It's been about 74 years since Israeli migrated and occupied the Palestinian land and has been a bone of contention between the Palestinians and the Israeli.
There have several debates over who owns the current Israeli land. In 1948, the Balfour Declaration saw the allocation of the current landmass in the Palestinian region to the Israeli immigrants and since then there have been conflict and even wars within the region.
What's your opinion about this, is Israel truly the owners of their land? If you want to comment, please understand the factors of land acquisition prior to now.
US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has said she introduced a resolution to recognise the Palestinian Nakba, a term used to describe the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the lead-up to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
Tlaib said she introduced the resolution in the US House of Representatives on Monday, a day after Palestinians marked the Nakba’s 74th anniversary.Source
The term "Nakba" simply means "catastrophe" and is used to describe the incidents that happened in 1948 when the Israeli state was created in the Palestinian soil and how hundreds of thousands Palestinians lost their homelands and were displaced by the decisions of the international community through the Balfour Declaration as I've mentioned above.
Though May 15, 1948, became the official day for commemorating the Nakba, armed Zionist groups had launched the process of displacement of Palestinians much earlier. In fact, by May 15, half of the total number of Palestinian refugees had already been forcefully expelled from their country.Source
Every 15 of May is the official day to commemorate with the Nekba incidents that occurred in 1948. This year's commemoration is very significant because a member of the United States House of Representatives from Palestinian descent, revisited to Nekba decisions and pointed out the several crimes that have been committed by the Israeli military since the Zionist movement.
Rashida wrote on twitter that:
“We must acknowledge that the humanity of Palestinians is being denied when folks refuse to acknowledge the war crimes and human rights violations in apartheid Israel.”Source
Truth be told, the Israeli military have committed several crimes against humanity during their raids in the Palestinian cities most especially in the West Bank region. All these crimes against humanity haven't been punished by the International Court of Justice, which is a concern to human rights activists.
The Democratic congresswoman said the resolution is cosponsored by her fellow progressives Betty McCollum, Marie Newman, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Although it is unlikely to pass in an overwhelmingly pro-Israel House, Palestinian rights advocates were quick to hail the measure as “historic”.Source
It's a true fact that majority of the US House of Representatives and the entire government are pro-Israeli and it'll be like a carmel passing through the eye of a needle for the resolution to be passed into law, but she have made her effort known to the house.
Rashida's proposal was appreciated by the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) in a tweet as seen below: