On the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian National Coordinating Body for Popular Action issued a statement affirming that the Nakba is not merely a painful memory, but an ongoing crime and a continuing settler-colonial project. The Committee said the Nakba is renewed today through the genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing, the escalation of settlement expansion, the Judaization of Jerusalem, the targeting of the right of return, and attempts to dismantle UNRWA and eradicate the Palestinian cause in all its national and political dimensions.
“What is taking place today is not a new chapter separate from the Nakba, but rather a continuation of the very same settler-colonial project; the methods may change, but the objective remains the same: to uproot the Palestinian people from their land and eliminate their national rights.”
The statement added that the Palestinian people are facing one of the most dangerous conspiracies in modern history, as they confront systematic attempts to break their will, erase their rights, and liquidate their cause under the cover of war, displacement, siege, and dubious settlement deals, amid blatant international complicity, shameful silence, and every form of political collusion targeting Palestine — its land, people, identity, and rights.
“While the Commission condemns all those who participate in, remain silent about, or gamble on projects aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause, it affirms that Palestine is not a bargaining chip, that the right of return cannot be erased, and that Jerusalem is neither a cause to be Judaized nor one open to compromise. The blood of our people and their sacrifices are greater than all narrow calculations and suspicious agendas.”
The statement concluded by emphasising that the Nakba will remain a witness to the crime and will remain a testament to the fact that Palestine is neither forgotten, nor for sale, nor to be erased, and “that the determination to liberate the land and achieve return is stronger than all conspiracies.”
