Seventy-seven years after the Nakba, we are naming our new ruin | Israel-Palestine conflict

The author reflects on the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” experienced by Palestinians since May 1948, highlighting the enduring pain of displacement and violence. They argue for the need for new terminology to describe the ongoing atrocities, suggesting terms like “scholasticide” and “Gazacide,” but ultimately propose “al-Ibādah” to represent the comprehensive destruction facing Palestinians today. This term encompasses various forms of targeted annihilation, reflecting the systematic erasure of Palestinian identity and existence across historic Palestine.