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

Four Palestinians killed by IDF in latest round of Gaza protests

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov urged both Israel and Hamas to refrain from violence during the protests.

APRIL 27, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A demonstrator hurls back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes at a Gaza border protest , April 27, 2018

Dozens protest for Palestinian right of return on Israel's Independence Day

The "Procession of Return" has been taking place since 1998 and was organized by the Association for the Protection of the Rights of the Displaced.

APRIL 19, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Dozens protest for Palestinian right of return on Israel's Independence Day

Israeli fire kills Palestinian at Gaza border, with more protests ahead

Israel warned protesters not to approach frontier fence; nineteen Palestinians have been killed in violence over past week.

APRIL 5, 2018ByREUTERS
Palestinian protesters carry tires to burn them during clashes with Israeli troops at Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip April 5, 2018.

Israel prepares for weeks of military and international tension

Jerusalem rejects accusations of ‘disproportionate’ force, says Gaza fence separates state from terrorists.

APRIL 1, 2018ByDANIEL J. ROTH, HERB KEINON
Israeli Arabs raise Palestinian flags at a Land Day rally, March 30

IDF imposes general closure on West Bank, Gaza for Passover

The Passover seder coincides this year with Palestinians marking Land Day.

MARCH 28, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Israeli soldiers stand close to a security barrier near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel March, 2018

Senior Palestinian negotiator: US embassy move date a 'provocation'

Erekat said the decision showed the determination of the US administration to "destroy the two-state solution."

FEBRUARY 23, 2018ByADAM RASGON
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat

Did the partition resolution change history?

In other words, the day which could have signaled the dawn of a Palestinian Arab state 70 years ago is now misrepresented as the start of an Israeli campaign of ethnic cleansing.

DECEMBER 3, 2017ByDANIEL MANDEL
Jews celebrate in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947, to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948.

Center field: Boycotting the boycotters?

In 2009 a leading historian described the academic Simon Rawidowicz as “a probing critic of Zionism without being anti-Zionist.”

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017ByGIL TROY
THE CENTER for Jewish History.

Clashes break out in West Bank over 'Nakba Day' demonstrations

Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces got into clashes in the West Bank on Monday as demonstrations marking 'Nakba Day' continued to escalate.

MAY 15, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, ANNA AHRONHEIM
A Palestinian wearing a mask holds a cut-out of a key during a rally ahead of the ‘Nakba Day’ in Bethlehem in 2015

5 facts to know about the Palestinian 'Nakba Day'

Here are five facts about the annual commemoration by Palestinians of the 'catastrophe' of the establishment of the State of Israel.

MAY 15, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Nakba Day facts