by Ibrahim Vawda | May 13, 2014 | Press Releases
One of the most widely repeated quotes attributed to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, in which he dismisses Palestinian preexistence in what became Israel: “The old will die and the young will forget”. Three generations of refugees later, the...
by MRN | Jan 10, 2014 | Middle East
[Prefatory Note: this text is based on my presentation at the conference listed below, which brought together a wide array of scholars, media people, and persons concerned with the future of Palestine] Second Annual Conference of Research Centers in the Arab World,...
by MRN | Aug 22, 2013 | Middle East
Palestinians protest the Prawer Plan, which will forcibly displace tens of thousands from the Naqab. (Yotam Ronen / ActiveStills) In September 1948, a Zionist army truck forcibly rounded up 14 Palestinian Bedouin farmers near al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev), drove...
by MRN | Jul 30, 2013 | Middle East, World
Following the first ‘Day of Rage’ against the planned uprooting of tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin in the Naqab (Negev) on July 15, Palestinian activists inside Israel have called a second ‘Day of Rage’ for August 1. On July 15, thousands of Palestinian...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
The 15th of May is commemorated as al-Nakba Day (The Day of the Palestinian Catastrophe) by justice loving Israelis and peace loving people around the world in remembrance of the massacres, the expulsions, the destruction of over 400 Palestinian villages and the...
