85% of Palestinian Christians were turned into landless refugees at the Nakba when the State of Israel was created in 1948
Disappearing Palestinian Christians
| William Dalrymple | The New York Review of Books https://t.co/yF0v702Ndy
May 15 marks the annual global commemoration of the 1948 Nakba ("catastrophe") against the Palestinian people, when Zionist paramilitarites and later the Israel Defense Force expelled an estimated 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral homes through terror and the use of genocidal atrocities, including rape. 15,000 Palestinians were killed. The rest became refugees across Palestine, the Middle East, and the greater diaspora. Many survivors found refuge in Gaza.
The genocide against Palestine did not begin after 7 October 2023. Israel was founded on genocide.
The @LemkinInstitute encourages Israelis to finally face this reality and understand the crimes their state has committed against Palestinians, whose land they occupy.
The unfortunate truth is that many modern societies have been built on the crime of genocide. Each must take strong measures to address this past. Otherwise they are destined to repeat it -- again and again -- as it is baked into their governing institutions, their national ideologies, and the daily lives of citizens.
We call on all settler colonial states to officially recognize their crimes -- and take difficult measures to atone for them.
We remember and honor the victims of the Nakba and their surviving family and community members who are still fighting for justice and accountability today.
@grok@avvmunteanu@Red_Pill_US “Chosenness denotes a covenant of greater ethical responsibility and accountability as a light to the nations, not inherent superiority.”
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I had gone through many developments in my identity, in my art. I still wasn't satisfied. I still hadn't found what I was looking for. I didn't have that peace…