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Today in History: May 15, new state of Israel attacked by 5 nations - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 21 hours agoToday is Wednesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2024. On May 15, 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, < ...
Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
The Mining Journal· 18 hours agoMore than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment ...
Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 9 minutes agoDawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago. Assad, then 16, peered out his front window to see his village ...
Ukraine’s new pressure campaign at a possible turning point
Politico· 5 hours agoIn an interview with China’s Xinhua news agency published today, Putin praised his counterpart’s commitment to a “just, multipolar world order,” saying ...
Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original ‘catastrophe’ with eyes on the war in Gaza -...
The Boston Globe· 2 hours agoMore than twice that number have been displaced within Gaza since the start of the latest war, which...
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 hours agoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that he is not planning...
Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza...
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoPalestinians refer to it as the “Nakba,” Arabic for “catastrophe.” After the war, Israel refused to allow them to return because it would have resulted in a Palestinian majority within its borders ...
Biden's move to send $1 billion in weapons to Israel could backfire
Business Insider· 13 hours agoThis story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start...
From one generation to the next, Palestinians aim to keep the history of al-Nakba alive
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMohammad Zarqa trembled with fear as he watched panicked crowds of people, screaming and covered in...
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The Daily Sentinel· 15 hours agoThe Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what today is Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation ...