In the U.S. and Israel, recognizing the Nakba doesn't deny Israel's existence

Congresswoman pushes for recognition of Palestinian Nakba in US

'The Nakba never ended. Today we are witnessing the Israeli apartheid regime carry out genocide in Gaza,' says Rashida Tlaib - Anadolu Ajansı

In the U.S. and Israel, recognizing the Nakba doesn't deny Israel's existence

Taking cues from Trump's campus crackdowns, Israeli ministers threaten universities for acknowledging Palestinian suffering under the cover of 'sovereignty'

The Nakba ("disaster" in Arabic), which refers to the destruction of half of the Palestinian villages and the exodus of nearly 800,000 of them at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, is in the sight of the Israeli authorities this year. The Minister of Education threatens to financially sanction academic institutions that would allow commemorations this week. A threat that has been rejected by most universities.

In Hasselt and Genk there were actions for Palestine today. In Hasselt, Pax Christi organized a circle of silence this afternoon to commemorate the Nakba. In Genk there was a demonstration in the afternoon. The rector of UHasselt followed the call of the rector of UGent to make it easier to stop collaborations with Israeli partners.

Former minister Jan Pronk has lashed out at the cabinet during a Nakba commemoration in a packed Dominicus church in Amsterdam. On May 15, it is commemorated that after the founding of the state of Israel, some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled and hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed. Nakba is the Arabic word for catastrophe.