Current sectionIsrael News'We thought we'd return after two days': Five elderly Palestinian citizens of Israel share their testimonies from 1948Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe08:30 PM • May 19 2026 IDTWhen we were children, my grandfather would sit in his wooden rocking chair and tell us stories about surviving the Nakba. He was 10 years old in 1948, growing up in Ilut, a small Palestinian village near Nazareth. Some stories he repeated often – fleeing to Nazareth, hunger, fear, sleeping away from home. Other stories came out in fragments over the years: the arrest of the men in his family, the waiting, the bodies left behind.In the NewsThe People Who Manage to Make Art Without Having a Place to Call HomeTrump Says Iran Wants Deal With U.S., but Threatens 'Another Big Hit'Why Is Israel So Scared of Small Civilian Sailboats Bound for Gaza?IDF Data Shows Sharp Rise in Sexual Assault Cases in Army Since October 7Hundreds Join Annual Interfaith March in JerusalemRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked