Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history?
The file in the state archives contains clear evidence that the researchers at the time did not paint the full picture of Israel's role in creating the Palestinian refugee problem.
85-year-old Egyptian priest attacked by Israeli forces during Easter will sue
Times of Israel - An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue.
A video that emerged earlier this week shows Israeli police shoving Arsanios el-Orshalimi and putting him in a headlock. The incident took place during Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City on May 4. The event drew thousands of people to the area, and hundreds of Israeli police were on guard.
Israeli army injures Palestinian protesters marking 65th Nakba anniversary
IMEMC - Palestinian medical sources reported that several Palestinians have been injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Bab Al-‘Amoud area in occupied East Jerusalem, after the army attacked Palestinian protesters marking the 65th Nakba anniversary. Israel sources reported that three soldiers have also been injured.
On Nakba Anniversary, Refugees Make Almost Half of Population
WAFA - On the eve of the Nakba (catastrophe) 65th anniversary, the refugees make almost half of the total Palestinian population, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Tuesday.
Nakba survivor: "If you wanted to live, you left"
Ma'an News - Ghatheyya Mifleh al-Khawalda was 15 years old when she fled her home during the Nakba of 1948.
Now 80, Ghatheyya was once a carefree teenager who used to live with her mother and sister in the village of al-Qastina, northeast of Gaza.
65th Commemoration: Ongoing Nakba and Secondary Forcible Displacement
BADIL - Of the 11.4 million Palestinians worldwide, 66% are forcible displaced, (refugees and internally displaced people) and over half live in the Shatat (forced exile). Instead of an event relegated to history, the Nakba continues into its 65th year – the central source for the annual increase of these displacement statistics.
Thousands of Palestinians Mark The Nakba In Bethlehem
IMEMC - Thousands of Palestinians marked, on Tuesday evening, the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, and participated in a huge procession organized by the Badil Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees Rights, reaffirming the legitimate Palestinian Right of Return to their homeland, homes and towns.
Israeli Army Kidnaps Several Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC - Tuesday at dawn, April 14 2013, Israeli soldiers invaded different parts of the West Bank, searched homes and property, and kidnapped several Palestinians, including university students, before taking them to unknown destinations.
Israeli Settlers Burn Palestinian Agricultural Lands Near Nablus
IMEMC - Monday evening, May 13 2013; a group of extremist Israeli settlers set ablaze Palestinian olive orchards and farmlands that belong the villages of Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Book: Hollywood producer was Mossad agent
New biography outs Israeli producer Arnon Milchan as man who purchased components for Israel's nuclear arsenal
YNet - Could one of Hollywood's greatest Israeli producers have been a Mossad agent? In a new biography called "Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon Arnon Milchan," authors Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman claim that the producer took part in secret Mossad operations.
National Summit to Reassess the US-Israel "Special Relationship"
The public is invited to a nonpartisan symposium Nov. 8-9 that will examine the impact of the US-Israel relationship on Americans. Panels will include top military, diplomatic, intelligence, academic, governmental, and economic experts, as well as former Congressional representatives. Read more
