The Catastrophe- sixty years and counting

Daoud Kuttab: Sixty Years of the Palestinian “Catastrophe”

As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the Nakbeh, or “catastrophe”- their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed- the occupation since 1967 of the remaining lands of historic Palestine- represents a tragic failure.

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