100 photos from Palestine A glimpse into the people, places and daily life in Palestine before the 1948 Nakba.

Each year, on 15 May, millions mark the Nakba, or catastrophe, which refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.

We are reminded by media coverage that masses of the population are trapped in the confines of the Gaza Strip.

As the world looks back on 1948, Nakba descendants look to return to Palestine Young Palestinians in the US re-examine their lives and lineage as Israel's war rages on in Gaza ...

The people who support the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” are correct. But they are 77 years too late. Palestine was freed in 1948. From British rule. From 1920 ...

This year, on May 15, as Palestinians mark 77 years since their dispossession in 1948, The National spoke to three women who lived through the Nakba as children.

His testimony features in Jenin, Jenin, a documentary film by the Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri. Made in ...

My father, George Kuttab, and his mother, our Tata Nazira Fatalleh, fled their neighborhood of Musrara in what is now West Jerusalem in May 1948, after their sister Hoda’s husband, Elias, was ...

Nakba Day is the day of commemoration for what Palestinians see as the 'catastrophe': the destruction of their society and homeland in 1948.

1948: The Battle for Jerusalem From January 1948, Jerusalem, due to the military resistance of the Arabs, became virtually cut off from the rest of Palestine.

Millions around the globe are chanting in the streets, squares, and schools: “Free Palestine.” It can set all of us free.

If leader Mahmoud Abbas refuses to abandon the "right of return," that is a barrier to peace talks even before they begin.The post Palestinian leadership cannot continue to hold up ...