Key Historical Events
Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe (1948)
Every year Palestinians commemorate the Nakba ("the catastrophe"): the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. In 1948 more than 60 percent of the total Palestinian population was expelled. More than 530 Palestinian villages were depopulated and completely destroyed. To date, Israel has prevented the return of approximately six million Palestinian refugees, who have either been expelled or displaced. Approximately 250,000 internally displaced Palestinian second-class citizens of Israel are prevented from returning to their homes and villages. (Added 7 November 2003)

59th Anniversary of the Nakba
  • The Nakba has Never Ended, Julia Pitner (15 May 2007)
  • A double Nakba in Gaza, Rami Almeghari (15 May 2007)
  • "There is no Substitute for the Return to our Homes" (15 May 2007)
  • A political marriage of necessity: A single state of Palestine-Israel, Ali Abunimah (14 May 2007)
  • Memory as a blueprint for the future, George Bisharat (13 May 2007)


    58th Anniversary of the Nakba
  • From Generation to Generation, Karma Nabulsi (15 May 2006)
  • Israel at 58: A Failing Experiment, Sam Bahour (15 May 2006)
  • Umm al-Zinat: Commemorating the Catastrophe, Jonathan Cook (4 May 2006)


    57th Anniversary of the Nakba
  • Time to confront reality: Nakba Day speech in Oak Park, Ali Abunimah (15 May 2005)
  • Palestinians mark day of catastrophe, Khalid Amayreh (16 May 2005)
  • "Key of Return", a Marriage Gift in Gaza, Sami Abu Salem (15 May 2005)
  • 57th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, BADIL (10 May 2005)
  • Democracy and Rights are also for Palestinian Refugees, Karma Nabulsi (10 May 2005)


    Overview
  • Remembering Deir Yassin, Daniel McGowan (26 September 2003)
  • Who undermines the right of return, Salman Abu Sitta (18 August 2003)
  • The President, the Dean, and the Historiography of 1948 Palestine, Ilan Pappe (30 May 2003)
  • No Sharon, we won't drop the right of return, Arjan El Fassed (8 May 2003)
  • Traces of poison, Salman Abu Sitta, Al-Ahram Weekly (27 March 2003)
  • Independence Day, Islah Jad (17 April 2002)
  • Special: 50 years of Arab dispossession, Al-Ahram Weekly (1998).
  • Fifty years of dispossession, Jan de Jong Le Monde Diplomatique (September 1997)
  • The '48 Nakba and the Zionist quest for its completion, Illan Pappe (October 2002).


    Statistics
  • Special Report: "Catastrophe", Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (May 1998).


    Maps
  • Maps of Palestine before and after al-Nakba


    Related Websites
  • Palestine Remembered
  • Nakba
  • I remember 1948
  • Deir Yassin Remembered
  • Jerusalemites: Nakba
  • BADIL: Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
  • Snapshots: Nakba 55
  • Al-Nakba - 55
  • MIFTAH: Palestinian Dispossession


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