Nakba Day honors 77 years of Palestine’s resistance

Nakba Day honors 77 years of Palestine’s resistance

Philadelphia On May 15, 1948, British imperialists withdrew from Palestine. They had assumed a mandate over the territories after defeating the Ottomans in World War I. The evening before, David Ben-Gurion, President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared Israel’s statehood and independence.  The new Zionist State of Israel then . . . Continue reading Nakba Day honors 77 years of Palestine’s resistance at Workers.org

Says Chancellor Ahmed Salam, former Under-Secretary of State of the General Information Service, and expert in international affairs. Salam says that the 1948 Nakba was a pivotal point in Arab history, leaving millions of refugees, killing the Palestinian dream of an independent country.

The memory of the Nakba by the organizations of Palestine solidarity resulted this year in a single great cry: "Stop the genocide in Gaza. Because Israel continues the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine, which it began in 1947/49 with the violent expulsion of about 750 000 people, and has continued to this day...

Reflections on civil resistance and the Palestinian struggle

In the name of Allah, may His peace and blessings be upon His final Messenger, Muhammad, his family, and his companions. On 17 May 2025, I had the honour of attending the national demonstration in London marking the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. The crowd, though underreported by mainstream outlets like the BBC, easily numbered in the hundreds of thousands. This alone is an affirmation that the Palestinian cause is alive in people’s hearts. o…

Culture Minister Fadli Zon attended the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, the day the destruction of the Palestinian homeland and the mass expulsion of most of its population began on May 15, 1948.