Nakba

Defending Freedom of Speech in Israel, the Web 2.0 Version

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 07.17.2009 | World


Hagai El-Ad

At the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), defending freedom of speech is a cornerstone of our mission.

Avigdor Lieberman's Party Seeking To Ban 'Nakba' Commemorations

The Daily Star | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's party wants to ban Israeli Arabs from marking the anniversary of the Nakba, or the Catastrophe in 1948, when 700,...

Palestinians Mark 'Nakba' 61st Anniversary

Al Jazeera | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Thousands of Palestinians have marked the 61st anniversary of the "Nakba" or "catastrophe," in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displa...

Yad Vashem Fires Employee Who Compared Holocaust To Palestinians' Plight

Haaretz | Yoav Stern | Posted 05.24.2009 | World


Yad Vashem has fired an instructor who compared the trauma of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the trauma experienced by the Palestinian people in Isr...