‘We thought we’d return after two days’: Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948
ISRAELI MEDIA: They Were Children During the Nakba. This Is What They Remember 78 Years Later
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The Numbers Behind the ‘Sacred Work’ of Cleansing West Bank Palestinians for Future Jewish Villas
Since January 2023, entire families have packed up their belongings and left the areas where they grew up, places in which they invested their labor and their hopes
Gaza’s water crisis: Families survive on less than 10 liters a day amid Israel’s ongoing genocide
In Gaza’s displacement camps, access to water has become a daily struggle measured in liters, queues, and exhaustion.
Why we can’t forget the Nakba
The Nakba has deeply scarred Palestinian society, affecting not only those who were directly displaced, but also their descendants who grew up in refugee camps or the diaspora. It has disrupted families and communities, resulting for many in the loss of culture and a sense of belonging.
Israel used the Nakba to steal not only Palestinians’ land, but their financial wealth too
The Israeli dispossession of Palestinian property in 1948 did not only include homes and lands. Many also lost access to bank accounts and other wealth. Today that stolen property is estimated to be worth over one hundred billion dollars.
A New Library in Gaza Rises From the Ashes of Destruction
What began as one writer’s quest to save his cherished book collection through six displacements became a grassroots effort to salvage the remains of Gaza’s libraries. The newly opened Phoenix Library is also a testament of resilience: ‘We refuse to be a people who just live in tents and wait’
Autistic children in Gaza face massive regression as Israel’s genocide destroys therapy, care and stability
As the world marks Autism Awareness Month, Gaza’s autistic children face collapsed healthcare, lost therapy and repeated displacement, erasing years of progress
Carrying life under fire: Israeli invasion of Lebanon leaves pregnant women facing deadly risks
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have left over 13,500 pregnant women at risk, as displacement, hunger, and damaged healthcare make pregnancy increasingly dangerous.
‘Burn the lawn’: Israel pursues ‘Rafah model’ in southern Lebanon
Israeli leaders appear determined to move up the escalation ladder and pursue a Gaza-like campaign in Lebanon. All indications point to a new and brutal type of war in Lebanon — featuring attacks “unlike anything we’ve seen before” in the country, a war that could drag on even if the war in Iran comes to a close.
Mass Expulsion in Lebanon as Israel Expands War: “We Don’t Know Where to Go”
Israel issued a sweeping displacement order for the entire region south of Litani River as it escalated its bombing campaign across Lebanon.