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May 11, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Palestinian students paint graffiti during a commemoration event held at a school ahead of the 78th anniversary of the Nakba on May 10, 2026 in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. [Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]
For decades, the Zionist project sold the world a carefully constructed image: that of a modern democracy, militarily invincible, morally superior, and destined for historical permanence. Today, that narrative is collapsing before the eyes of the world. But this crisis did not begin yesterday.
As the 78th anniversary of the Nakba approaches — the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948, which saw the mass expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, the destruction of entire villages, and the formal consolidation of a settler-colonial project over historic Palestine — it is impossible to separate the current crisis from its foundational roots.
