Nakba

Only Jewish Board member of CMHR resigns over 'one-sided' upcoming Nakba exhibition

Mark Berlin stepped down from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, citing concerns that its upcoming Nakba exhibit lacks historical balance.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023.
Protesters hold up signs in support of Gaza as they gather before the start of the G7 summit in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 15, 2025.

B'nai Brith Canada demands delay of upcoming Nakba exhibit amid foreign interference fears

'Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present' is set to open June 27, 2026. It's advertised as an exploration of human rights violations related to the "ongoing forced displacement and dispossession."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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.

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
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 Nakba: Oslo led to Israeli apartheid over occupied Palestinians - opinion

The Oslo Accords have failed miserably to provide Palestinians and Israelis with a clear road map and it's time for the sides to decide either to renegotiate or divorce.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByDAOUD KUTTAB/THE MEDIA LINE
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

Jewish teens are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

Founded by Ezra Beinart, a junior at a Jewish day school in New York City, the project’s goal is to bring Palestinian perspectives to a demographic that, he says, sorely lacks them. 

MAY 24, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
DEMOCRAT REP. Rashida Tlaib continues with her virulent antisemitic rhetoric and initiatives, says the writer.

California school to host 'Nakba 75' event on Jerusalem Day

The Nakba 75 event is being organized and attended by a series of organizations that support terrorism.

MAY 18, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold boards during a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University

Abbas’s hate speech does nothing to end the conflict - editorial

Abbas’s speech was a reiteration of old lies and libels against Israel and the Jewish people.

MAY 17, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas holds up maps of the Palestinian compromise, addressing the UN Security Council, in 2020. But after the 1947 Partition Plan, local Arab leaders encouraged Palestinian Arabs to flee, says the writer.

Over half of Palestinians support a two-state solution with Israel - survey

In terms of the geopolitical future of the region, the second most popular option after a two-state solution was the creation of a single Israeli-Palestinian state.

MAY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians hold flags as they mark 'Land Day', an annual commemoration of six Arab citizens of Israel who were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations over land confiscations in 1976, in the east of Gaza Strip, March 30, 2023.

Abbas disavows Jewish ties to Temple Mount, compares Israel to Nazis

"They lie and lie just like Goebbels. They lie, lie, and lie until people believe,” Abbas said about the Israeli narrative of making the desert bloom.

MAY 15, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 77th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 23, 2022.

Israeli ambassador to UN to member states: Avoid Nakba Day event

“Nakba Day” events mark what Palestinians consider to be the “catastrophe” of Israel’s founding.

MAY 14, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a candle to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day during his speech to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "The Middle East, including the Palestinian question" at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 25, 2023.

The Nakba and genocidal wars against Israel - opinion

The Holocaust is over, but the legacy of those who perpetrated and promoted it thrives among many today who seek to destroy Israel.

MAY 14, 2023ByMOSHE DANN
YOUNG ARABS riot at the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, in October 2000, the beginning of the Second Intifada. Yasser Arafat rejected Ehud Barak’s concessions, and declared a more violent conflict.

Grapevine May 12, 2023: A matter of attire

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 13, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO of Kenya signs the guest book at the President’s Residence while his wife, Rachel, and President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, look on.

Democrats are hurting Israel’s democracy - opinion

US President Joe Biden and other key Democrats have taken sides in Israel’s internal debate. By doing so, they are compromising the prospects for compromise.

MAY 13, 2023ByYARON SCHWARTZ
DEMOCRAT REP. Rashida Tlaib continues with her virulent antisemitic rhetoric and initiatives, says the writer.