The Expressions of Nakba Exhibit will showcase the winning entries from the competition at the Josephine Butler Parks Center (2437 15th Street NW) in addition to a wonderful range of selections in the form of visual arts, poetry, essays, music, video, and digital media on May 13th at 7:00PM.

Don't forget to check out our virtual gallery!

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

The 1948 Israeli War of Independence involved one of the largest forced migrations in modern history. Around a million people were expelled from their homes at gunpoint, civilians were massacred, and hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could have been called "ethnic cleansing".

In this groundbreaking book, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank of Israel's founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population, a strategy that continues to the present day. Dr. Pappe's vivid and timely account sheds new light on the origins and development of the Palestine-Israel conflict, and is indispensable for anyone interested in the Middle East.

May 15 is Nakba Day, commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. In 1948, the newly-created State of Israel destroyed hundreds of Palestinian villages, and caused to flee or exiled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.These refugees and their descendants number today in the millions as Israel continues to deny them their right of return.

From now until the end of May, events commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the Nakba will be taking place throughout the United States.

We encourage all our supporters and member organizations to attend these events.

Read Rep. Kucinich's statement in the Congressional Record about the Palestinian Nakba, the US Campaign's letter of thanks to him, and find out how you can take action to thank Rep. Kucinich for his commitment to Palestinian human rights.

On April 22, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.Con.Res.322, “recognizing the 60^th Anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel.”

In addition, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has reserved time each week through June for Representatives to make statements on the floor of Congress on the occasion of Israel's 60^th anniversary.

The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation urges all of its member groups and individual supporters to contact their Representative in Congress and ask him/her not to vote for resolutions or make statements that recognize Israel’s 60^th anniversary but fail to recognize the historic injustices that Israel has inflicted on the Palestinian people and the injustices that it continues to inflict daily.

The US Campaign is currently hiring for two intern positions for Spring and Summer 2008 semesters. Interns will be expected to work 10-15 hours per week under supervision of the US Campaign staff in its Washington, DC office.

Watch the video of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu endorsing the US Campaign's Nov. 2008 anti-Apartheid organizing tour and find out how to get the tour to come to your city.

The year 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Nakba ("the catastrophe"): the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.

The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is soliciting entries for a commemoration of the Nakba through personal expressions in the form of visual arts, essays, poetry, music, video, and digital media.

Learn more about the competition and how you can participate.

Read the US Campaign's analysis of President Bush's January 10 policy statement in Jerusalem.

Find out if your Members of Congress support restricting the sale of cluster munitions, a renewed U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, Israel’s illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, condemning the UN for highlighting Israel’s human rights violations, and much more.

Black America and Palestine

Writers, poets and artists speak to a shared experience in the struggle for justice. 

This web page is dedicated to both building new and strengthening existing bridges between Black Americans and the Arab World.  This site does not romanticize this relationship, nor does it represent an attempt to gloss over contradictions that have existed either between Black Americans and Arabs (including Arab Americans), or contradictions within the Arab world that concern matters of race. Rather, the site aims to be a repository of information and a medium of exchange between two peoples that have suffered historically as a result of various forms of national
oppression, colonialism and racism.