Both Muslims and Christians suffer under the weight of Israeli occupation

Both Muslims and Christians suffer under the weight of Israeli occupation

For Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the creation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, on the land of historic Palestine — and its devastating aftermath, known as the “Nakba” (the Catastrophe) — left deep, lasting wounds. Both communities were displaced or killed, losing homes and livelihoods and forced to live as refugees in their own motherland or in neighboring countries under the auspices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency f…