Up Front: 60 years
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Published: May/June 2008
2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the ‘nakba’, or catastrophe, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes in the displacement that made the state of Israel possible.
Today, millions of Palestinians are living with human rights abuse and crushing poverty in refugee camps or under occupation. In defiance of UN resolutions, international law and global outrage, Israel has also continued to occupy the land it captured in 1967. Israel’s recent blockade of Gaza has led to devastating poverty and food shortages.
The Palestinians are not victims of a natural disaster. The poverty they are suffering is an acknowledged product of the Israeli occupation. War on Want is campaigning against the root causes of that poverty, while supporting partners that aid Palestinians in the fight for their rights.
