Nakba

Not calling Hamas terrorists in Nakba exhibit was ‘error,’ says Canada’s heritage minister

Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller stated that "not identifying Hamas as a terrorist organization is... a failure" and called for the alleged "error in curation" to be rectified.

(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
Aerial view of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on April 28, 2024.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens ‘Nakba’ exhibit amid pushback from Jewish leaders

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.

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

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


Over 60 Palestinians wounded in Nakba Day protests, 9 fires near border

Palestinians mark Nakba Day (Catastrophe Day) every year with demonstrations in both Gaza and the West Bank.

Fires near the Gaza border seen in background of Nakba Day protests 2019

Arab MKs use Nakba Day to speak out against Trump’s ‘deal of the century’

The “deal of the century,” as it has been coined, is slated to be released in June.

MK Ahmed Tibi at a Nakba Day rally in Ramallah, May 15, 2019

Arab Israelis, MKs gather to protest the 'Nakba'

The protesters demanded the return of all refugees from the war who live outside Israel, as well as the restitution of abandoned lands to those Arabs who moved to another location within Israel.

Israeli Arabs protesting the Nakba on Israel's Independence Day, May 9, 2019.

Eurovision under attack? Gaza activists threaten the contest – report

It is not yet clear who released or created video.

A picture taken on November 12, 2018 shows a bus set ablaze after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip

Think about it: Poland and Israel: National narratives and myths

Though I am totally opposed to equating the Holocaust with the Nakba, Israel is no different from Poland in its approach to its own national narrative and national myths.

Polish and Israeli flags at a march next to Auschwitz in April

'Nakba Street' named in Paris suburb

Signs, which included description of Ben Gurion as “war criminal” subsequently removed

General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Encountering Peace: Memories and the future

For now, it seems we are in a kind of holding pattern. But it is also clear that if we don’t move forward, we move backward.

A Palestinian man holds a symbolic key next to Hamas militants during a rally after Nakba Day in Rafah

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh made a brief visit on Sunday to Egypt.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City May 14, 2018

'Freedom Flotilla' sets sail from Sweden to the Gaza Strip

Before this year's Gaza flotilla left Gothenburg, a solidarity ceremony was held in the Swedish city with the participation of hundreds of left-wing activists from Scandinavia and Europe.

Activists aboard a flotilla to Gaza [file]

General strike in West Bank and Gaza marking Nakba Day

The strike came in response to Monday’s violence on the Gaza border.

A Palestinian in the Old City of Jerusalem closing his shop in support of general strikes in West Bank and Gaza marking Nakba Day