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.

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

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

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'


Letters to the Editor May 23, 2022: Purview of the justice system

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The Nakba, the flag and responsibility - opinion

I have experienced first-hand the rage of the Israel Police to the site of the Palestinian flag at demonstrations in which I have participated in Sheikh Jarrah.

PROTESTERS HOLD a giant Palestinian flag in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip.

'Nakba recognition' resolution submitted by Rashida Tlaib, 'squad'

The bill calls to establish an official means for the US to recognize and remember the Nakba —The establishment of Israel and the exodus of Palestinians caused by the 1948 War of Independence.

 ‘THE SQUAD’ – US Reps. Ayanna Pressley (from left), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2019

On 'Nakba,' Abbas vows to continue payments to prisoners and 'martyrs'

Nakba day marks the anniversary of the establishment of Israel as a day of catastrophe.

 Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting with journalists in the West Bank cityof Ramallah on July 03, 2019.

Letters to the editor April 6, 2022: Sensitivity to the homebound

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Israel: UNHRC's new investigator has compared Nakba to Holocaust

Francesca Albanese has compared "the Holocaust to the Nakba, and advocates for the de-facto destruction of the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” Eilon Shahar said.

 Israeli Ambassador to UN Institutions in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar

Letters to the Editor December 22, 2021: Nonstarter

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Israel must change its attitude toward the Nakba - comment

In the Palestinian narrative, the Nakba ('The Catastrophe') marks the departure/escape/expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the territory of the State of Israel.

A woman holds a Palestinian flag during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ at the Israel-Gaza border fence in 2019.

There must not be a second Nakba - editorial

Itamar Fleischman suggested that the best way to deal with Palestinian nationalist sentiment in Israel was to make them live in constant fear.

ARAB-ISRAELI STUDENTS at Tel Aviv University mark Nakba (‘catastrophe’) Day commemorating Israeli independence, on May 14, 2018.

Arabs need to be reminded of Nakba - ex-Bennett, Netanyahu spokesman

A former spokesman for Naftali Bennett said that Arabs needed to be "reminded of the Nakba" on a Channel 14 panel.

 Screenshot of tweet of Channel 14 panel with Itamar Fleischmann