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The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba - or Catastrophe - is a thing of the past. That real peace requires compromises and sacrifices; therefore, the original sin that has led to the destruction of their historic homeland should be entirely removed from any
Palestinians have been pressured to abandon their rights as refugees since the Oslo Accords. Now 30 years later, Israeli settler-colonialism has unwittingly re-unified Palestinians around the Nakba.
The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda.For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba or Catastrophe is a thing of the past. That real peace requires compromises and sacrifices, therefore, the original sin that has led to the destruction of their historic homeland should be entirely removed from any “pragmatic” political discourse. They were urged to