From 1948 to now, a Nakba that never ended | Israel-Palestine conflict

On May 15, 1948, my grandfather Saeed was just six years old when Zionist militias attacked his village in Beersheba, forcing his family to flee. His mother carried him as they escaped the horror of explosions and shelling. The nearest refuge was Gaza City. They arrived expecting to stay in makeshift tents for  a few days, certain they would soon return to their homes and fertile lands.

They did not know then that their temporary stay would stretch into decades – that the tents would…