Source: Campus Watch(5-8-08)
[Mary Madigan, publisher of the Exit Zero blog, wrote this article for Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum.]
As Israelis look towards the future in their celebration of the nation’s 60th birthday, some Palestinians cling to the past by commemorating what they call the “Nakba” or “the catastrophe.” A faculty panel discussion held at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) last month and titled, “60 Years of Nakba—The Catastrophe of Palestine 1948-2008,” was one of many similar lamentations held worldwide...
[Ed: The rest of “Columbia’s Catastrophic ‘Nakba’ Conference” follows. To read the entire article, click here.]