by Michael Warschawski, Alternative Information Center, 27 May 2008
Ten years ago, when the State of Israel was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, our main duty was to explain that the creation of Israel was also the Palestinian Nakba, and often people asked “what does Nakba mean?” In most of the cases, the question was the result of ignorance. Today, whoever is asking “what does Nakba mean?” is not an ignorant, but rather a Nakba-denier, a kind of cousin of the Shoah-denier who is asking “what does Shoah mean?” The concept of Nakba and the reality of the Palestinian catastrophe have become public knowledge.
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ILO Press Release, Geneva, 22 May 2008.
The annual report of the International Labour Office (ILO) on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories depicts a much degraded employment and labour situation showing that the plight of the Palestinian people has deteriorated alarmingly in a number of respects.“Working poverty is rising, genuine employment is declining, and frustration is growing”, the report says.
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