Nakba

Why pro-Israel educators should teach the Nakba - opinion

Students who learn this version of 1948 develop both moral imagination and intellectual resilience.

|ByURI PILICHOWSKI
ISRAELI RIGHT-WING activists demonstrate next to Arab Israeli and left-wing activist students during a rally marking the anniversary of the Nakba at Tel Aviv University, in May 2026.
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.

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
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

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.

Palestinians in bid to secure renewal of UNRWA mandate

PA urges donors to honor financial obligations to Palestinians.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
A child walks in front of a mural painting depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on her way to a school run by United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus on August 29, 2018

North African tolerance

“Why not build a memorial for the victims of the Israeli Holocaust against the children of Sabra, Shatila, Deir Yassin, Jenin, Gaza and Qana?”

AUGUST 29, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL
THEN-PRESIDENT Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yana’it Ben-Zvi with new immigrants from North Africa, aboard the ship ‘Negba’ in 1955.

The Pink Flour Mill – history as romance

While Hannun’s account is kitchen-table history, what actually happened was that the overwhelming majority of Mandate Arabs left what was then the newly-established State of Israel on their own accor

MAY 25, 2019ByALAN MEYER
Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the 'Nakba', or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands fled or were forced from their homes in the war surrounding Israel's independence in 1948, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 1

Hamas ‘salute’ Jeremy Corbyn for Nakba rally support

Chairman of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Gideon Falter, said: ‘Clearly Hamas feels that when it comes to Jews, Jeremy Corbyn is a brother in arms.

MAY 17, 2019ByBENJY SINGER
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn acknowledges his audience prior to giving his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Britain, September 27, 2017.

Pro-Israel students counter Nakba Day at Tel Aviv University

Arab-Israeli students decried the 'catastrophe' of 1948 while Jewish-Israeli students celebrated the founding of the State of Israel at Tel Aviv University.

MAY 16, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A poster shown at the Nakba Day commemorations in Tel Aviv University

Over 60 Palestinians wounded in Nakba Day protests, 9 fires near border

Palestinians mark Nakba Day (Catastrophe Day) every year with demonstrations in both Gaza and the West Bank.

MAY 16, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Fires near the Gaza border seen in background of Nakba Day protests 2019

Arab MKs use Nakba Day to speak out against Trump’s ‘deal of the century’

The “deal of the century,” as it has been coined, is slated to be released in June.

MAY 15, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
MK Ahmed Tibi at a Nakba Day rally in Ramallah, May 15, 2019

Arab Israelis, MKs gather to protest the 'Nakba'

The protesters demanded the return of all refugees from the war who live outside Israel, as well as the restitution of abandoned lands to those Arabs who moved to another location within Israel.

MAY 9, 2019ByZACK EVANS
Israeli Arabs protesting the Nakba on Israel's Independence Day, May 9, 2019.

Eurovision under attack? Gaza activists threaten the contest – report

It is not yet clear who released or created video.

APRIL 16, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A picture taken on November 12, 2018 shows a bus set ablaze after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip