Tag: 1948

  • Why did the war in Gaza bring attention to the term ‘domicide’?

    Why did the war in Gaza bring attention to the term ‘domicide’?

    Amid fighting between Israel and Hamas, many Palestinians in Gaza equate the situation with ‘nakba’, Arabic for catastrophe, when the Palestinians were displaced by the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Abdelsalam Al-Ghoul, a 30-year-old Palestinian who fled his home in Gaza, called Hamas’ attack an “honourable act” against Israeli oppression, but said Hamas “greatly misjudged the…