Nakba
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appears live on WNYC’s “Mamdani’s First 100 Days: Lessons from La Guardia” in Manhattan, April 20, 2026. (Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
May 18, 2026, 9:57 am
Mamdani releases ‘Nakba’ day video
The CEO of Met Council said that the video "has strained relationships with a lot of us in the leadership, who have tried to work in good faith with the administration"
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov/press)
May 17, 2026, 10:52 am
Summer Lee joins Tlaib’s Nakba resolution accusing Israel of apartheid, genocide
The Squirrel Hill rep is one of only 12 co-sponsors of the resolution
By Toby Tabachnick
May 15, 2025, 9:51 pm
‘Squad,’ other House members – including Summer Lee – introduce ‘nakba’ bill in Congress
“We are witnessing the Israeli apartheid regime carry out genocide in Gaza,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) stated.
By JNS
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is seen in the U.S. Capitol, April 20, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
May 12, 2023, 4:31 pm
Kevin McCarthy promised to replace Rashida Tlaib’s event with a ‘bipartisan’ pro-Israel discussion. Only Republicans spoke.
Tlaib ultimately hosted her event on the Senate side of the Capitol.
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, addresses an event she organized in the Capitol complex marking the 'Nakba," May 10, 2023. (Twitter)
May 11, 2023, 2:11 pm
Bernie Sanders steps in to help Rep. Tlaib hold anti-Israel event in Capitol
Jewish independent lawmaker chairs gathering in Senate committee meeting room to mark Nakba; Tlaib accuses Israel of apartheid, terror, says US aiding ‘ethnic cleansing’
By TOI Staff
"Farha" is Jordan's entry into the Oscars. (Screenshot from YouTube)
December 7, 2022, 1:11 pm
Israel condemns Netflix movie about 1948 War of Independence
"Farha” is a historical drama about the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” the Palestinian term for the events that led to the founding of the state of Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
In Graz, Austria, onlookers watch a smoldering synagogue the morning after Kristallnacht, Nov. 10, 1938 (Public domain)
November 9, 2022, 12:47 pm
German institute lashed for Tel Aviv ‘Shoah, Nakba’ event on date of Kristallnacht
Goethe-Institut’s panel postponed as nonprofit expresses regret over timing, but not the event itself; Foreign Ministry calls the plan "an utter disgrace"
By Lazar Berman
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