Hamas and Israel.

MAY 13, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM

HAMAS SUPPORTERS attend a protest to support Al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza, last month.

Israel must change its attitude toward the Nakba - comment

In the Palestinian narrative, the Nakba ('The Catastrophe') marks the departure/escape/expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the territory of the State of Israel.

DECEMBER 19, 2021BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF