By Miri Today, May 15th marks Nakba Day. Nakba means “catastrophe“ in Arabic and refers to 1) the events that took place during the war of 1947/1948, usually referred to by the Jewish-Israel discourse as the War of Independence, during which an estimated number of 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and/or fled from their homes and […]
By Miri It has been widely acknowledged that the building of settlements constitute one of the main obstacles to a solution of the conflict in the Middle East. It has become somewhat of a custom that with each new grand building plan published by the Israeli government, Israel receives a reprehension from the international community, […]
➞ Back to Index of Maps. This map is courtesy of the right wing Jewish settler organization, Beit Orot. You are encouraged to check them out at http://www.beitorot.org. They are well funded, well organized, and explicitly dedicated to altering the demographics of Jerusalem and forever thwarting the possibility of a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem […]
The Gate Cafe at Damascus Gate was busy yesterday as the East Jerusalem population emerged from Ramadan. I sat and had a coffee with my friend Haitham and his cousin Abed, talking politics as usual. Two stories emerged that I’d like to share with you. They reflect the complicated identities of Palestinians, Arabs, Jews and […]
