The Nakba (Al-Nakba, The Catastrophe)

  • Palestine: Sixty-two years of catastrophe

    During April, 11 Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers. For the world’s corporate media this was a quiet month. The deaths received little coverage in the Western media, unlike the two Israeli soldiers killed attacking the Gaza Strip on March 26.

  • The Palestinian Catastrophe

    • Online
    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    Forum: The Palestinian catastrophe, known as the Nakba, refers to the devastation of the Palestinian homeland in 1948, and with it the displacement of the majority of Palestinian Arabs. The Catastrophe did not end in 1948. 75 years later Palestinian lands remain under occupation. As the dramatic use of military force in recent weeks shows, violence, discrimination and displacement remain the lot of the Palestinians.
    Speakers - The Hon Bob Carr, Sophie McNeill, Rawan Arraf

  • Film: Tantura

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney
    • Western Sydney

    The film provides a rare look at Israeli society's first-generation and how the country's founding myth has shaped reality for generations. The film brings never before seen archival footage from the war of 1948 alongside intimate interviews with ex-Israeli soldiers, Palestinian residents, and historians.

    Followed by a Healing Circle