The Nakba stems from the Arab-Israeli war which began on 15 May, 1948 - the day after Israel declared independence when British control of the land, known as Mandate Palestine, was about to end.

Online rally brings thousands together to mark the day hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homes Online Nakba rally brought together thousands of participants ...

That’s the day we became refugees.” On Wednesday, Zarqa joins millions of Palestinians across the world to mark Nakba Day ...

It is a softened version of the bill approved in July 2009 by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, which made participation in Nakba Day events punishable by up to three years in prison.

Tlaib’s event on Wednesday, called “Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People,” featured the Arabic word for “catastrophe” that Palestinians use to describe the dispersion and expulsion of Pales ...

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Palestinians mark Nakba Day on 15 May according to the Gregorian calendar, while the timing of Israel's Independence Day follows the Hebrew calendar. Some Palestinians on social media have also ...

On 15 September this year, Elias Khoury, one of the most prominent contemporary Arab novelists, passed away at the age of 76.

A day later, the Arab League ... the state of Israel has continued to push a different narrative of the nakba, focused on Arab aggression, necessary Jewish self-defense and examples of Israeli ...

Hezbollah has vowed to continue its resistance and support Palestinians, a day after a ceasefire deal between the group and Israel was announced. In the first statement by Hezbollah's operations ...