1948 war

Nakba Denialism and Israel’s Battle for Hearts and Minds As the Nakba gains recognition, the Israel Lobby redoubles efforts to erase it

Nakba Denialism and Israel’s Battle for Hearts and Minds As the Nakba gains recognition, the Israel Lobby redoubles efforts to erase it

Richard Silverstein May 18, 2023

This week commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, when 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were violently expelled from...

Nakba Memoir: Israeli Soldier Speaks of Horror A disturbing eyewitness testimony about the fate of Palestinian refugees

Nakba Memoir: Israeli Soldier Speaks of Horror A disturbing eyewitness testimony about the fate of Palestinian refugees

Richard Silverstein December 23, 2022

חבר קיבוץ עין חרוד ששירת בצה”ל במלחמת 1948 כתב לעיתון הקיבוץ עדות מצמררת על שיירות הפליטים הפלסטינים...

Israeli Court Orders State Archives to Release Secret Files on 1956 Kafr Qasim Massacre IDF commanders ordered troops to murder unarmed Palestinians forcing panicked survivors to flee to Jordan

Israeli Court Orders State Archives to Release Secret Files on 1956 Kafr Qasim Massacre IDF commanders ordered troops to murder unarmed Palestinians forcing panicked survivors to flee to Jordan

Richard Silverstein July 31, 2022

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Israel and Genocide "Apartheid" has become an accepted term regarding Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Is "Genocide" next?

Israel and Genocide "Apartheid" has become an accepted term regarding Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Is "Genocide" next?

Richard Silverstein January 30, 2022

Over the past year, human rights groups like B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch published damning reports on...

Tantura and the Israeli “Conspiracy of Silence” An Israeli Nakba massacre in 1948 aroused a conspiracy of silence which destroyed the career of an Israeli graduate student

Tantura and the Israeli “Conspiracy of Silence” An Israeli Nakba massacre in 1948 aroused a conspiracy of silence which destroyed the career of an Israeli graduate student

Richard Silverstein January 21, 2022

Before 1948, Tantura was a Palestinian coastal fishing village of 1,500 residents located just north of the...