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People walk by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, created by internationally renowned architect Antoine Predock on August 13, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
June 30, 2026, 6:56 am
Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens ‘Nakba’ exhibit despite pushback from Jewish leaders
Jewish group calls to hold museum’s leadership ‘accountable for this egregious mishandling,’ which led sole Jewish board member to resign
By Grace Gilson
Activists have set up a pro-Palestinian camp on Hamburg's Moorweide, which a German court permitted over the objections of the city and Jewish community, May 10, 2026. (Bernhard Sprengel/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
May 16, 2026, 4:42 pm
German court allows anti-Israel encampment in Hamburg park where Nazis deported Jews
Demonstration for Nakba Day triggers outcry from local Jews, who call it a ‘mockery of victims of the Holocaust’; many activists accused of ‘holding antisemitic positions’
By Shira Li Bartov
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiles during an address marking his first 100 days in office, in New York City, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
May 16, 2026, 7:26 am
Mamdani posts Nakba Day video, saying the ‘catastrophe’ continues until today
Shortly before Shabbat, NYC mayor shares footage in support of Palestinian ‘right of return’ and presenting one-sided narrative of 1948 war, drawing furious backlash from leading Jewish groups
By Luke Tress
Residents of the West Bank refugee camp of al-Far'a, near Tubas, evacuate their homes as the Israeli military operation continues in the area on February 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
February 19, 2025, 6:07 pm
West Bank terror crackdown sees largest displacement of Palestinians since 1967
More than 40,100 have fled their homes amid Operation Iron Wall, according to UNRWA; many say they were told to leave by IDF, which denies issuing evacuation orders
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionist party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 26, 2024, 9:57 pm
Smotrich pushes to withdraw funding from Tel Aviv Cinemateque over ‘extremist’ films
Finance minister asks justice minister to help probe institution for screening alleged anti-Israel movies at recent Solidarity Festival
By Sam Sokol and Jessica Steinberg
Lebanese writer Elias Khoury speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
September 16, 2024, 5:18 am
Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, who praised Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught, dies at 76
Prominent columnist used his voice over the years to back Palestinians, chastise Israel’s establishment and settlement policies; he also hailed Arab Spring, taught at universities
By AP and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters confront police during a Nakba Day rally and march on May 18, 2024 in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York. (Spencer Platt/ Getty Images/ AFP)
May 20, 2024, 8:39 pm
NYC mayor defends police after violent clashes at pro-Palestinian Brooklyn rally
Eric Adams says video showing police punching protesters as they lie on the ground is ‘isolated incident,’ backs cops’ claim that Nakba demonstrators rioted
By AP and ToI Staff
Mourners and relatives cry during the funeral of Palestinian Ayser Mohammad Safi, in Ramallah in the West Bank on May 15, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
May 15, 2024, 10:41 pm
PA says man killed in clash with Israeli troops during Nakba Day march in West Bank
Palestinian report says 20-year-old university student shot by soldiers at checkpoint near Ramallah; military yet to comment on incident
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a school run by UNRWA where the IDF said it struck a Hamas command room, in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 15, 2024, 1:22 pm
Palestinians mark ‘Nakba’ day amid Gaza war and humanitarian crisis
UN agencies say 550,000 Gazans have been displaced in last week alone amid Israeli operation in Rafah
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, February 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
May 30, 2023, 11:54 pm
Abbas signs decree criminalizing ‘Nakba’ denial
PA executive order says anyone found guilty of denying what it calls the ‘crime against humanity’ carried out by ‘Zionist gangs’ in 1948 faces up to 2 years in jail
By ToI Staff
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a UN event commemorating the Palestinian 'Nakba,' in New York, May 15, 2023. (Screenshot: UN; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 27, 2023, 11:22 pm
Can Zionists Speak about the Nakba?
Is there room for a cautious Zionist exploration of the Palestinian narrative of Nakba (catastrophe)? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi, and Elana Stein Hain discuss.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a Nakba Day event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, May 15, 2023 (Ed Jones/AFP)
May 18, 2023, 5:33 am
Ad-libbed at the General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas’s full-blown rejectionism
Speaking at the UN’s Nakba fest, the PA chief contradicted his previous assurances to Israel. In a reflection of the collapse of negotiation prospects, hardly anyone even noticed
By David Horovitz
The UN General Assembly Fourth Committee votes on measures addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at UN headquarters in New York, November 11, 2022. (AP/Jeenah Moon)
May 14, 2023, 10:12 pm
Israel’s UN envoy urges other diplomats to stay away from Monday ‘Nakba’ event
Erdan claims some already convinced to shun commemoration, which he says promotes ‘Jew-hatred’ and ‘serves to inflame tensions’
By Luke Tress
Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan speaks during a US House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
May 13, 2023, 6:20 pm
Rashida Tlaib says she ‘struggles’ with prospect of uprooting West Bank settlements
Michigan Democrat, a vocal critic of Israel, likens potential evacuation of Israeli communities to Nakba, says Palestinians deserve ‘restorative justice’
By Ron Kampeas
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont, during the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 10, 2023. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
May 11, 2023, 8:52 am
Bernie Sanders steps in to help Rep. Tlaib hold anti-Israel event in Capitol
Jewish independent lawmaker chairs gathering in Senate committee meeting room to mark Nakba; Tlaib accuses Israel of apartheid, terror, says US aiding ‘ethnic cleansing’
By ToI Staff
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