Are we witnessing Nakba 2.0 in Gaza? | The Stream | Al Jazeera ▶️

May 29, 2024 | "Exist, resist, return!" You may have heard this chant at events this month to mark Nakba Day on May 15, which commemorates the displacement of at least 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 during the founding of Israel. The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of…

“It’s Bisan from Gaza, and this is a second Nakba” | Al Jazeera ▶️

May 15, 2024 | For Palestinians, May 15 marks the anniversary of the “Nakba” — Arabic for “catastrophe” — when hundreds of thousands were forced from their homes. Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has been called the “second Nakba” by many Palestinians forced to flee their homes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc70WTrREsg Bisan Owda spoke with three…

“In Gaza now, it’s worse than ethnic cleansing” – Ilan PAPPÉ | Al Jazeera ▶️

February 25, 2024 | In this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Ilan Pappé. He’s an Israeli historian and professor at the University of Exeter. Pappé is known for his outspoken views on the Israeli-Palestinian question - drawing both praise and criticism. He’s the author of several books including "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine",…

“There is unimaginable carnage in Gaza” – Husam Zomlot | Channel 4 ▶️

A four day temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been extended by two days, and brings a glimmer of relief and hope to Palestinians in Gaza. Momentum from this brings the possibility of even more Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees being released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amKnSybgv8s Over 14,000 Palestinians have been killed, one-third of them children,…

“Israel Is Testing New Weapons on Gaza as Arms Dealers Profit from Gaza War” – Antony Loewenstein | Democracy Now! ▶️

Worldwide protests calling for a ceasefire are drawing attention to the role of weapons manufacturers and distributors supplying machinery to Israel's assault on Gaza, with demonstrators blocking shipping tankers and entrances to weapons factories, and unionized workers refusing to handle military materiel over the war in Gaza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGUoYnlboZk There is "a growing public awareness and…

Inside the West Bank’s surging settler violence | Al Jazeera ▶️

3 October, 2023. ‘Wait for the Great Nakba’ – a warning of forced mass displacement that vigilante settlers have been spreading, as Israeli violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank reaches levels not seen in decades. The Take speaks to Palestinian activist Issa Amro, who was kidnapped, tortured, and assaulted by armed settlers and…

Ex-Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy Decries Israel’s Actions in Gaza | Democracy Now! ▶️

October 17, 2023. President Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday in an unprecedented show of support for the country following last week's surprise attack by Hamas that killed over 1,400 Israelis, including many civilians. The United States continues to rush ammunition, air defenses and other weaponry to Israel ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion…

“Gaza is running out of life”: Human Rights Watch Sounds Alarm on Israel’s Collective Punishment | Democracy Now! ▶️

The death toll from Israel's bombardment of Gaza has topped 2,700, including more than 1,000 Palestinian children. Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member of that group, which could be an ethnic or political group, or just the family, friends and neighbors of the perpetrator.…

“A textbook case of genocide” – Raz Segal | Democracy Now! ▶️

October 16, 2023. Raz Segal, an Israeli expert in modern genocide, calls Israel's assault on Gaza a textbook case of "intent to commit genocide" and its rationalization of its violence a "shameful use" of the lessons of the Holocaust. Israeli state exceptionalism and comparisons of its Palestinians victims to "Nazis" are used to "justify, rationalize,…