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Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war?
My grandfather remembers neighborly relations with Jews before 1948. For Palestinians today, such a prospect seems nearly impossible.
By
Mahmoud Mushtaha
May 27, 2024
How do we tell the story of the Nakba when the plot hasn’t ended?
Elias Khoury’s new book encapsulates the symbiotic relationship between literature and the Nakba, exploring its nature as a continuum of calamities.
By
Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani
May 15, 2024
‘The fourth generation remembers’: Nakba commemorated in shadow of Gaza war
Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel joined the annual March of Return, with many making connections to the violent displacement in Gaza.
By
Baker Zoubi
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Ghousoon Bisharat
May 14, 2024
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Israel’s right to tyranny
In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.
By
Amjad Iraqi
January 17, 2024
The ‘second Nakba’ government seizes its moment
Israeli leaders are explicit about reusing the methods of 1948 in Gaza today. But what didn’t quell the Palestinians then will not do so now.
By
Meron Rapoport
January 2, 2024
Why is Gaza so central to the Palestinian struggle?
The history of Gaza illuminates how the tiny enclave has long encapsulated Palestinian identity — and why it is now the focal point of a regional crisis.
By
Anne Irfan
January 2, 2024
Is Israel preparing another Nakba for Gaza?
Forcing Palestinians out of the besieged strip seemed unthinkable weeks ago. But Israel’s war suggests that efforts may be underway to see it through.
By
Samer Badawi
October 19, 2023
‘Your grandparents couldn’t return to Al-Sajara. But I know they died hoping’
Little remains of the village from which +972 editor Vera Sajrawi’s grandparents were uprooted in 1948. Living out the rest of their lives close by as internal refugees, they yearned for what was taken from them.
By
Vera Sajrawi
September 22, 2023
A lesson on Israeli ‘democracy’ from an 18-year-old draft refuser
Previous generations of Israelis closed their eyes to the oppression of Palestinians, Mizrahim, and asylum seekers. Our generation can be different.
By
Yahli Agai
September 5, 2023
Dispelling the myths about Palestinian refugees — in Jenin and beyond
With Israel's Jenin invasion sparking a new round of misinformation, here are the truths behind five hasbara tropes on Palestinian refugees.
By
Anne Irfan
July 9, 2023
‘A moment of disillusionment’: American Jews torn as Israel turns 75
Grappling with a far-right government and growing awareness of the Nakba, American Jews revealed mixed feelings marking Israel's independence.
By
Emily Tamkin
June 2, 2023
Where can we Palestinians mourn our catastrophe?
By banning our ability to mourn the Nakba, Germany is opening the floodgates to a new wave of repression against all aspects of Palestinian identity.
By
Hebh Jamal
May 18, 2023
How the Nakba’s second generation absorbed their parents’ trauma
From the food we ate to the work we chose, the Nakba permeated everything in the lives of the children of Palestinian refugees displaced in their homeland.
By
Samah Salaime
May 17, 2023
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