Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Nakba (Arabic for “Catastrophe”), the forced expulsion of Palestinians from Israel after the country was established in 1948.
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Fast Forward 5 things to know about UNRWA, whose sole mission is to aid Palestinians
Allegations tying aid workers to Hamas shine light on the agency founded in 1949
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Looking Forward 6th grade questions about Israel and Gaza, and the teacher who answers them
‘You can't understand what's happening now if we don't do this history’
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Culture Hundreds of writers protest cancellation of Palestinian author’s event at Frankfurt Book Fair
Organizers called off an award ceremony for Adania Shibli's 'Minor Detail,' a novel based on the true story of a 1949 rape of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers
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Opinion I’m a Jewish day school student. We need to learn Palestinian history.
Young Jews are increasingly alienated from Israel after receiving a one-sided education about the Jewish state
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Opinion Rashida Tlaib held a Nakba Day event at the Senate. Why are some Jews so mad?
After Bernie Sanders jumped in as sponsor of the event, American Jewish institutions and lawmakers erupted
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Opinion In Israel, a scandal over Netflix’s choice to stream a film depicting the 1948 murder of a Palestinian family
In a conflict that is largely over dueling narratives, the film 'inspired by true events' is causing a stir
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Opinion Mahmoud Abbas’ comments about the Holocaust are abhorrent. Here’s what we should learn from them
Abbas' accusation that Israel committed '50 Holocausts' is dangerous revisionist history
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Culture Why does everyone want Jerusalem? CNN investigates in a new docuseries
Sunday night, after Jews around the world mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem on Tisha B’av, CNN will premiere a series that — in so many words — traces 3,000 years’ worth of conflict to the laying of those structures’ cornerstones. Solomon’s Temple, author Susan Wise Bauer argues in “Jerusalem: City of Faith…
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian
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Fast Forward South Africa’s president rehearsed genocide charge against Israel in meeting with local Jewish leaders
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News For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
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Culture An exhibit recreating the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival massacre arrives in NYC
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Fast Forward ‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest