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While previous Israeli governments have tried to depopulate Gaza, today there is a growing momentum to carry out mass transfer—with American support. Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel has sustained an unprecedentedly brutal assault on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government has stated that its aim is to eliminate Hamas and seems to be preparing for a full ground invasion. But it is becoming increasingly clear that the war is in pursuit of a second goal: the mass expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Israeli politicians and officials from the Israeli defense establishment have called for a second...

Stunned to hear the historical re-write from CNN's Clarissa Ward, on CNN with Erin Burnett. Clarissa Ward just referred to, quote: "...in nineteen forty eight, what they, (the Palestinians,) call The Naqba, when seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced to leave their homes."

The longer only one side of the so-called Palestinian Catastrophe is cultivated, the longer hatred will continue to be nurtured, while historical facts point to Palestinians openly supporting Nazi propaganda during WWII. We're told time and time again that we must recognize the Palestinian "narrative" of the conflict's origins in order to understand their pain, and usher in peace. The truth is that we need to do just the opposite. The Palestinian narrative has already become widely endorsed by many in the academia, and the more it continues to gain recognition, the more miniscule the chances for peace will become....

Thousands of Gazans are planning to march towards Israel in what has been dubbed the “March of the Return” to begin on March 30. Ahmad al-Mudallal, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, described the demonstrations as a popular "referendum" that will demonstrate the adherence of the "Palestinian people" to the “right of return” and the resistance to the "plots" against the Palestinians. In an interview with the Hamas newspaper Felesteen, Mudallal said that the “Palestinian people” will go out to the borders and from there send a message to the world about the need to lift the...

Catastrophe. Not just the displacement of millions of people who have suffered under the hands of barbaric terrorism by Islamists, but the refusal of Muslims the world over to care for their own while blaming others for the displacement In 1948, five Arab countries attacked the new country of Israel, sure of their success. They failed. But Jordan conquered part of Jerusalem in the war, annexed it, ethnically cleansed the Jews whose ancestors had inhabited Jerusalem for thousands of years, destroyed the Holy Sites just as today ISIS has destroyed the Holy Sites in lands they take. The Arabs demolished...

Peace Now's Firm Principles and the New Nakba Day Caroline Glick writes: "This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-Internet satire program produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I founded we feature Peace Now's executive director Yariv Googleheimer discussing the principles guiding the movement as it demands the destruction of the home of the family of a fallen IDF major. We also feature a commemoration of the German Naqba. Enjoy! "

JERUSALEM (AFP) - History textbooks for Israeli Arab students this year will for the first time present the Palestinian version of Israel's creation as a "catastrophe," the education ministry said on Sunday. "For these types of events, both the Israeli and Palestinian versions have to be presented," Education Minister Yuli Tamir said in a statement. Alongside presenting the Israeli interpretation of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the books will also present the version "that is generally accepted among the Arabs, according to which Israel's War of Independence is perceived as a catastrophe (Naqba) by the Palestinians," Tamir said. The books will...

When is a catastrophe not so? When it is -- or was -- totally avoidable and brought about primarily by the oppressive attitudes and actions of the alleged victims themselves. Such is the case with what Arabs call their 'Nakba,' ('Catastrophe') celebrated each year on May 15th. While tragedy indeed occurred, it was born of an oppressive, racist attitude and mindset which declared that none besides Arabs -- be they Kurds, Copts, Berbers, Assyrians, Jews, Black African Sudanese, or others -- were worthy of political rights in the region when the empire of the Turks, who ruled the area for...