Recovering from Gaza fighting, Palestinians mark 1948 Nakba
GazaReuters In 1948, Intisar Muhana’s family fled al-Masmiyya village, north-east of Gaza during the war which accompanied the creation of Israel. Last week, she lost her home again when it was destroyed during Israeli airstrikes. Muhana’s family were among some 750,000 Palestinians who are estimated to have been forced out or fled their homes around […]
Postcards: Christian residents of two northern Israeli ghost towns renew bid to go home
BOTRUS MANSOUR reports for Religion News Service on the push to allow Christians communities to return to the towns of Iqrit and Biram which they were ordered to leave in 1948…