On the 15th of May 1948, the Israeli State was created. For several months before this date, Zionist militias began attacking, killing, and expelling Palestinians from their land. Israel seized nearly 70% of historic Palestine, killed thousands of Palestinians, and expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. These people and their descendants still live till today as refugees.
This is the story of the Nakba – the Palestinian catastrophe carried out by the Zionist colonialism.
On the 16th May we will gather at 4:30pm in Gżira to commemorate the Nakba, condemn the illegal occupation, genocide, and raise our voices for a FREE PALESTINE: NAKBA 78 – March for the return of stolen lands
The Nakba is not a past event. The Nakba continues everyday through military occupation, resource theft, apartheid policies, sieges, mass imprisonment, and ongoing genocide.
Over the past two years and a half, Israel has massacred more than 72,000 Palestinians in the open-air prison of Gaza through bombing and starvation. For the past two years and half we witnessed Israel committing genocide in Gaza. Despite the ceasefire agreement Israel is still attacking and killing Palestinians in Gaza whilst blocking humanitarian aid.
Israel has been expanding its borders and seizing more lands from Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank with Israeli officials describing this territory they seized as “buffer zones.” In Gaza, more than half of the Strip’s territory” is under Israeli control. The yellow line introduced by Israel in the south of Lebanon had placed around 16 percent of Lebanon’s total area under its control.
In addition, Israeli military forces are illegally abducting more and more Palestinian people holding them under terrible conditions. Over 20,000 Palestinians have been held in these terrifying conditions since October 2023. In this period, at least 110 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody. Currently, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) is holding 9,900 Palestinians – approximately 3,532 detainees held without charge and about 350 children.
Israel has burned alive thousands of children taking shelter in refugee camps and hospitals, and has destroyed everything – homes, schools, health centers. It has cold-bloodedly killed thousands of doctors, nurses, journalists, and workers.
See you on Saturday, 16 May, as we remember the horrors of Zionism and continue the fight for a FREE PALESTINE