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

'Nakba Street' named in Paris suburb

Signs, which included description of Ben Gurion as “war criminal” subsequently removed

JUNE 13, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Encountering Peace: Memories and the future

For now, it seems we are in a kind of holding pattern. But it is also clear that if we don’t move forward, we move backward.

MAY 16, 2018ByGERSHON BASKIN
A Palestinian man holds a symbolic key next to Hamas militants during a rally after Nakba Day in Rafah

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh made a brief visit on Sunday to Egypt.

MAY 16, 2018ByREUTERS
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City May 14, 2018

'Freedom Flotilla' sets sail from Sweden to the Gaza Strip

Before this year's Gaza flotilla left Gothenburg, a solidarity ceremony was held in the Swedish city with the participation of hundreds of left-wing activists from Scandinavia and Europe.

MAY 16, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Activists aboard a flotilla to Gaza [file]

General strike in West Bank and Gaza marking Nakba Day

The strike came in response to Monday’s violence on the Gaza border.

MAY 15, 2018ByADAM RASGON
A Palestinian in the Old City of Jerusalem closing his shop in support of general strikes in West Bank and Gaza marking Nakba Day

Police, protesters clash in Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate

Demonstrators gathered at the plaza outside the gate to as part of Nakba Day protests.

MAY 15, 2018ByUDI SHAHAM
DATE IMPORTED: May 14, 2018 An Israeli police officer argues with a Palestinian woman outside Jerusalem's Old City's Damascus Gate, May 13, 2018.

Tensions high as Palestinians mark Nakba Day

Israelis and Palestinians are braced for a further day of violence in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

MAY 15, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinians collect tires to be burnt during a protest marking the 70th anniversary of Nakba, at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip May 15, 2018

Inside look: How Gaza protesters attempted to breach the border fence

Over the past eight weeks, protesters in Gaza have altered their strategy as Israel has warned them to refrain from approaching the border fence.

MAY 15, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A picture taken on April 13, 2018 from the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz across the border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli soldiers keeping position and Palestinian protestors gathering along the border fence with Israel. Several thousand Gazans gathered for a third consecutive Friday of ma

After Gaza bloodshed, IDF remains on high alert for Nakba Day

Monday's escalation of violence on the Gaza border resulted in 58 Palestinians dead.

MAY 15, 2018ByMAARIV ONLINE
A Palestinian demonstrator moves a burning tire during a protest in Bethlehem in the West Bank May 14, 2018.

After dozens of Gazans killed, Hamas leader says patience of armed factions 'will not last'

Fifty-eight Palestinians were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded in Monday's protests.

MAY 15, 2018ByADAM RASGON
A Palestinian wearing a mask holds a cut-out of a key during a rally ahead of the ‘Nakba Day’ in Bethlehem in 2015