The Nakba, commemorated annually on this day as “Nakba Day”, was the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948 following Israel’s creation. Nakba Day protests take place around the world and have been attacked by Israel.

The foundational events of the Nakba took place during and shortly after the 1947-1949 Palestine war, including 78% of Mandatory Palestine being declared as Israel, the exodus of 700,000 Palestinians, the depopulation and destruction of over 500 Palestinian villages and subsequent geographical erasure, the denial of the Palestinian right of return, and the creation of permanent, stateless Palestinian refugees.

Although May 15th had been used as an unofficial commemoration of the Nakba since 1949, Nakba Day was formalized in 1998 after Yasser Arafat proposed that Palestinians should mark the 50th anniversary of the Nakba during the First Intifada.

The Nakba was a key event in the development of Palestinian culture and is a foundational symbol of Palestinian identity, along with “Handala”, a ten-year old cartoon character developed by Naji al-Ali; the keffiyeh, a checkered black and white scarf worn around the head; and the “symbolic key” (many Palestinian refugees have kept the keys to the homes they were forced to flee).

On Nakba Day 2011, Palestinians and other Arabs from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria marched towards their respective borders, or ceasefire lines and checkpoints in Israeli-occupied territories, to mark the event. At least twelve Palestinians and supporters were killed and hundreds wounded as a result of shootings by the Israeli Army.

“In resisting the Nakba, the Palestinians have struck at the heart of the Zionist project that insists that the Nakba be seen as a past event. In resisting Israel, Palestinians have forced the world to witness the Nakba as present action; one that, contrary to Zionist wisdom, is indeed reversible.” - Palestinian scholar Joseph Massad

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  • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    They probably won’t care even if you let them know. My workplace has a few Hindi people so we always have vegan options for cookouts and whatnot, but most people like vegan food anyway, and we have to be careful to make a lot so that there’s enough for everyone.

    • DyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      7 months ago

      no these people are americans who are actively anti-vegan. I literally try to get one of my coworkers to try some of the food and as soon as he’s told it’s vegan he’s like “nawww” and it’s like, dude, it’s just fucking… it’s just beans! it’s just a black-eyed pea salsa! eat it as a side with the other shit!!!

      I usually make 1-2 hotel pans worth of vegan food and the entire school combined will eat maybe a third of that first pan. I think the only time I’ve ever not had leftovers or stuff to throw away was when I made some p. good butternut squash and black bean chili and they ate either all of it or at least enough of it that we didn’t save any (I think I went home early that night so i don’t remember)

      The problem with tonight was that it was some vegan ground beef product that we were gonna use for a thai “beef” dish, basically a puree of jalapenos, basil, garlic and spices cooked then mixed with cooked vegan “beef” + some brown sugar and more basil (to wilt and add visual appeal and texture), served over jasmine rice

      that last bit was the problem imo, I probably could have skipped the rice and just served the “beef” with peppers and onions and stuff, but putting it on rice made all these college students go awooga OMG RICE che-poggers even though there’s literally a rice bar they can always get rice from and so they’d just shovel it on

      it didn’t help that I added sauteed onions and red bell peppers which made it look more visually appealing

      my coworker solved the problem by mixing the whole pan up with a spoon, which made it look not as good even though the content was exactly the same, food psychology be weird

      Normally I would be super happy they were eating it but, again, I was trying to leave early because I have to come in early tomorrow, and I didn’t want to have to cook more (which wouldn’t even have been as good because we’re out of basil (i used it all lmao)). Like every other day I would be stoked because tbh cooking the vegan food is a massive fucking waste of my time, each and every day, because it’s like 40-60 minutes of prep time I could be doing other shit just to feed literally 4-5 people, so it is nice when people do eat it