The Nakba – the dispossession of Palestine during, before and after the declaration of Israel as a state in May 1948 – is an ongoing process, and the genocide underway in Gaza represents an escalation of colonial violence.
So said three prominent Palestinian human rights groups – Al-Haq, Al Mezan and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights – on Wednesday.
Wednesday marked Nakba Day, the annual commemoration of the ethnic cleansing of 800,000 Palestinians from their homeland, representing around 80 percent of the Palestinian population, 74 years ago.
The Arabic word “Nakba” translates to “catastrophe” – a word that describes the waves of displacement, massacres and dispossession of their land that Palestinians have contended with in 1948 and ever since …..more
