The article reflects on the Nakba, or 'the catastrophe,' which began in 1948 when Palestinians, like the author's grandmother, were expelled from their homes. Despite fleeing alongside countless others, they felt utterly alone as their suffering went largely unnoticed globally. While the Nakba is often compared to the Holocaust, it continues today, complicating commemorations of its history. The author asserts that the Nakba has transformed, now described as a 'live-streamed genocide,' with violence against Palestinians visible in real-time, highlighting the urgent need for new language to articulate their ongoing anguish.
The Palestinians were telling the world: just three years after the catastrophe that befell on the Jewish people in Europe, a new catastrophe—very different, but no less painful—is unfolding in our homeland, Palestine.
Commemorating the Nakba as a historical event has always been difficult. But today, a new challenge confronts us... it has entered a new and terrifying phase.
Today, the Nakba has transformed into what Amnesty International described as a live-streamed genocide, its violence no longer hidden in archives or buried in survivors' memories.
There is a need for new language to accurately express the ongoing struggles and suffering of Palestinians, which extend far beyond what the term Nakba can encapsulate.
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