Written in Protest

Opinion
On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state
On Nakba Day, some Palestinians dream of a single, secular state
People take part in a march May 14, 2024, in support of the Palestinian people ahead of Nakba Day at the Al Kasayir village, in Haifa. Palestinians on May 15, 2024, marked the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel. They refer to it as the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe.” (AP Photo/Mahmoud illean)
(RNS) — People who reflexively invoke Israel’s right to exist conflate the right of a nation to exist with the right to oppress.