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This new issue of The New York War Crimes, which you can find at protests and in cities across America, launches today—the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. Produced in partnership between the Palestinian Youth Movement and Writers Against the War on Gaza, it includes texts that articulate the antagonistic contradiction between Palestinian liberation and Zionism, between imperialism and Arab sovereignty, demonstrating unequivocally that the two can never co-exist. This moment’s horrors reflect Zionism’s barbarity. They also reflect our will to resist, to remain, and to return. For as long as Zionism attempts to eradicate us, we know we have not been defeated. Across eight pages are stories of displacement, imprisonment, and martyrdom, which testify to the promise of resistance and return. Through archival research, translated works, and new writing, the Nakba ‘77 issue is a vindication of our people’s resolve, of their unshakable refusal to compromise and capitulate. [Download the full issue here] Few Palestinian survivors of May 1948 are alive today. Yet the scale and distance of 77 years should not dissuade us. In the words of Nakba survivor Ahmed Qasim Ubayd, whose story is featured in this issue: “Everyone we’re talking about is dead now; we’re here talking about memories. It’s so that the generation that comes after us understands the value of the homeland.” Let the memory of them renew our commitment to the struggle and the homeland. Let their sacrifices serve as that steadfast flame, lit by the first generation and passed on by each subsequent one, guiding us forward on the road to liberation and return. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive it here.
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