When Will the Wound Heal?
Nakba Day—the Memory of the Catastrophe—is observed annually on May 15. It commemorates the Nakba, the violent uprooting and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians, following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Hundreds of villages were destroyed, families torn apart; many people were forced to flee or prevented from returning. Gaza became one of the places where a large number of these displaced people and their descendants were crowded together. But May 15 is also International Conscientious …
David Auerbach · 03 June 2026 · 1 min