Israel threatens a second Nakba, yet denies the first ever happened
Al Jazeera
Israel has long denied the 1948 Nakba ethnic cleansing, even as it calls for carrying out a second Nakba today.
Gaza, Palestine – Last month, Sufian Abu Ghassan joined hundreds of thousands of Palestinians defiantly trekking back to their battered neighborhoods after a ceasefire paused Israel’s 15-month war on Gaza.
The 70-year-old was relieved that Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians had stopped, for now.
However, he knew the mass destruction brought on by Israel’s war would make life difficult. His taxi business was destroyed, his home damaged, and there are hardly any provisions in Gaza, even drinking water.
At least he and his family had survived Israel’s carpet bombing and siege and starvation tactics and had returned to northern Gaza, the only home they ever knew.
On the night of February 17, Abu Ghassan heard a broadcast from Israeli drones, threats designed to trigger the greatest generational trauma in Palestinian history.
