The Nakba (Al-Nakba, The Catastrophe)

Episode 8: 91自拍论坛 journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.

Thousands came out聽across Australia聽to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Al Nakba (the catastrophe)聽in 1948 and call for justice.

Hundreds rallied and marched in Sydney, Gadigal land, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Al Nakba. Video by聽Peter Boyle.

Unionists at Ballarat Trades Hall Council (BTHC) marked 75 years since the Nakba. Ron Guy reports.

To Jerusalem

As we prepare to join the global Palestinian diaspora in remembering the ethnic cleansing of 1948,聽Folke Bernadotte's personal story聽illuminates Zionism in action, writes聽Ken Blackman.

Randwick locals called a protest, with the help of聽the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, outside Randwick City Council chambers to call on it reconsider flying the flag of an apartheid regime. Cathy Peters reports.

Well over 100 academics and other educators, many of them Jewish, have signed an open letter to vice-chancellors opposing聽the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's聽Working Definition of Antisemitism. Renfrey Clarke reports.

Protesters commemorate Nakba in Melbourne

Respected Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was remembered at free Palestine rallies to commemorate the Nakba in Sydney and Melbourne. Kerry Smith reports.

Justice for Palestine Meanjin has vowed to defy police restrictions on the right to march at next year's rally, reports Alex Bainbridge.

On the march

Palestine solidarity activists commemorated the Nakba in Brisbane. Photos by Alex Bainbridge.

Journalists, media workers, writers and commentators have released a聽statement calling on the mainstream media to improve its coverage of聽Palestine, including avoiding聽鈥渂oth siderism鈥.

Video from the 2000-strong rally in Meanjin/Brisbane to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba and to protest Israel's current terror in Sheikh Jarrah.聽