Nakba

Rashida Tlaib reintroduces resolution to recognize 'ongoing Palestinian Nakba'

The resolution, reintroduced into the House in time for Nakba Day, called for an official commemoration of the Nakba and for US legislators to denounce an "ongoing Nakba."

|ByMICHAEL STARR
US Representative Rashida Tlaib sits next to US Representative Ilhan Omar during US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, February 24, 2026.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outline the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, US, April 12, 2026.

Mamdani shares 'Nakba Remembrance Day' post featuring Zionist-created art

The video interview was accompanied by shots showcasing a “Visit Palestine” poster created by Frank Krausz in 1936. Krausz was a Holocaust survivor and a Zionist Jew.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
Pro-Palestinian supporters gather on the Embankment ahead of a march through central London, at a demonstration, calling for a "Free Palestine" and an end to "the Genocide", as they commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, May 17, 2025.

London, cities worldwide brace themselves for Nakba day protests

On Wednesday, Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said that Saturday “has the potential to be one of the busiest days for policing in London in recent years.”

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, MICHAEL STARR
Picture taken on March 23, 2022 in Oslo shows the Holocaust Center on Bygdoy with it's building "Villa Grande" illuminated in the colors of Ukraine in support for the Ukrainian people.

All mainstream Norwegian Jewish organizations condemn Holocaust Center for Holocaust revitalization

An open letter to the HL Center stresses that the Holocaust represents "an industrial, ideologically driven genocide whose aim was the total extermination of the Jewish people."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

On 'Nakba,' Abbas vows to continue payments to prisoners and 'martyrs'

Nakba day marks the anniversary of the establishment of Israel as a day of catastrophe.

MAY 15, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting with journalists in the West Bank cityof Ramallah on July 03, 2019.

Letters to the editor April 6, 2022: Sensitivity to the homebound

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

APRIL 5, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Israel: UNHRC's new investigator has compared Nakba to Holocaust

Francesca Albanese has compared "the Holocaust to the Nakba, and advocates for the de-facto destruction of the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” Eilon Shahar said.

APRIL 3, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Ambassador to UN Institutions in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar

Letters to the Editor December 22, 2021: Nonstarter

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 21, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

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
A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ at the Israel-Gaza border fence in 2019.

There must not be a second Nakba - editorial

Itamar Fleischman suggested that the best way to deal with Palestinian nationalist sentiment in Israel was to make them live in constant fear.

DECEMBER 14, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
ARAB-ISRAELI STUDENTS at Tel Aviv University mark Nakba (‘catastrophe’) Day commemorating Israeli independence, on May 14, 2018.

Arabs need to be reminded of Nakba - ex-Bennett, Netanyahu spokesman

A former spokesman for Naftali Bennett said that Arabs needed to be "reminded of the Nakba" on a Channel 14 panel.

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Screenshot of tweet of Channel 14 panel with Itamar Fleischmann

Grapevine May 14, 2021: Getting worse before it gets better

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 13, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with Muslim ambassadors and local Arab leaders at the Iftar dinner that he hosted at the President’s Residence.

Canceling election, Nakba Day and Ramadan could cause eruption - analysis

The most immediate milestone could arise if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls off the election for the Palestinian Legislative Council

APRIL 29, 2021ByUDI SHAHAM
PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE Nakba Day at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate in 2014

Deir Yassin Massacre: What really happened? - opinion

The Friday tour is not an exercise in the memorialization of a tragedy, but the attempt to pervert the historical record.

APRIL 7, 2021ByYISRAEL MEDAD
PALESTINIANS CLASH with Israeli security forces during a protest last year, marking the 72nd anniversary of their ‘Nakba’ in the West Bank village of Sawiya, near Nablus.