Nakba

U2 frontman Bono compares Ben-Gvir comments on Gazans to Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler's rhetoric

During the interview, conducted by journalist Brian Hiatt, Bono addressed comments Ben-Gvir made about Gaza residents in a conversation with former hostage survivor Rom Braslavski.

|ByELI LEON
Bono of U2 performs during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 18, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
(Illustrative) Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.

Not calling Hamas terrorists in Nakba exhibit was ‘error,’ says Canada’s heritage minister

Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller stated that "not identifying Hamas as a terrorist organization is... a failure" and called for the alleged "error in curation" to be rectified.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Aerial view of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on April 28, 2024.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens ‘Nakba’ exhibit amid pushback from Jewish leaders

The Winnipeg, Manitoba, exhibit is called “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present,” has drawn fierce condemnation from some Jewish groups, including the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
People rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023.

Only Jewish Board member of CMHR resigns over 'one-sided' upcoming Nakba exhibition

Mark Berlin stepped down from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, citing concerns that its upcoming Nakba exhibit lacks historical balance.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Petition challenges addition of Nakba to Canadian school curriculum

The 2024 BCTF AGM document on resolutions said that the teachers needed these events explicitly included in the curriculum for when the topics arose in the classroom.

MARCH 28, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Protesters hold an effigy of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a rally to call for a ceasefire, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 9, 2024.

Netanyahu tells gov't to be sensitive after minister calls war '2023 Nakba'

Netanyahu's warning came the day after Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter said that Israel's war with Hamas was the "2023 Gaza Nakba" during an interview.

NOVEMBER 12, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference in Tel Aviv last month.

Hamas-Israel war: Palestinians, allies are to blame for the coming Nakba - opinion

The Palestinians and their allies have brought down on their own head the coming losses and suffering, this coming Nakba, in the Hamas-Israel war.

OCTOBER 22, 2023ByYITZ GREENBERG
PALESTINIANS CLASH with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah, during a protest to mark the 70th anniversary of the ‘Nakba,’ in May 2018.

New Nakba: Oslo led to Israeli apartheid over occupied Palestinians - opinion

The Oslo Accords have failed miserably to provide Palestinians and Israelis with a clear road map and it's time for the sides to decide either to renegotiate or divorce.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByDAOUD KUTTAB/THE MEDIA LINE
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin, then-US President Bill Clinton and then-PLO chairman Yasser Arafat wave after the signing of the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, at the White House, 1993

Jewish teens are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

Founded by Ezra Beinart, a junior at a Jewish day school in New York City, the project’s goal is to bring Palestinian perspectives to a demographic that, he says, sorely lacks them. 

MAY 24, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
DEMOCRAT REP. Rashida Tlaib continues with her virulent antisemitic rhetoric and initiatives, says the writer.

California school to host 'Nakba 75' event on Jerusalem Day

The Nakba 75 event is being organized and attended by a series of organizations that support terrorism.

MAY 18, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold boards during a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University

Abbas’s hate speech does nothing to end the conflict - editorial

Abbas’s speech was a reiteration of old lies and libels against Israel and the Jewish people.

MAY 17, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas holds up maps of the Palestinian compromise, addressing the UN Security Council, in 2020. But after the 1947 Partition Plan, local Arab leaders encouraged Palestinian Arabs to flee, says the writer.

Over half of Palestinians support a two-state solution with Israel - survey

In terms of the geopolitical future of the region, the second most popular option after a two-state solution was the creation of a single Israeli-Palestinian state.

MAY 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians hold flags as they mark 'Land Day', an annual commemoration of six Arab citizens of Israel who were killed by Israeli security forces during demonstrations over land confiscations in 1976, in the east of Gaza Strip, March 30, 2023.

Abbas disavows Jewish ties to Temple Mount, compares Israel to Nazis

"They lie and lie just like Goebbels. They lie, lie, and lie until people believe,” Abbas said about the Israeli narrative of making the desert bloom.

MAY 15, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 77th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 23, 2022.

Israeli ambassador to UN to member states: Avoid Nakba Day event

“Nakba Day” events mark what Palestinians consider to be the “catastrophe” of Israel’s founding.

MAY 14, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan lights a candle to commemorate Israel’s Memorial Day during his speech to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on "The Middle East, including the Palestinian question" at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 25, 2023.