fbpx
ADVERTISE
pick up locations
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Category

nakba

David Suissa: Nakba Is in the Eye of the Beholder

David Suissa May 18, 2011

While the world media was buzzing on May 15 about the Arab demonstrations marking the “Nakba” (catastrophe) of 1948, I was listening to a commencement address by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu at Pomona College in which he lamented, among other things, America’s inability to reduce its addiction to oil. At one point, Chu spoke eloquently about a future in which electric cars would be mass-produced, and how this might ignite an environmental revolution that could “save the planet.”

State Dept. confirms Israel’s arrest of an American

Jewish Journal May 17, 2011

The U.S. State Department confirmed that Israel arrested an American citizen, reportedly during a Nakba Day protest. A State Department statement on Tuesday in response to a query from a journalist during the daily briefing the day before only would confirm that Israeli authorities had arrested a U.S. citizen.

U.S. warns citizens to avoid ‘Nakba’ protests

Jewish Journal May 13, 2011

The U.S. embassy warned Americans to avoid demonstrations this weekend marking \”Nakba Day,\” when Palestinians and Israeli Arabs mark commemorate their losses in Israel\’s Independence War.

Israel’s military chief reviews Nakba preparations

Jewish Journal May 11, 2011

The head of Israel\’s military, Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, toured the West Bank to view preparations for Nakba Day. The military expects major Palestinian demonstrations on May 15 for Nakba Day, or Catastrophe Day, referring to the establishment of the modern State of Israel.

Groups petition Israeli high court to annul Nakba law

Jewish Journal May 5, 2011

Two Israeli human rights groups have petitioned Israel\’s Supreme Court to overturn the so-called Nakba Law. The law, passed in March, enables the state to fine local communities and other state-funded groups for holding events that mark what the Arab community calls the Nakba, which means catastrophe, referring to the creation of the Jewish state of Israel. Fines, deducted from a group\’s operating budget, could equal up to three times the event\’s sponsorship cost; repeat violations would double the fines.

50th Anniversary of ‘Calamity’

Larry Derfner March 12, 1998

Palestinians have an official term for whathappened to them when Israel gained its independence 50 years ago:\”Nakba,\” or, in English, \”Calamity.\” In the failed Arab attack on theJews in 1948, some 600,000 Arabs fled the land or, in tens ofthousands of cases, were expelled.

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a
Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.
© Copyright 2024 Tribe Media Corp • Powered by Lightdrop

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.