A City Emptied in a Single Day In July 1948, the thriving Palestinian city of Lydda — a place of railways and orchards, mosques and churches, home to tens of …
Massacres
The Ein al-Zeitun Massacre, May 1948: The Village That Fell Before Safed In the hills of the Upper Galilee, just north of the city of Safad, there once stood a …
The Day That Spread Fear Across Palestine There are events so brutal that their names become a kind of shorthand for an entire tragedy. For Palestinians, Deir Yassin is one …
The Sa’sa’ Massacre, February 1948: Explosives Set on a Sleeping Village In the cold winter mountains of the Upper Galilee, there once stood a green and ancient village called Sa’sa’. …
The Balad al-Shaykh Massacre: An Early Wound of the Nakba, December 1947 Before the state of Israel was declared, before the armies of neighboring countries crossed any border, the killing …
Understanding the Nakba: The 1948 Catastrophe and the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Every spring, as Palestinian families gather to remember, the same word passes quietly between generations: Nakba. In Arabic …
Timeline of Palestinian Suffering and the Historical Roots of Injustice in Palestine/Israel
The history of Palestine cannot be fully understood without acknowledging the early and pivotal role of European Zionist leaders, wealthy financiers like the Rothschild family, and British imperial support. From …
The watermelon is more than a fruit in Palestine—it is a powerful symbol of identity, resistance, and the enduring spirit of freedom. With its vivid red, white, green, and black …