On May 15, 1948, more than 750,000 Palestinians were violently expelled from their ancestral land, while Isr@eli forces destroyed 500 villages and towns to establish the Zionist state.

Today, 76 years later, “the Nakba never ended”, and the photos are in color.

Repost from @key48return

Credit: Image and caption above from @key48return (this is a great account to follow — has been banging the drum on right of return for years)

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Nakba.

On such a day that holds so much sadness and anger and pain for any Palestinian anywhere in this world, we usually dedicate this day to learning more about our history and commemorating the stories of our loved ones who had witnessed the 1948 Nakba.

So on such a not so happy occasion, i’d like to recommend you a documentary that talks about the indigenous people of Ma’loul, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948.

The documentary is called “Ma’loul Celebrates Its Destruction” by Michel Khleifi, and it follows Ma’loul’s past residents as they show us how they have their own special -and slightly bitter- way of commemorating this day and how they fight to hold onto their original hometown and roots, year after year, in the shadows of the occupation.

Please dedicate these few days to learn more about the history behind what we’re witnessing today

And remember that no one is free until we all are…

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Nakba

Eurovision Sucks And We Should All Boycott It For All The Years To Come

Firstly, EBU has a long standing opposition towards patriotism and ethnicity.

In 2016 they banned Kosovo flags because "Kosovo flag is rightfully banned as it is not part of EBU and not an official country".

This year, 2024, they banned all and any show of solidarity with Palestine in order to remain non-political.

However, by choosing to stay non-political, they choose a political side. The wrong one.

They have done it with Kosovo and are doing it with Palestine as well.

If the people that rightfully stand (tall and proud) with Palestine and its people were really so wrong, why does a flag, a keffieyh around someone's wrist threaten them so much?

Why is it a political stance?

This isn't only a political issue, to its core it is a humanitarian one.

Children are murdered, raped, mutilated, bombed.

Women are also murdered, raped, mutilated, bombed. Hygienic products are withdrawn from them which can lead to so many health issues.

Men are held captive, tortured, murdered, starved, mutilated, bombed.

The last kind of issue this is, it is a political one.

The politicians are making it politic so they can profit from this.

This horror didn't start on the 7th October, but it had to end.

Macklemore was one of the artists who helped me understand the world more way back, with songs like White Privilege.

I'm so fucking glad he's come back to this space, collaborating with organizations like the NDN Collective and speaking out against genocide.

May the 15th - Nakba Day

On this day and every other day we need to remember and speak out about the genocide that the Palestinians have been fighting for over 70 years. We need speak out against the ethnic cleansing being committed by Israel, the West complicit in its actions. We need to protest and never stop shouting FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

about to put this on repeat ad infinitum

🇵🇸 … “The Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakba, lit. 'the catastrophe') was the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Mandatory Palestine during the 1948 Palestine war through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their society, culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations.

The term is also used to describe the ongoing persecution and displacement of Palestinians by Israel.

As a whole, it covers the fracturing of Palestinian society and the long-running rejection of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants.” … 🇵🇸

@hrexach …

Rapper Macklemore is releasing a track called “Hind’s Hall”, speaking out on the genocide of Palestinians, and the United States complacency in this ongoing violence. Macklemore has stated that once the track drops on streaming, all proceeds from streams will be going directly to UNRWA— the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.

The new tracks namesake Hind’s Hall echoes the honours that Columbia University encampment protestors bestowed the Morningside Heights campus’ Hamilton Hall— in memory of Hind Rajab, the 6 year old Palestinian girl in Gaza who was shot by Israeli soldiers after being trapped inside a vehicle, with her dead family. She had begged to be rescued as tanks closed in on her.

Macklemore using his platform to vehemently speak out against genocide, the Israeli occupation and United States-led violence is what every single artist should be doing right now. The power of art should not be underestimated. Macklemore started out in the Hip-Hop scene within communist circles, namely working alongside Blue Scholars, and has never neglected his Leftism through out his career: the artist has spoken on issues regarding mental health, addiction, racial profiling and police violence, Capitalism, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights and toxicity of American culture.

“The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied” Hind’s Hall, Macklemore, 2024

The Nakba never ended. The colonizer lied.

i want to remind everyone that ALL PROCEEDS for “HIND’S HALL” are going to UNRWA. if you keep the song on loop with the sound off you’re doing something to help. don’t rest until Palestine is free 🇵🇸

May 14th 2024

The 76th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba…

On this day, we can only hope that we’re one year closer to liberation.

Free Palestine until it’s backwards 🇵🇸

١٤ أيّار ٢٠٢٤

الذكرى ال٧٦ لنكبة عام ١٩٤٨…

في هٰذا اليوم، كل ما في وسعنا هو أن نأمل ونتمنى أننا قد أصبحنا عاماً واحداً أقرب للحرية والتحرر.

الحرية لفلسطين لحتى تصير فلسطين حرة 🇵🇸

Nakba, the forced expulsion of a million Palestinians from their own land, marks the beginning of the tragedy for the Palestinians, who continue to suffer at the hands of the Israeli occupiers.

Hind's Hall

Woah! Yeah, the people, they won't leave What is threatenin’ about divesting and wanting peace? The problem isn't the protests, it’s what they're protesting It goes against what our country is funding (Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free (Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E What was it again? Oh yeah, f**k the police (Woo)

Actors in badges protecting property And a system that was designed by white supremacy (Brrt) But the people are in the streets You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me Politicians who serve by any means AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies You see, we sell fear around the land of the free But this generation here is about to cut the strings You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children And all the men that you murdered and then we see how you spin it Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment, but White supremacy is finally on blast Screaming "Free Palestine" ’til they’re home at last (Woo)

We see the lies in them, claiming it’s antisemitic to be anti-Zionist I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and riding in Solidarity and screaming "Free Palestine" with them Organizin’, unlearning and finally cutting ties with A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system to uphold an occupying violent History been repeating for the last seventy-five The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (Woo) If students in tents posted on the lawn Occupying the quad is really against the law And a reason to call in the police and their squad Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey; hey) Destroying every college in Gaza and every mosque Pushing everyone into Rafah and dropping bombs The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all And f**k no, I'm not voting for you in the fall (Woo) Undecided, you can't twist the truth, the people out here united Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (Hey, woo)

What happened to the artist? What do you got to say? If I was on a label, you could drop me today I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page I want a ceasefire, f**k a response from Drake (Woo) What you willing to risk? What you willing to give? What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids? If the West was pretending that you didn't exist You'd want the world to stand up and the students finally did, let's get it (Woo)

macklemore just dropped a pro-palestinian song called hind’s hall including bangers of lines such as “the nakba never ended, the colonizer lied” and “i want a ceasefire, fuck a response from drake” and all the proceeds will go to unrwa. bitch THAT’S how you use a mf platform.