Nakba

I wish these people had half of the sympathy they have for the Palestinians for the millions that were and still are truly oppressed by imperial power.

Israel's foreign ministry had no immediate comment but the government has consistently said that it is protecting its borders and that its troops are following rules of engagement.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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