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Dispelling the myths about Palestinian refugees — in Jenin and beyond
With Israel's Jenin invasion sparking a new round of misinformation, here are the truths behind five hasbara tropes on Palestinian refugees.
By
Anne Irfan
July 9, 2023
The Israeli left has broken the Nakba taboo. Will the right of return be next?
The past year has seen many left-wing Israeli groups looking beyond the occupation to confront the legacies of 1948, but they remain divided over redressing the exile of Palestinian refugees through return.
By
Ben Reiff
June 23, 2022
Carpets, books, and jewelry: Why looting was central to the Nakba
A recent book documents the rampant looting of Palestinian belongings in 1948, but fails to recognize it as part of Israel's wider goal of dispossession.
By
Avi-ram Tzoreff
March 24, 2022
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Gazans invite Israeli activists over for tea
As Israeli soldiers shot at Palestinian demonstrators, Gazan and Israeli activists join each other — on two sides of the fence — for tea, a symbolic act of longing for a day without barriers and aggression. By Dalit Baum Last Friday at dusk, I shared a picnic blanket with dear friends, on a country hill, near…
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September 12, 2018
Iraqis want their Jewish neighbors back
Months after a Shiite cleric who won the parliamentary elections in Iraq said Jews “are welcome,” an online poll on the matter suggests that Iraqis are ready to discuss the right of return – more than Israelis are. By Meron Rapoport “Iraq’s Jews: 70 years after their expulsion, they seek to return to Iraq and become citizens…
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August 30, 2018
How one of Palestine’s preeminent journalists lost hope for peace
Nasser Laham, the editor-in-chief of Palestine’s biggest independent media outlet, used to be an ardent supporter Abbas and the peace process. But after decades of failed attempts, something inside him changed. Today he believes Palestinians must stop talking about peace. ‘We’ll wait a thousand years, the Israelis will be defeated. What’s the hurry?’ By Meron Rapoport…
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July 8, 2018
Can Palestinian and Jewish narratives of exile and return be reconciled?
How can one feel a sense of belonging to a place where they were not born? A place you’ve never even seen? If there’s any people who can relate to the Palestinian narrative of exile, longing and return, isn’t it the Jews?
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Social TV
June 15, 2018
Lessons from my Palestinian mother about Jerusalem — and resistance
For 70 years, Israel has tried to erase Palestinian history. And for 70 years, Palestinians have resisted erasure. My mother helped me understand how. In her expansive history of Jerusalem, British author Karen Armstrong describes a peculiar pastime of Moshe Dayan, the Israeli general who, in 1967, captured the city’s eastern half. Dayan, it turns…
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Samer Badawi
May 15, 2018
Israeli soliders open fire on Gaza protesters seventh week in a row
One Palestinian killed and dozens evacuated to Gaza hospitals after Israeli snipers open fire on the Great Return March for the seventh consecutive week. By +972 Magazine Staff [This post will be updated as events unfold.] Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at Palestinian protesters on the border with Gaza for the seventh…
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May 11, 2018
Palestinian refugees are demanding to be heard. Will we listen?
70 years later, Palestinian refugees are no longer waiting for peace talks to determine their fate. In Gaza, they are actively reclaiming their place at the table. On a warm spring day in late April 1956, Moshe Dayan, then the IDF chief of staff and Israel’s eminent war hero, delivered an address that would become…
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Edo Konrad
May 6, 2018
Are Israeli Jews beginning to accept the right of return?
A number of new surveys shows that at least a fifth of Israel’s Jewish citizens are open to the idea of Palestinian refugees returning to their homes. So how do we reconcile this with the violence being meted out to Palestinians on the Gaza border? By Eléonore Bronstein and Eitan Bronstein Aparicio What is it…
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April 18, 2018
PHOTOS: Life inside Gaza’s Return March protest camp
This is what happens at the protest camp when the IDF isn’t shooting — and when the world isn’t looking. Photos by Mohammed Zaanoun (Activestills.org), text by Mohammed Zaanoun and +972 Magazine Staff On Fridays, the Gaza tent encampment near the Israeli border fence is a deadly zone. Israel snipers have opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators for…
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Activestills
April 12, 2018
Photos: Tens of thousands march on Gaza border, Israeli troops open fire
At least 12 Palestinians are killed and 1,100 wounded as Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian protesters gathering at the Gaza-Israel border fence to mark the beginning of ‘The Great Return March,’ a 45-day-long series of events and protests planned to culminate on May 15 — Nakba Day. Despite using deadly force against the demonstrators Israeli army…
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March 30, 2018
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