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Democracy In Exile

Reckoning With the Nakba That Never Ended

Microsoft Should Suspend Data Center Plans in Saudi Arabia, Groups Say

NABLUS, WEST BANK, PALESTINE - 2023/04/11: An Israeli soldier aims his rifle from behind a wall during a military operation after the Israeli army forces killed Palestinian gunmen, near Elon Moreh, east of Nablus, in the West Bank. Two Palestinian gunmen were shot dead by Israeli soldiers. According to Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, the two gunmen opened fire at the Israeli soldiers near the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, which caused the clashes between them and resulted in the death of the two Palestinian gunmen. The gunmen are identified as Mohammed Abu Dhraa and Soud al-Titi. Both their bodies were taken under the custody of the Israeli military. (Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Democracy In Exile

The Technology of Occupation Has Become One of Israel's Main Exports

Jordan Prince Hamzah bin al Hussein delivers his speech during the plenary session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 17, 2009 on the 11th day of the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan: Release Prince Hamzah and his Family from Arbitrary Imprisonment

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International Academics Call on Leaders to Support Democracy in Tunisia After Jailing of Opposition Leader

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Saudi Civil Society Campaign for Democracy Would Support Genuine Democratic Political Representation, Groups Say

The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit.'catastrophe'), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of 'Plan Dalet' in a policy of 'ethnic cleansing'.

Democracy In Exile

Denying the Nakba, 75 Years Later: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - JUNE 17: Palestinians walk to Al-Aqsa Mosque to worship during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, as they enter to Jerusalem from a Kalandia checkpoint with the Israeli entry permit, in Bethlehem, West Bank on June 17, 2016. (Photo by Issam Rimawi /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

From Palestinian Nakba to Israeli Apartheid, More Than 40 Groups Call for Justice and Freedom

Democracy In Exile

Neither Here nor There: The Shrinking Physical Space for Palestinians

"When I use the term 'democracy' I mean it in the broader sense of the term that overlaps with values such as liberty, checks and balances, accountability and transparency. We were aiming for these goals in the form of good governance, equality, and justice in the Arab world."

- Jamal Khashoggi, The New York Times, October 22, 2018